Apple Keynote is an application for creating presentations, and it is part of the Apple iLife suite. It is a competitor to the more popular Microsoft PowerPoint.

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how to have the same gradient fill background on all slides

How do you change the background gradient fill for all slides. I created a nice gradient fill for the first slide and I need it to come across all of the slides for the presentation. thank you
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Change shortcut in Keynote

I 'd like to do a presentation with a wireless USB remote control. At one moment, I need to go to the previous animation phase – which would be the shortcut Shift–Left Arrow or [ (left bracket). ...
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How can I insert an image in Keynote 09 that retains a link to an external file?

Or even better, how can I embed another .key file inside a keynote presentation. There was support to a "linkback" PDF functionallity similar to what Omnigraffle offers but it doesn't seem to be ...
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Export Keynote slides with looped video clips to Quicktime movie

I have put a little video clip in my Keynote presentation, which loops back and forth while other animations beside it are running. When I export my Keynote presentation to a Quicktime movie, the ...
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Keynote displaying strange characters in notes and overlay in picture

All of my fonts in keynote changed including presenter notes. I have no idea how this happened. They are all in an illegible font now (notes and the slide itself looks as if it has some kind of ...
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How can I create (nested) Keynote.app slides from a XML file?

I have some nested lists (XML/OPML file) and I am looking for a (automated) process to create Keynote presentations from them. Use case: I write concepts for presentations in an Outliner, then would ...
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On Keynote for Mac, how can I force a size for slides when exported to PDF?

I'm trying to export my presentation as a PDF in Keynote '09 (version 5.2 (1125)) but the PDF document size doesn't match the size of my slides in Keynote (PDF pages are much larger). Is there any ...
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How to bring Keynote's back to normal

I started using keynote today and noticed that the colors change. The theme color, the font color and even the pictures i add have a pink/purple-ish color and it's really hard to edit under these ...
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Alternative to Keynote with better typography options?

What software are people using on a Mac to create nice-looking presentation slides, notably, with custom drop shadows on text?
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I can't see colors when editing in Keynote

I am new to Keynote and as I was trying to create slided shows, the actual color won't show up when I am editing the slides. (I am using Keynote 2008) When I preview it, it shows everything perfectly, ...
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How do I make italics in my PDFs generated by Keynote look better?

I understand that Keynote embeds the fonts in the PDFs that it creates. I am using Arial in my template and have lots of italics. The italics looks great on a Mac but it looks horrible on a PC when ...
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How do I clear Keynote document warnings for theme-files when I open a file?

Every time I open several of my Keynote files, I get Document Warnings about missing theme-files. Clearing them doesn't help, neither does going to Preferences and choosing Copy theme images into ...
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Keynote diagram: change color for single chart

How can I change the color of a single chart within a diagram in Keynote'09 (OS X Lion)? If I use the color picker or the drag'n'drop workaround, I always change the color of all charts in the diagram ...
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Apple Event Keynote Editing [closed]

Does anyone know how they edit and compile the camera and slideshow footage from their product launch events (http://www.apple.com/apple-events/)? Do they use Final Cut Pro? Does anyone have any tips ...
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In Keynote, how to have image mask start with the entire image

Frequently when pasting images into Keynote for Mac, I want to crop off a small piece of the image, say on the bottom or the right. When I apply an image mask, Keynote defaults to a small square ...
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Can I use an Apple remote to control a keynote presentation?

Is it possible to use the Apple remote to control Keynote presentations? How so? I have a mid-2010 white plastic unibody MacBook. (I've been told that this isn't supported, but perhaps there are third ...

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