Keynote Support
Set up your presentation
Choose a theme, add slides, and change the look and aspect ratio of your Keynote presentation.
- Learn how to set up your presentation
Present in a video conference
When you’re giving a Keynote presentation in a video conferencing app, you can keep your presenter notes and controls in a separate window on your Mac.
- Learn about presenter controls
Create and share in a browser
Create, edit, and collaborate on shared presentations from a web browser on your Mac or Windows computer.
- Learn more about Keynote for iCloud
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Keynote for iCloud
Create, edit, or present on a web browser with Keynote for iCloud .
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Presentations that stand out. Beautifully.
With its powerful tools and dazzling effects, Keynote makes it easy to create stunning and memorable presentations, and comes included with most Apple devices. Use Apple Pencil on your iPad to create diagrams or illustrations that bring your slides to life. And with real‑time collaboration, your team can work together, whether they’re on Mac, iPad, iPhone or a PC.
See what’s new in Keynote
Present your story. Your way.
Keynote sets the stage for an impressive presentation. A simple, intuitive interface puts important tools front and centre, so everyone on your team can easily add beautiful charts, edit photos and incorporate cinematic effects. And Rehearse Mode lets you practise on the go, with the current or next slide, notes and clock — all in one view.
Start with a gorgeous layout.
Choose from over 40 eye-catching themes that instantly give your presentation a professional look. Or create your own slide designs, background images and page‑by‑page customisation.
Create next-level animations.
Add drama to your presentation with more than 100 cinematic transitions and effects. Make your words pop by adding textures, colour gradients and even photos — with just a tap. And animate objects along a path using Apple Pencil or your finger on your iPhone or iPad.
Make every slide spectacular.
Add subtle movement to your slides with dynamic backgrounds. Illustrate your point with over 700 Apple-designed shapes, or add photos, videos, music, image galleries and charts. Easily remove backgrounds from supported images and live videos or manually refine adjustments as needed. You can even use your iPhone to take a photo or scan a document, and Continuity Camera can send it straight to Keynote on your Mac.
What’s new in Keynote.
Learn about everything you can do in Keynote
Get the updates. Then get in touch.
Stay up to date when people join, edit or comment in collaborative presentations and easily get in touch with your team using Messages and FaceTime.
Get more done on iPad.
Quickly insert objects, find settings and get to your favourite tools with the customisable toolbar. And Stage Manager makes it easy to multitask across multiple presentations and apps at the same time. 1
Make backgrounds disappear.
Now you can more easily remove backgrounds from supported images — and even live videos — or adjust them to your liking.
Add live video feeds to any slide.
Appear in a window, right on your slides, with a picture-in-picture display during remote presentations. Or include a live feed of your iPhone or iPad screen to show off apps.
Get started with dynamic themes.
Start with one of three beautiful new animated themes, then customise it to set the tone for each slide with 18 adjustable background presets — from understated to highly visual, monochrome to colourful, calm to energetic.
Captivate your audience with dynamic backgrounds.
Make your presentation stand out by adding stunning colour and visual interest to your slides. Create motion on a title or closing slide for a bold statement, and keep viewers engaged with subtle movement throughout the presentation.
Present with your team. Seamlessly.
For slideshows with multiple presenters, you can now take turns controlling a single deck — from anywhere — on Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Play YouTube and Vimeo videos right in Keynote.
Embed a video from YouTube or Vimeo, then play them right in your presentations, without the need to download or open the video in a media player. 2
Present over video conference. Like a pro.
Play a slideshow in its own window so you can access other apps while you present. You can view your presenter notes, upcoming slides and navigation in a separate window as well.
Outline your presentation. Easier.
With outline view for iPhone and iPad, quickly jot down your thoughts, restructure ideas and move concepts from slide to slide. Then switch to slide view and start designing.
Present like never before. From anywhere.
With Keynote, presenting remotely can be just as seamless as presenting in person. Say goodbye to saying “Next slide, please” — now multiple people can present together, even remotely, with each person taking control of their section of the deck. Add a live video feed of yourself to any slide for a picture-in-picture experience. Or when presenting on your Mac, include a live feed of your iPhone or iPad screen to walk through your apps. You can even play a slideshow in its own window, so you can simultaneously access your notes and other apps.
Any presentation. Any device. Anytime.
You don’t work in one place on just one device. The same goes for Keynote. Work seamlessly across all your Apple devices. The slides you create using a Mac or iPad will look the same on an iPhone or web browser — and vice versa.
You can also work on presentations stored on iCloud or Box using a PC.
Start using Keynote at iCloud.com
Create and present together. Even when apart.
Work together in the same presentation, from across town or across the world. You can see your team’s edits as they make them — and they can watch as you make yours too. You can even get notifications when people join, edit or comment. When presenting as a team, you can also take turns controlling a single deck from anywhere.
Use Apple Pencil when inspiration strikes.
Add colour, illustrations and handwritten comments for more beautiful presentations with Apple Pencil on your iPad.
Plays well with Office.
Teaming up with someone who uses Microsoft PowerPoint? Keynote makes it a great working relationship. You can save Keynote presentations as PowerPoint files. Or import and edit PowerPoint presentations right in Keynote.
Learn more about Microsoft PowerPoint compatibility
See everything that’s new in Keynote
- What’s new in Keynote for iPhone and iPad
- What’s new in Keynote for Mac
- Keynote for iCloud release notes
Additional Resources
- Get Keynote support
- Learn about Microsoft Office compatibility
- Learn about collaboration for Pages, Numbers and Keynote
- Use Keynote in a video conference app
Keynote User Guides
- Keynote User Guide for Mac
- Keynote User Guide for iPad
- Keynote User Guide for iPhone
- Keynote User Guide for Web
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