How To Put A Template On An Existing Keynote

Add custom themes

If you create a presentation that you want to use again equally a model for other presentations, you can relieve it equally a theme. Creating your own theme can be as unproblematic every bit adding your company logo to an existing theme, or you can design a completely new theme.

You tin can add your custom theme to the theme chooser, or save information technology equally a file to share with others or to install and use on your iOS device. To install a custom theme on your iOS device, beginning save your theme to iCloud, iTunes, or a WebDAV server, or send it as an email zipper.

Salve a presentation as a theme

Choose File > Save Theme (from the File menu at the top of your screen).
Click an choice:
- Add to theme chooser: Type a proper name for the theme, and so printing Render. Your theme appears in the My Themes category in the theme chooser.
- Relieve: Type a name for the theme, and then choose where you want to salvage it.
  
  If you save it to iCloud, the next time you open Keynote on your iOS device, the theme appears as a downloadable file in the presentation manager.

Install a theme on your Mac

If you saved a custom theme or if someone sent you a theme, y'all need to install it so that you can use it in Keynote. Installing a theme adds it to the Theme Chooser. Skip this chore if you choose Add to Theme Chooser when you saved the custom theme.

Double-click the theme file (information technology has the file extension ".kth"), then click Add to Theme Chooser.

You tin can fix Keynote to always open up a new presentation from the same theme instead of from the theme chooser. Choose Keynote > Preferences (from the Keynote menu at the superlative of your screen). In the Full general pane, select "Use theme," then click Change Theme to select a theme.

Install a theme on your iOS device

On your iOS device, do the following to install a theme from these sources:

iCloud: If Keynote is set to use iCloud on your device, your theme appears in the presentation manager and is identified past a theme badge. Tap the template thumbnail, then tap Install.

Note: If you lot upgrade your account to iCloud Bulldoze, syncing may non piece of work in all cases, depending on which versions of Bone X and iOS yous have installed. See this Apple tree Back up article for more information.
AirDrop: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open Control Middle, and so tap AirDrop. Tap a discovery pick, and when the AirDrop message appears, tap Add together.
An email: In Mail, tap the attachment, then tap the screen. Tap at the pinnacle of the screen, tap Open in Keynote, and so tap Add.
A WebDAV server: Download the theme from the server, so tap the screen. Tap at the top of the screen, tap Open up in Keynote, then tap Add.

The theme appears in the My Themes category in the theme chooser.

To learn how to use a WebDAV server with your iOS device, see Use a WebDAV server to shop presentations. To learn how to transfer files using iTunes, see Use iTunes to transfer files.

Rename and delete a custom theme

In the theme chooser, Command-click the theme name, so choose Rename or Delete.
If you lot're renaming, type a new proper noun, then press Render.

Custom themes always appear in the My Themes category in the theme chooser, in the order in which they were added. You can't rearrange them.

Edit a theme

You tin can't edit a theme subsequently you relieve it. Nonetheless, you can create a new theme based on the former theme.

Y'all need to install the custom theme kickoff so that the theme appears in the theme chooser (encounter instructions to a higher place).

Choose File > New, so double-click the theme yous want to edit. Custom themes are in the My Themes category in the theme chooser.
Make your changes, then save the presentation as a new theme.

You tin delete the old theme afterwards you create the new 1.