Keynote User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- 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
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- 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
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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

What is Apple Creator Studio?
Keynote is part of Apple Creator Studio, a subscription-based collection of apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life faster and easier than ever. The suite includes powerful apps for video, music, and creative imaging, plus premium themes, content, and AI-powered productivity apps.
Learn more about Apple Creator Studio
The Apple Creator Studio subscription includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage. The subscription also unlocks premium content and intelligent features in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.
To learn more:
From Keynote: Choose Keynote > Learn About Apple Creator Studio (from the Keynote menu at the top of your screen).
On the web: See the Apple Support article About Apple Creator Studio or the Apple Creator Studio webpage.
In the App Store: Open the App Store app, search for “Apple Creator Studio,” then click Apple Creator Studio in the results.
Apple Creator Studio apps and features
An Apple Creator Studio subscription includes the following:
Category | Apps included | User Guides |
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Video | Final Cut Pro Motion Compressor | |
Music | Logic Pro MainStage | |
Image Editing | Pixelmator Pro | |
Productivity | Premium content and features for: Keynote Pages Numbers |
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To subscribe to Apple Creator Studio, see Subscribe to Apple Creator Studio.