Everyone is used to Powerpoint, but Keynote is PPT on steroids. Of course, it is made by Apple! It is user-friendly and there are endless options for creative presentations, but many aren’t using it yet because they don’t want to have to learn a new program. Here at Bailey Gardiner, we use Keynote for every client presentation so we’ve put together a few pointers to make using Keynote a little easier. 

• Add a Slide

• Select “Slide”
• Select “New Slide”
• From the Masters drop down in the toolbar, select the master slide you would like your new slide to be

• Add A Picture

• Drag a file into your keynote OR
• Go to “Insert” and “Choose” and you can browse for the image to insert

• Frame a Picture

• Select the “i” inspector icon
• From the inspector menu, select the image tab
• With your image selected, from the “Stroke” dropdown, select frame

• Sizing an Image

• Select the image
• Use the squares on the corners and edges of the image to drag in or out
• To size proportionally, drag a corner of the image while holding “Shift”

• Cropping or “Masking” an Image

• Select the image to Mask
• Select the “Mask” icon in the toolbar
• Drag the crop marks or use the sliding bar in the edit mask box to the desired crop
• Click anywhere else in the slide to accept

• Multiple Images

• When using multiple images on one slide, Keynote will show yellow lines from image to image to help you center all of them
• If images overlap, you can bring an image to the top of another by selecting it and choosing “Arrange” and “Bring to Front.” The same applies to back, etc.

• Embed Video

• Drag the video into your keynote
• Size as needed
• It will play when you turn to that slide in presentation mode

• Embedding a Link

• Select the text or image that you want to link to a website (note: during the presentation, you must be connected to the internet for it to work)
• Select the hyperlink tab from the inspector box
• Check “Enable as a hyperlink”
• Select “Webpage” from the Link To dropdown
• Type the URL you want to link to

• Creating Presentation Notes

• Select “View” in the menu and select “Show Presenter Notes”
• Add notes where shown.

• Presenting

• Select the Play button in the toolbar to begin a presentation.
• Click your mouse, press space bar or use arrow keys to advance the presentation
• If you are connected to a larger screen or projector, select Play from toolbar and select Customize Presenter Display. Check the following: Current Slide, Next Slide, Notes, Clock