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30 Chapter 2 Creating a Presentation

Adding Graphics

To add a graphic to a slide, do one of the following:

Â Choose View > Show Media Browser (or click Media in the toolbar), choose iPhoto,

and drag a photo to the slide canvas.

Â Drag a graphic file from the Finder to the slide canvas.

Â Choose Insert > Choose, select the graphic file, and click Insert.

Â To create a new slide with the graphic on it, drag the graphic file from the Finder to

the slide organizer.

You can modify a graphic’s colors, alignment, orientation, and other properties. You

make these adjustments using the Inspectors. You set object placement, size, and

orientation in the Metrics Inspector. Shadow, fill color, and opacity are set using the

Graphic Inspector. For more information about setting attributes using the inspectors,

see Chapter 3, “Working With Text, Graphics, and Other Media.”

To present complex or numerical data in an easily digestible visual format, you can

use a table or chart; Keynote supplies tables and charts for each theme. For more

information about adding tables and charts, see Chapter 5, “Creating Tables,” and

Chapter 6, “Creating Charts.”

Using Alignment Guides and Rulers

As you move text and graphics around on the slide canvas, you will notice yellow

alignment guides. These pop-up guides help you center and align objects on the

canvas. They appear whenever the center or edge of an object aligns with the center

or edge of another object, or with the center of the slide canvas. You can create your

own alignment guides to help you place slide elements precisely in the same position

from one slide to the next. Alignment guides (even those you create) don’t appear

during a presentation; they are visible only when you are editing a slide.

Keynote also displays the X and Y coordinates of an object’s top-left corner as you

move the object around the slide canvas, or the object’s angle as you rotate it. When

you resize an object, size tags display the object’s height and width.

You can turn on rulers to help you align objects on the slide canvas. Rulers show you

how far (in increments you specify) an object is from the edge of the slide.

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