I am using Keynote'09 and have to change a lot of text to specific styles. Since I can't define text styles I have to work around this missing function.
Here is a simple example with a style I would have named Important if I could. But I can't.
To use this style on another location I use the Copy Style (⌥⌘C) and Paste Style (⌥⌘V) of the Format menu.
Here is a starting document where word1 is using the style Important:
I select word1 and copy its style (⌥⌘C). Then I select word2 and paste the style just copied
(⌥⌘V). word2 is correctly modified, but the style of the whole line is also changed:
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The bullet was eaten!
Since this is something I would like to do about a hundred times on a normal presentation this is a real nightmare.
My question is 3 (but they are highly related):
Did I made an error in my use of this function: copy & paste style?
Is this a known bug?
Is this bug fixed in more recent versions of Keynote?
Best Answer
Yes its there Copy design Command + Alt (Option) + C (Copy only Styles) Command + Alt (Option) + V (Only paste styles) Above works absolutely as format painter works in Windows Office.