How do I change the default font-family for all slides in keynote
I am using keynote 2009 and I want all my slides to have the font-family "Courier". I tried playing with master slides but when I create a new slide it defaults to "Gill Sans".
Any help is appreciated.
You can change the Master Slide
to get the fonts you want, and if you’d like this to be the default, then you can save this out as a Theme
.
(Caveat: I only have iWork ’11 in front of me, but I believe it's the same, for iWork ’09).
(i) Adjust font for a single presentation
Open the complete set of
Master Slides
.View
>Show/Edit Master Slides
.Find the
Master Slide(s)
that corresponds to slides that you’ve used in your presentation. Open the Fonts panel (Format
>Font
>Show Fonts
, or theFonts
item in the toolbar).Select everything in the slide (
Edit
>Select All
, or⌘A
), and then, in the fonts panel, selectCourier
instead ofGill Sans
.Repeat for every
Master Slide
you need.Create a text box and format it with the font/style you want. Then select it and choose
Format
>Advanced
>Define Text for All Masters
.
(ii) Adjust font of a theme for all future presentations based on this theme
Create a blank slide show with the chosen Theme
, make these edits on every Master Slide
. (Every slide should now have Courier
instead of Gill Sans
as the default font).
Then save this out as a new Theme
(File
> Save theme…
) to avoid overwriting the default. Call it something descriptive, like Courier Black
, and just save it.
Now, next time the Theme
chooser pops up, you’ll be able to choose your Courier Black
variant, which will have Courier
as the default.
I hope you get to read this - the others were really not the best advice IT IS MUCH MUCH SIMPLER
Select a MASTER text box and change it's font. Format > Advanced > Define Text for Current Master or Define Text for All Masters
Most answers and tutorials are outdated due to software updates. Simpler way is to search from Help.
- Go to "Help" from top-bar
- Search "Replace Font"
- Follow procedure