Create a presentation in Keynote for iCloud

To create a new presentation, you first choose a theme to use as a starting point. Themes use coordinated fonts and colors for a unified look, and often include placeholder elements that you can replace with your own content.

  1. Go to Keynote for iCloud , then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).

  2. In the document manager, click the Create Presentation button in the toolbar.

  3. To create a standard-width presentation (with a 4:3 aspect ratio), choose “Standard (4:3)” from the pop-up menu in the top-right corner.

    Note: If you’d like the ability to format table and chart data using the conventions of another language, choose a different language in the top-left corner before choosing a theme in the next step. For more information, see Create a presentation with the formatting of a different language.

  4. In the theme chooser, browse the themes by category, then double-click the one that looks closest to what you want to create.

    To narrow the choices, click a category along the top.

    The theme chooser showing several template thumbnails. The Basic White theme is selected.
  5. Do any of the following:

    • Edit text: To edit placeholder text (text that comes with a theme), double-click the text, then type. To edit text you added, select the text, then type.

    • Format text: Select the text you want to format, then in the Format sidebar on the right, click the Style button near the top, then make your choices.

    • Replace images: Select the image you want to replace, click Image at the top of the Format sidebar, then click Replace. Browse to find a new image, then double-click it.

    • Add new text boxes, shapes, images, or other objects: Click an object button in the toolbar. See Intro to text boxes, images, and other objects.

      The Table, Chart, Text, Shape, and Media buttons in the toolbar.
    • Add or delete slides: To add a new slide, click the Add Slide button at the bottom of the slide navigator. To delete a slide, select it in the slide navigator, then press Delete.

    • Undo or redo a change: Click the Undo button or the Redo button in the toolbar.

    • Enlarge (zoom in) or reduce (zoom out) your overall view of a slide: Click the Zoom pop-up menu in the toolbar, then choose an option.

      The Zoom pop-up menu in the toolbar.
  6. To name your presentation, click the current name at the top of the presentation, type a new name, then press Return (on a Mac) or Enter (on a Windows device).

    The current presentation name, Presentation, selected at the top of the presentation.

    Keynote for iCloud automatically saves your changes as you work, so you don’t need to worry about saving your presentation manually. However, it’s a good idea to rename your presentation so you can easily find it the next time you want to work on it.

To preview your presentation, click the Play button in the toolbar. By default, all new slides are set to advance on click (when you press the mouse button, Space bar, or an arrow key), but you can also choose to have slides advance automatically.

To exit the presentation slideshow, press the Esc (Escape) key on your keyboard.

To close the presentation, move the pointer over the presentation title in the browser tab (above the presentation), then click the X that appears on the left.

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