

To end the presentation, press the Esc (Escape) key. To play the presentation, click in the toolbar, then press the arrow keys to advance through the slides. You can change the name of the presentation or change where it’s saved at any time. If iCloud Drive is set up on your Mac, Keynote saves the presentation to iCloud Drive by default. To add your own content to the presentation, do any of the following:Īdd a slide: Click in the toolbar, then select a layout.Īdd text: Double-click placeholder text and type your own.Īdd an image: Drag an image from your Mac or a web page to a placeholder image or anywhere else on the slide, or click in the lower-right corner of a placeholder image to replace it with your own.Ĭhoose File > Save, enter a name, choose a location, then click Save. To use a different slide layout for the first slide, click the Slide Layout button in the Format sidebar on the right, then select a different layout.Įach slide layout offers a different arrangement of text and images you use as a starting point for your content. If your connection is slow or you’re offline when this happens, placeholder images and slide backgrounds in the presentation may appear at a lower resolution until you’re online again or the theme finishes downloading. Some themes aren’t downloaded to your computer until you choose them or open a presentation that uses one. In the theme chooser, browse themes by category or click All Themes, then double-click a theme to open it. See Format a presentation for another language. Note: If you’d like the ability to format table and chart data using the conventions of another language, choose the language in the bottom-left corner before choosing a theme. Restore an earlier version of a presentation.Save a large presentation as a package file.Export to PowerPoint or another file format.Change a shared presentation’s settings.


Change the look of chart text and labels.Add a legend, gridlines and other markings.Change a chart from one type to another.Functions that accept conditions and wildcards as arguments.Ways to use the string operator and wildcards.String operator and wildcards in formulas.Calculate values using data in table cells.Format Chinese, Japanese or Korean text.Use a keyboard shortcut to apply a style.Create, rename or delete paragraph styles.Add bold, italic, underline or strikethrough to text.Format a presentation for another language.Select text and place the insertion point.Move and edit objects using the object list.Place objects inside a text box or shape.Intro to images, charts and other objects.
