Get started with Keynote on iPhone

Keynote makes it easy to create beautiful and engaging presentations with fun animations, interesting transitions and professional polish.

The theme chooser, showing a row of categories across the top that you can tap to filter the options. Below are thumbnails of pre-designed themes arranged in rows by category, starting with Basic at the top and followed by Minimal and Bold. A See All button appears above and to the right of each category row. The Cancel button is in the top-left corner.

Begin with a theme

Creating a slideshow? Start with a theme, then modify it however you want. Themes include pre-designed slide layouts that have placeholders for your own content. Go to the Keynote app on your iPhone, tap Choose a Theme (or ), then tap a theme.

The Media menu showing buttons to add and record various media objects.

Add photos, movies and more

You can add objects such as photos, movies, shapes and charts to your presentation. To add an object, tap in the toolbar, tap one of the object categories at the top of the menu, then select an object.

The Keynote app with an object selected. The Animate button appears in the menu above the selected object.

Bring your presentation to life with animations

Animations help your slideshow appear more dynamic by moving objects onto, off or around the slide. Tap the object you want to animate, tap , tap Animate, then tap Add Build In, Add Action or Add Build Out. Tap an animation effect in the list, then tap Done.

The Keynote app with the Export options open in the More menu in the toolbar.

Export your presentation

You can save a copy of your presentation as a Keynote file or in another format, such as PDF, PowerPoint, a movie and more. To export your presentation, tap , tap Export, then select the format you want to use.

The Keynote app with a slide selected in the slide navigator on the left side of the screen. The Transition button appears in the menu to the right of the selected slide.

Use slide transitions

Transitions give your slideshow a more seamless appearance as you move from one slide to the next during a presentation. To add a transition, tap a slide twice in the slide navigator, tap Transition (you may need to tap to see it), tap Add Transition, tap a transition effect, then tap Done.

The Keynote app with the presenter view showing. The current slide appears in the middle of the screen. A toolbar appears at the top of the screen with the slide counter on the left, the time in the middle, and Draw, Layout and Exit buttons on the right.

Play your presentation

To practise your presentation, tap in the toolbar, then tap Rehearse Slideshow. When you’re ready to deliver your presentation to an audience, tap the slide you want to begin with in the slide navigator, then tap in the toolbar. Tap the slide to advance through the slideshow, or swipe right to go back a slide.

Want to learn more?

This guide helps you get started using Keynote 15.3 on your iPhone. (To see which version of Keynote you have, go to Settings > Apps > Keynote.)

To explore the Keynote User Guide, tap Table of Contents at the top of the page, or enter a word or phrase in the search field.

Keynote 15.3 for iPhone requires iOS 18 or later. Keynote is available in the App Store and requires an Apple Account to download. Features are subject to change and some may require internet access. Additional fees and terms may apply.

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Keynote User Guide for iPhone