Record Keynote presentations on Mac
You can record a presentation with voiceover narration on your Mac to play later in Keynote or export as a video file. This is especially useful when you want to distribute or present a prerecorded presentation virtually, or if you want to record a slideshow for someone to play in your absence.
Record a presentation
Open the presentation, then click to select the first slide in the slide navigator.
Choose Play > Record Slideshow (from the Play menu at the top of your screen). The presenter display appears with recording controls visible at the bottom of your screen.
To customize the presenter display before you start recording, move the pointer to the top-right corner of your screen, click
, do any of the following, then click OK (or press Escape on your keyboard):Move an item on the presenter display: Drag it.
When you drag a slide, its label always moves with it. To position a label independently of the slide, drag only the label. To drag multiple items simultaneously, Command-click or Shift-click to select them, then drag.
Resize an item on the presenter display: Click the item, then drag any selection handle.
The clock, timer, and labels are always resized proportionally from their centers.
To maintain the proportions as you resize a slide, the Presenter Notes field, or the Ready to Advance Indicator, hold down Shift as you drag. To resize from the center, hold down Option as you drag. To proportionally resize from the center, hold down Shift and Option as you drag.
Automatically position the items on the presenter display: Click the Use Auto Layout button. Keynote positions the items to make optimal use of the presenter display.
Change the appearance of presenter notes: With presenter notes showing, move the pointer over the Presenter Notes field, then click a font button in the top-left corner to make the font smaller or larger. Click the Invert Colors button to show white text on a black background or vice versa (other text colors aren’t affected).
Click
to record your presentation.The timer counts down from 3 before recording begins.
Do any of the following while recording the presentation:
Go to the next slide or build: Press the Right Arrow key.
Go back a slide or reset the builds on the slide: Press the Left Arrow key.
Jump to a different slide: Press any number to make the slide navigator appear, enter the slide number, then press Return.
Open or close a list of keyboard shortcuts: Press the Question Mark (?) key on your keyboard. You can use the shortcuts to control your presentation.
Mute the microphone: Click
to stop recording voiceover narration. Click it again to resume recording narration.
To stop recording, click
.To preview the recording, click
.To play from a specific point, drag the playback slider at the bottom of your screen to where you want to start, then click
.To edit the recording, do one of the following:
Rerecord from a specific location: Drag the playback slider at the bottom of your screen to where you want to start recording, then click
. Choose Record in the pop-up menu to begin recording.Delete the entire recording: Click
in the bottom-right corner of your screen, then select Clear.
Press Esc to exit the presenter display.
The recording is saved with your presentation and can be played in Keynote. To export a recorded presentation as a video or another file format, see Export to PowerPoint or another file format.
To remove a recording from your Keynote presentation, choose Play > Clear Recording, then select Clear in the pop-up menu.
Play a recorded presentation in Keynote on Mac
With the presentation open, do one of the following:
Play a recorded presentation in full screen: Choose Play > In Fullscreen.
Play a recorded presentation in a window: Choose Play > In Window.
Click
in the toolbar, then click Play Recorded Slideshow.To stop playing the slideshow, press Esc.