Keynotes Master Slide

Apple recently changed the naming convention used for many years from Master Slide to Slide layouts

To go to slide layout, use one of the following methods:

• View > Edit Slide Layouts
• keyboard command: Shift Command E
• click on the View button in the toolbar and select: Edit Slide Layouts

I understand. The slides that appear when you go to View > Edit Slide Layouts are indeed the master slides for each type. Eg. If you select "add slide" when building a presentation you'll see each of those Slide Layouts by type. Modifying the original (edit slide layout) will affect every slide of that type that you have inserted.

You can create a title, text, checklist, change the typeface, size, color, etc. On any of those slides and it will updates all slides of that type.

From my presentation (created from a keynote template). I typed my text in the Title slide:

Then went to View > Edit Slide Layout to see all the slide templates available in the document

I modify the text on the slide layout I'm editing (changing the type color from white to black)

The go to View > Exit Slide Layout and see that my presentation slides have updated. Anywhere the title slide appears in the document, the white text is now black.

Go to View > Edit Slide Layouts all the slide masters are there.

Those are the master slides. Go to View > Edit Slide Layouts

All of the master slides in your template appear on the left.