Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 196)

Custom format names are listed in the Cell Formats pop-up menu in the Format pane
of the Table inspector.
12 Click OK to save your date/time format and apply it to the selected cells.
When you enter a date or time value into a formatted cell, the format is applied if the
value entered contains a hyphen (-) or a slash (/).
Here’s an example:
When you type this value into a cell The value is displayed like this
4/16/99 April 16 1999 falls on day 106 of the year
2-23 February 23 2008 falls on day 54 of the year
Dec. 15, 2010 Dec. 15, 2010
Creating a Custom Text Format
You can define text to display before or after a value entered into a table cell when no
other format has been applied to the cell.
Here’s what a custom text format looks like as you’re creating it:
When you type “Need to update address” into a field with the above format, the value
is displayed like this:
Notify customer: Need to update address.
To define text to display in table cells:
1 Select one or more cells.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar and click the Table button.
3 In the Table inspector, click Format.
4 Choose Custom from the Cell Format pop-up menu.
The custom format window opens.
5 From the Type pop-up menu, choose Number & Text.
6 Drag the (blue) Entered Text element from the Date & Time Elements box into the
empty format field above the box. (Delete any existing elements that may be in the
field before dragging in the Entered Text element.)
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