Getting started with Keynote: Professional training

By Rémy Lentzner

Welcome to Keynote, the presentation manager for the Mac. This book is intended to anywone who wants to manipulate slides to express ideas better, both orally and in writing. You will learn how to insert and manipulate texts, images, shapes, videos and many other objects. You'll save time by using layouts that apply any changes to all slides. Keynote enables you to present information with customized effects, such as transitions and animations. You will discover the main communication techniques that are the basis of a successful presentation.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Rémy Lentzner has been an IT trainer since 1985. Specialized in mastering office automation tools, he supports companies in the professional training of their employees. Self-taught, he has several computer books to his credit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Remylent
• Release date: Mar 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9782490275724

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Chapter 1

Fundamentals

The Keynote application is part of the group of three applications, Pages, Numbers and Keynote, that form a small suite integrated into the Mac operating system: Pages for word processing, Numbers for spreadsheets and Keynote for slide presentations.

1.1 Getting started

Figure 1.1 shows the desk icon that enables you to carry on the application.

Figure 1.1: The Keynote application

Click on the Keynote icon.

Choose the Basic White theme.

Click on the Create button.

Several themes are proposed but can be customized afterwards. They are containers of objects (text zones, images, etc.). Figure 1.2 shows the first slide based on the theme used after creating the new presentation.

The screen displays a wide (16:9) horizontal format.

Figure 1.2 : The working environment

The left panel stores the different slides, one under another. The right panel deals with objects properties. For instance, you can insert a title or a background color.

The first menu concerns the Keynote application. The second menu concerns the actions that you can perform in each window.

1.2 The View option

The View icon enables you to choose different display modes. For example, you can display, or not, the left panel, see all the slides with a Light Table form or display the structure of the presentation, thanks to the Outline.

1.2.1 The Light Table view

Figure 1.3 shows a Light Table slides view. Slides are displayed horizontally.

View / Light Table

Figure 1.3 : The Light Table view

A context menu can help you to manage the slides.

Click on the right button, then choose an option (figure 1.4).

Figure 1.4 : The context menu

The list below details the different options:

New Slide. Creates a new slide.

Skip Slide. Hides the slide.

Cut / Copy / Paste. Realizes the classic operations upon objects.

Delete. Removes a slide.

Select All. Selects all the