Photo Credit: Joe Shlabotnik
I’m publishing this blog post to help every Apple Keynote user on the planet. I encountered this familiar problem last week when using the Keynote software last week: My text kept getting resized as I continued building my deck. A quick Google Search proves I shared this pain with countless users. 1,570,000 Google Search Results Pages (SERPs) can’t be wrong:
Disable / Turn Off the Resize Text Command in Apple Keynote: 5 Painless Steps to Freedom!
The challenge in discovering the right steps is two-fold:
- Most of the SERPs provide text-only instructions. I’m a visual learner so it took still took me awhile to stumble around and figure out the correct steps.
- The relevance of the results varies depending on your version of Keynote. This is an important factor in finding a solution.
Here we go, so you can get back to work on your deck!
Step 1: Open the Inspector View in Your Keynote Presentation
Quick Note: I’m using Keynote Version 6.5.3. on a MacBook Pro.
You can pull up Keynote’s Inspector View from the Menu Bar using View -> Inspector:
Or, you can use the MacBook keyboard shortcut command Option + Command + I (the letter i on your keyboard)
Step 2: Click Anywhere Inside Your Text Box or Highlight the Desired Text
Step 3: Look for the Layout Menu Tab Inside Inspector. It Looks Like This:
Important Note: Make sure you’re in The Format View or Format Menu of Keynote Inspector. You can get there by clicking this icon within Keynote Inspector: 
Step 4: Click on the Layout Tab Within KeyNote Inspector
Step 5: In the Layout Tab, De-Select the “Shrink Text to Fit” Command
I hope that helps and allows you to get back to work quickly and efficiently. If you’ve got some tricks up your sleeve to make these instructions even clearer and more efficient for another Apple Keynote user, please describe them in the comments so I can pay it forward by updating this post.
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