Keynote
Keynote User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new in Keynote 14.1
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- Change object transparency
- Fill shapes and text boxes with color or an image
- Add a border to an object
- Add a caption or title
- Add a reflection or shadow
- Use object styles
- Resize, rotate, and flip objects
- Move and edit objects using the object list
- Add linked objects to make your presentation interactive
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- Send a presentation
- Intro to collaboration
- Invite others to collaborate
- Collaborate on a shared presentation
- See the latest activity in a shared presentation
- Change a shared presentation’s settings
- Stop sharing a presentation
- Shared folders and collaboration
- Use Box to collaborate
- Create an animated GIF
- Post your presentation in a blog
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- Use iCloud Drive with Keynote
- Export to PowerPoint or another file format
- Reduce the presentation file size
- Save a large presentation as a package file
- Restore an earlier version of a presentation
- Move a presentation
- Delete a presentation
- Password-protect a presentation
- Lock a presentation
- Create and manage custom themes
- Copyright
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Format text into columns in Keynote on Mac
You can format text in a text box into two or more columns in which text flows automatically from one column to the next.
Format columns of text
Click the shape or text box to select it.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Text tab.
Click the Layout button near the top of the sidebar, then click the arrows next to the Columns value field to add or remove columns.
To see more formatting options, click the disclosure arrow next to Columns.
Force text to the top of the next column
Click where you want the previous column to end.
Choose Insert > Column Break (from the Insert menu at the top of your screen).
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