Keynote
Keynote User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
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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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Change object transparency in Keynote on Mac
You can create interesting effects by making objects more or less opaque. When you put a low-opacity object on top of another object, for example, the bottom object shows through.
![Transparent balloon shapes overlapping. The bottom balloon shows through the transparent balloon on top.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5ED5635E0946229C50055A35/5ED563600946229C50055A3C/en_US/a79c12842c83fe10d6e4478bab591e74.png)
Click to select an image, shape, text box, line, arrow, drawing, or video, or select multiple objects.
If you select a text box, everything in the text box, including the text and any background color, is changed.
For a drawing, drag the Opacity slider in the Format
sidebar; for any other item, click the Style tab in the sidebar, then drag the Opacity slider.
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