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.
Get complete step-by-step instructions and information on all the features in Keynote for Mac.
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
- Add mathematical equations using LaTeX or MathML notation. Learn more
- Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
- Enhance your presentations with a variety of new editable shapes.
- Improved compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Improved support for Arabic and Hebrew. Learn more
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 ability to filter the object list by typing object names. Learn more
- Performance and stability improvements.
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.