MacBook For Dummies, 10th Edition

Chapter 19

Building Presentations with Keynote

IN THIS CHAPTER

Creating, opening, and saving a presentation

Navigating Keynote

Working with slides

Adding notes, media, and a background shape

Putting together a slideshow

Printing slides and notes

It seems like only yesterday that I was giving business presentations with a clunky overhead projector and black-and-white acetate transparencies. Fancy color gradients and animation were unheard-of, and the only sound my presentations made was the droning of the projector’s fan. I might as well have been using tree bark and chalk.

Thank goodness those “cave painting” days are gone. Cutting-edge presentation software like Keynote makes slide creation easy and — believe it or not — fun! Keynote is the application Steve Jobs once used for his Macworld keynote addresses every year. So much visual candy is available that you’ll never need to shout ...