Keynote User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
-
- Get started with Keynote
- Intro to images, charts, and other objects
- Create a presentation
- Choose how to navigate your presentation
- Open or close a presentation
- Save and name a presentation
- Find a presentation
- Print a presentation
- Touch Bar for Keynote
- Create a presentation using VoiceOver
- Change Keynote privacy and analytics settings
-
- Change object transparency
- Fill shapes and text boxes with color or an image
- Add a border to an object
- Add a caption or title
- Add a reflection or shadow
- Use object styles
- Resize, rotate, and flip objects
- Move and edit objects using the object list
- Add linked objects to make your presentation interactive
-
- Send a presentation
- Intro to collaboration
- Invite others to collaborate
- Collaborate on a shared presentation
- See the latest activity in a shared presentation
- Change a shared presentation’s settings
- Stop sharing a presentation
- Shared folders and collaboration
- Use Box to collaborate
- Create an animated GIF
- Post your presentation in a blog
-
- 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
Copyright
Keynote User Guide for Mac Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
Use of the “keyboard” Apple logo (Option-Shift-K) for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Apple may constitute trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and state laws.
Apple, the Apple logo, AirDrop, AirPlay, AirPrint, Apple Books, Apple Music, Apple Pencil, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Digital Crown, Face ID, FaceTime, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Finder, Force Touch, Freeform, GarageBand, Handoff, iBooks, iMovie, iPad, iPad Pro, iPadOS, iPhone, iTunes, iWork, Keychain, Keynote, Launchpad, Logic, Logic Pro, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, macOS, Magic Mouse, Magic Move, MainStage, Motion, Numbers, OS X, Pages, Pixelmator Pro, ProRes, QuickTime, Safari, Siri, Spotlight, Touch Bar, Touch ID, TrueType, and visionOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.
Apple Intelligence, Image Playground, Apple Vision Pro, and Multi-Touch are trademarks of Apple Inc.
App Store, iCloud, iCloud Drive, and iTunes Store are service marks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.
Apple Creator Studio is a service mark of Apple Inc.
Apple
One Apple Park Way
Cupertino, CA 95014
IOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license.
The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Apple is under license.
Other company and product names and logos mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate. Apple is not responsible for printing or clerical errors.
Some apps and features are not available in all areas. App and feature availability is subject to change.