Apple Keynote Help

Keynote is part of the iWork suite of programs for Mac OS. It is similar to Microsoft PowerPoint.

General Tips

• Using a black or gray background will display images to their best advantage
• Use good quality jpeg files for color depth and a small file size
• You can always adjust a large image to make it smaller on the slide, but you cannot make a small image larger
• Inserting media clips (video, audio) will increase your Keynote file size dramatically. Use links to media on the web or elsewhere on your computer

Keynote Basics

• Open Keynote
• Choose a Theme with a dark gray or black background and make the Presentation Size the same as the resolution of the projector that will be used to present it (1024 x 768 is standard)
• Use the New button at the top left to insert a new slide
• Use the Masters button to change the layout of the slide
• Drag and drop images from your computer to the slide to insert
• Save the presentation by going to File > Save As
• Play the presentation by clicking the Play button

For more information on using Keynote, see:

Apple, Inc. "Apple Keynote Support Manuals." Apple, Inc. http://support.apple.com/manuals/#keynote (accessed May 17, 2010).

Leone, Mario. "Keynote Tutorials." Virtual Training Company. http://www.vtc.com/products/keynote-tutorials.htm (accessed 17, 2010)