Keynote User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Change object transparency
- Fill shapes and text boxes with colour 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
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- 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
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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
Choose how to navigate your presentation on Mac
When you design your Keynote presentation, you can customise your slideshow’s navigation method. Normally, the presenter or viewer changes slides by pressing the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key, or by clicking the mouse or trackpad. However, you can also set your presentation to change slides automatically or only when the presenter or viewer clicks a link on the slide.
To set how to navigate your presentation, do the following:
Go to the Keynote app
on your Mac.Open a presentation, then click the Document tab in the Document
sidebar.Select one of the following options in the Presentation Type menu:
Normal: The presentation changes slides or starts animations when the presenter or viewer presses the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key, or clicks a link. This is useful if you want to present the slides sequentially.
Links Only: The presentation changes slides or starts animations only when the presenter or viewer clicks a link. This is useful if you want to present an interactive slideshow, or if you want to present slides in non-sequential order. To learn more about using links to create interactive slideshows, see Add linked objects to make your presentation interactive.
Self-Playing: The presentation advances and starts animations automatically, with no interaction needed to navigate between slides. To learn more about self-playing presentations, see Make a presentation advance automatically.
To play the presentation, click to select the slide you want to begin with in the slide navigator or light table, then click 
in the toolbar.