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Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Go to the beginning or end of a QuickTime movie in Keynote

When playing a QuickTime movie on a Keynote slide, press "i" on your keyboard to jump to the beginning of the movie or press "o" to jump to the end.

Hide or show the mouse pointer in a Keynote slideshow

When playing a slideshow in Keynote, press the "C" key on your Mac's keyboard to hide or show the mouse pointer on the screen.

Record your voice delivering a Keynote presentation

To record your voice delivering a Keynote presentation, do Play> Record Slideshow. Once recorded, to play it back, do Play> Play Slideshow.

Duplicate a slide in a Keynote slideshow

To duplicate a slide in a Keynote slideshow, press and hold Option while dragging the slide's thumbnail in the Navigator, Outline or Light Table.

Reduce the file size of a Keynote slideshow document

In Keynote '09, to make a slideshow document a smaller file, compress the media contained within it by doing File> Reduce File Size.

Swap the primary and presenter displays in Keynote

While delivering a Keynote presentation with your Mac connected to, but not mirroring, an external display, type "X" to swap the primary and presenter screens.

Draw a line connecting two objects in Keynote

In Keynote '09, to draw a line connecting two or more objects on a slide, select each object you want to connect, then do Insert > Connection Line.

Control a movie playing on a slide in Keynote

In Keynote, when playing a QuickTime movie inserted on a slide, press "k" on your keyboard to pause the movie, "j" to rewind and "l" to fast forward.

Turn off the yellow alignment guides in Keynote

In Keynote '09, press and hold the Command key while dragging an object to temporarily turn off the built-in yellow alignment guides.

Adjust the size of thumbnails in the Keynote Theme Chooser

In the Theme Chooser in Keynote '09, to increase or decrease the size of the thumbnail preview, adjust the slider at the bottom of the window.

Show older animations in Keynote

To make older animations such as "Confetti" and "Droplet" available in Keynote, do Preferences> General> Include obsolete animations.

Quickly show a black or white screen in Keynote

When delivering a presentation using Keynote, hit "b" or "w" on your keyboard to pause your presentation and show a black or white screen.

Quickly show (or hide) slide numbers on all slides in Keynote

In Keynote '09, do Slide> Show Slide Numbers on All Slides to show (or hide) slide numbers on every slide in your presentation.

Quickly hide a running Keynote presentation

When presenting with Keynote, hit "h" to hide your presentation and switch to the last app used. To resume your show, click the Keynote icon in your dock.

Set a Keynote presentation to automatically start playing

To set a Keynote presentation to automatically start playing when it is opened, do Inspector > Document > Automatically play upon open.

Use your keyboard to move an object in Keynote

To move an object (text, image, etc.) in Keynote by 1 pixel, select it, then press an arrow key on your keyboard. To move it by 10 pixels, do Shift + arrow.

Require password to exit a running Keynote presentation

To require a password to exit a running Keynote presentation, do Inspector > Document > Require password to exit show.

Preview themes in Keynote '09

When browsing themes with the new Theme Chooser in Keynote '09, hover your mouse over one to preview all slides in that theme.

Easily move objects in Keynote

To move an object (text, image, etc.) in Keynote by 1 pixel, select it and hit an arrow. To move it 10 pixels, do Shift+arrow.

Quickly add or delete rows or columns in Keynote tables

To add or delete rows or columns in a table in Keynote, select any cell then Control-click it and choose from the pop-up list.

Turn font previews on or off in Keynote '09

When using the Format Bar in Keynote '09 press the Option key then click the font list to toggle the font previews on or off.