Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 120)

The object starts
moving from here.
Drag a ghosted object to
the location you want the
object to stop moving.
You can even move
objects off the slide.
After an object and all its paths have been deselected, the paths are no longer visible
on the slide canvas. You can see them again by clicking the Show Path button on the
object, which appears as a small red diamond with a black dot inside. If you hold down
the Option key while clicking the Show Path button, the ghosts become persistently
visible until you click the Show Path button again.
Click the Show Path
button to see all the
stages of an action build.
Making Objects Fade, Rotate, Grow, or Shrink
Use action builds to make objects rotate, change opacity (transparency), or size.
To make an object change its size, orientation, or opacity:
1 Click Inspector in the toolbar and click the Build inspector button.
2 Click Action.
3 On a slide, select an object (an image, shape, text box, chart, movie or other media file,
or table).
4 Choose an option from the Effect pop-up menu, and then specify how the object
should look when the transformation is complete:
To make the object fade (or to intensify a faded object), choose Opacity from the Â
Effect pop-up menu, and then use the Opacity slider or field to set the object’s
final opacity. Choose an acceleration style from the pop-up menu, and then set
a duration in the field; a shorter duration means the object’s opacity will change
more quickly.
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