What’s new in Keynote for Mac

Learn about the new features in Keynote 9.1 for Mac.

New ways to style text

Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles.

Add inline objects

Place images, shapes, and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text.

Collaboration improvements

Edit master slides while collaborating on a presentation.

And more

Using face detection, subjects in photos are intelligently positioned 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 languages. 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 it automatically appears 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 donut charts to visualize 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 threaded conversations. 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 languages.
The Stock and Currency functions now return data from the previous market day’s. Learn more

New in Keynote 7.1 for Mac

New Object List makes it easy to select, edit, and organize objects even on complex slides. Learn more
New option to display presenter notes on black background makes them easier to read while 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
Customize 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 color gamut image support.

Published Date: June 25, 2019