Keynote

Get started with Keynote on iPad

Keynote makes it easy to create beautiful and engaging presentations with fun animations, interesting transitions and professional polish.

The theme chooser, showing a row of categories across the top that you can tap to filter the options. Below are thumbnails of pre-designed themes arranged in rows by category, starting with Basic at the top and followed by Dynamic, Minimal and Bold. A See All button appears above and to the right of each category row. The Cancel button is in the top-left corner.

Begin with a theme

Creating a slide show? Start with a theme, then modify it however you want. Themes include pre-designed slide layouts that have placeholders for your own content. Go to the Keynote app on your iPad, tap Choose a Theme to open the theme chooser, then tap a theme.

The Keynote app in Slide Only view with the Media menu opened from the toolbar.

Add photos, movies and more

You can add objects such as photos, movies, shapes and graphs to your presentation. To add an object to your slide, tap one of the object buttons in the toolbar, then select an object from the menu.

The Keynote app in Slide Only view with the Animation controls at the bottom of the screen.

Bring your presentation to life with animations

Animations help your slide show appear more dynamic by moving objects onto, off or around the slide. Tap the object you want to animate, tap Animate, then tap Add Build In, Add Action or Add Build Out. Tap an animation effect in the list, then tap Done.

The Keynote app with the Transition controls at the bottom of the screen.

Use slide transitions

Transitions give your slide show a more seamless appearance as you move from one slide to the next during a presentation. To add a transition, tap a slide in the slide navigator, tap Transition, tap Add Transition, tap a transition effect, then tap Done.

The Keynote app with the Export options open in the Actions Menu in the toolbar.

Export your presentation

You can save a copy of your presentation as a Keynote file or in another format, such as PDF, PowerPoint, a movie and more. To export your presentation, tap in the toolbar, tap Export, then select the format you want to use.

The Keynote app with the presenter view showing. The current slide appears in the centre of the screen. A toolbar appears at the top of the screen with the slide counter on the left, the presentation timer in the middle, and Draw, Layout and Exit buttons on the right.

Play your presentation

To practise your presentation, tap in the toolbar, then tap Rehearse Slide Show. When you’re ready to deliver your presentation to an audience, tap the slide you want to begin with in the slide navigator, then tap in the toolbar. Tap the slide to advance through the slide show, or swipe right to go back a slide.

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Keynote User Guide for iPad