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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Add and view presenter notes in Keynote on Mac
Presenter notes can help you recall important points you want to mention during a presentation. The notes don’t appear on the slide, but they can help you remember information about a slide’s graphics, charts, or anything else on the slide.
Add presenter notes to a slide
Click
in the toolbar, then choose Show Presenter Notes.
In the slide navigator, click to select a slide, then type your notes in the white presenter notes area below the slide.
To change the the look of the text in your notes, select the text, click
in the toolbar, then use the text controls in the sidebar on the right.
In the slide navigator, the thumbnails for slides with presenter notes have a small square in the top-right corner.
You can also add or edit your notes in the presenter display while playing your presentation in rehearse slideshow mode or on a separate display.
Hide presenter notes
You can hide presenter notes if you want a little more room to work on the slide canvas.
To hide presenter notes, click
in the toolbar, then choose Hide Presenter Notes.
You can also print your presenter notes along with your slides. See Print a presentation to learn more.