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Splitting a drawing in Keynote on a Mac

With Keynote on an iPad, I can split apart a drawing into pieces, so that I can manipulate or animate each piece separately. I can't find how to do the same on a Mac. I am running Keynote 11.2 on an iMac MacOS 12.1. I seem to remember that it was possible on earlier versions of Keynote/MacOS, but perhaps that is a false memory.

Any ideas? (Aside from copying my presentation to iPad, splitting it, and copying it back!)

iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 10:24 AM

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Gary Scotland

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Posted on Jan 26, 2022 12:43 PM

Click the composite shape to select it
Choose: Format > Shapes and Lines > Break Apart
The selection handles will show the individual parts
If Break Apart is dimmed in the menu, the shape you selected isn’t a compound shape

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