What’s new in Keynote for Mac

Find out about the new features in Keynote 10.3.5 for Mac.

Fresh new look

Refined new design on macOS Big Sur.

And more

New in Keynote 10.2 for Mac

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New in Keynote 10.1 for Mac

Use the new ‘Play Slideshow in Window’ option to access other applications while presenting locally or via video conferencing. Learn more
Films can now be played through slide transitions. Add the same film to multiple slides to play from one slide to the next. Learn more
Use the Align to Path option so that objects point in the correct direction while following a motion path. Learn more
Add captions and titles easily to images, videos, shapes and other objects. Learn more

New in Keynote 10.0 for Mac

Select from a variety of gorgeous new themes to help you get started.
Add a Keynote presentation to a shared iCloud Drive folder to start collaborating automatically. Requires macOS 10.15.4. Learn more
Edit shared presentations while offline and your changes will upload when you’re back online. Learn more
Easily access your recently used themes in a redesigned theme chooser.
Print or export a PDF of your presentation with comments included. Learn more
Add a drop cap to make text stand out with a large, decorative first letter. Learn more
Enhance your presentations with a variety of new, editable shapes.
New ‘Keyboard’ text build-in and build-out animation.

New in Keynote 9.2 for Mac

Easily add HEVC-formatted movies to presentations, enabling reduced file size while preserving visual quality. Learn more
Jump to a specific slide in your presentation using a new menu command.
Add accessibility descriptions to audio and video. Learn more
Improved accessibility of exported PDFs.

New in Keynote 9.1 for Mac

Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles. Learn more
Place images, shapes and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text. Learn more
Edit master slides while collaborating on a presentation.
Using face detection, subjects in photos will be positioned intelligently in placeholders and objects.

New in Keynote 9.0 for Mac

Create and share an animated GIF by exporting one or more slides.
Save custom shapes for use in other presentations and access them on any device using iCloud. Learn more
Create themes to use as a model for new presentations, and access them on any device using iCloud. Learn more
Slides with custom wider aspect ratios now display better in the slide navigator, light table and presenter display.
Improved performance while collaborating on presentations.
Edit grouped objects while collaborating.
Support for vertical text in shapes and text boxes in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Learn more

New in Keynote 8.2 for Mac

Use Dark Mode to give Keynote a dramatic dark look. Requires macOS Mojave. Learn more
Support for Continuity Camera allows you to take a photo or scan a document with your iPhone or iPad and have it automatically appear in your presentation on your Mac. Requires macOS Mojave and iOS 12. Learn more
Easily record, edit and play audio, right on a slide. Learn more
Enhance your presentations with a variety of new editable shapes.
Performance and stability improvements.

New in Keynote 8.1 for Mac

New in Keynote 8.0 for Mac

Collaborate in real time on presentations stored in Box. Requires macOS High Sierra. Learn more
Use doughnut charts to visualise data in an engaging new way.
Add an interactive image gallery to view a collection of photos.
Enhance presentations with a variety of new editable shapes.
Additional options for reducing the file size of presentations.

New in Keynote 7.3 for Mac

New in Keynote 7.2 for Mac

Enhance your documents using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes. Learn more
Reply to comments and join conversation threads. Learn more
New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing. Learn more
Edit presenter notes while displaying slides in Light Table view.
Scroll anywhere with new pan and zoom options. Learn more
Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic.
The Stock and Currency functions now return data from the previous market day’s close. Learn more

New in Keynote 7.1 for Mac

New Object List makes it easy to select, edit and organise objects, even on complex slides. Learn more
New option to display presenter notes on black background makes them easier to read when presenting in low-light settings.
Quickly open password-protected documents using Touch ID on the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Learn more
Easily replace fonts throughout an entire presentation.
New leader lines make pie charts easier to read.
New stock and currency functions provide up-to-date securities data in tables. Learn more
Post interactive presentations on Medium, WordPress and other websites. Learn more
Import Keynote 1.0 presentations. Learn more
Customise dates, times and currencies for your language or region.

New in Keynote 7.0 for Mac

Real-time collaboration (feature in beta).
- Edit a presentation with others at the same time in Keynote on Mac, iPad, iPhone and iCloud.com.
- Share your presentation publicly or with specific people
- See who else is in a presentation
- See participants’ cursors as they’re editing. Learn more
Keynote Live lets you present a slideshow that viewers can follow from their Mac, iPad, iPhone, and from iCloud.com. Learn more
Open and edit Keynote ’05 presentations. Learn more
Use tabs to work with multiple presentations in one window.
Wide colour gamut image support.

Published Date: November 20, 2020