Complete Apple Keynote tutorials from beginner to pro. Animation, templates, collaboration, export settings, and hidden features.
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Keynote's built-in video editing is seriously underrated — crop, color grade, add transitions, picture-in-picture, all without opening iMovie. Here's what you can actually do.
Keynote's typography capabilities are seriously underrated. From font selection and hierarchy to letter spacing and line height — the complete guide to making your text speak.
Keynote's text animations are smoother and more natural than PowerPoint's. Master these animation techniques to give your presentations a polished, cinematic feel.
Keynote's built-in templates feel limiting? A curated roundup of the best free and paid Keynote template resources for business, creative, education, pitch decks, and more — plus tips on how to choose and customize them.
Keynote's shape merge feature is little-known but incredibly powerful. Union, Intersect, Subtract, and Exclude — four Boolean operations that let you create custom icons and graphics right inside your presentation.
Product managers and founders, this one's for you: Keynote is secretly a brilliant product demo tool. No Figma, no After Effects — just Keynote's built-in features to create interactive demos that make investors say 'wow.'
Presenter View is Keynote's flagship presentation feature. Your Mac screen shows notes, a timer, and next-slide previews — while the projector shows only the clean current slide. Never lose your place or run over time again.
90% of Keynote users ignore the master slide feature. Once you learn it, your presentation-building efficiency doubles. From basic setup to advanced techniques, everything you need to know about master slides.
Can iPad Keynote really replace your Mac for building presentations? We tested touch controls, Apple Pencil, Split View, and external displays. Here's what it does brilliantly — and where it falls short.
Keynote isn't limited to linear slide-by-slide playback. It supports interactive navigation, clickable hotspots, hidden slides, and more — turning your presentation from a scripted monologue into a flexible, responsive conversation.
Keynote's built-in Instant Alpha feature is a background removal powerhouse. Solid-color backgrounds vanish in 3 seconds — no need to open Photoshop for 90% of your slide-deck image needs.
Keynote looks simple on the surface, but it's packed with hidden features. These five took me years to stumble across. Each one saves hours or produces effects you'd never expect from presentation software.
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