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How to Use Apple Keynote (Ultimate Tutorial Guide)

In this guide, you'll learn the basics of how to use Apple's Keynote presentation software. Learn all about Keynote whether you're a complete beginner or trying to improve on your existing skills.

Apple Keynote is slideshow presentation software that features an elegant and easy-to-use interface. You'll be creating great presentations in no time. It's built into Mac computers, making it a great choice for Mac users. Also, Keynote files can easily be converted to Microsoft's PowerPoint if necessary.

How to Use Keynote to Make Powerful Presentations

One of the best ways to create a powerful presentation with Keynote is to download and use a template. There are hundreds of professional Keynote templates you can use available through Envato Elements and GraphicRiver . Here are some examples of just a few of them:

How to Use this Tutorial

Learn all about using Keynote, from setting up your slide designs to working with text, images, video, charts, multi-media, and more. Learn how to work with Keynote's core presentation tools to make great presentations quickly.

If you only have a few minutes to spare, then be sure to watch a few of our one-minute Keynote tutorial videos. Otherwise, jump into one of these comprehensive beginner tutorials.

Note : Be sure bookmark this Apple Keynote tutorial guide to start working through each tutorial at your own pace.

What Is Apple Keynote Software? +How to Start Using It to Make Presentations

How to Create a Basic Keynote Presentation (On Your Mac)

How to Make a Great Presentation in Keynote With Template Designs

How to Use Keynote Slides (Layout Dimensions, Sizes, & Design)

How to Add Pictures & Backgrounds in Keynote Presentations

How to Rotate Text & Shapes in Keynote in 60 Seconds

Keynote Magic Move: How to Use Slide Transition Effects

How to Quickly Make a Timeline in Keynote With Templates

How to Add Video & Music Files in Keynote Presentations

How to Make Flowcharts & Gantt Charts in Keynote With Templates

How to Use Apple Keynote Live to Stream Presentations on the Web

How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint (PDF, & More) on Export (+Video)

How to Convert PowerPoint (PPTX) for Mac Keynote Presentations (W/Video)

How to Quickly Change Keynote Custom Themes (In 60 Seconds)

What is the Apple Keynote App Advantage? (Create Presentation Designs Simply)

Keynote for Apple Mac: 15+ Top Presentation Tips & Tricks for 2019

How to Create a Keynote Presentation Template Design

Preparing Your Mac for a Presentation

Getting Started With Keynote on OS X

How to automatically play, loop, or restart a slideshow in Keynote

Learn how to set up your Keynote slideshow to play, loop, and restart automatically so your presentation keeps going without you having to interact with it continuously.

When you’re presenting a slideshow, the last thing you need to worry about is actually playing it. That should be the easiest part. Keynote offers a few simple ways to play your slideshow automatically . You can set it to start, loop, and restart without lifting a finger. This is handy for presentations that you want to play continually in a waiting room, conference room, or trade show.

Automatically play, loop, or restart a Keynote slideshow

You have a few different options depending on your situation and when or where you’re playing your presentation:

• Automatically play upon opening: You can set the presentation to automatically play when you open it. This is handy if you set up the slideshow and someone else needs to start it.
• Loop the slideshow: This is an easy way to continually replay the slideshow after it ends.
• Restart when idle: Maybe you don’t want to loop the presentation but have it automatically restart after a set amount of inactive time.
• Open your presentation in Keynote on your Mac and then access the settings by clicking the Document button on the top right.
• Make sure the Document tab is selected at the top of the sidebar.
• Check the box for the action you want to use: Automatically play upon open , Loop slideshow , or Restart show if idle for [time period]. You can use more than one at a time, too, if you like.

On iPhone and iPad

• Open your presentation in Keynote on your iPhone or iPad and then access the settings by tapping the three dots at the top.
• Select Presentation Options > Presentation Type .
• Enable the toggles for Loop Slideshow and/or Restart Show if idle [time period]. To automatically play the show, tap Self-Playing to mark a check for that option. This is different than playing the slideshow when it opens, like on Mac. Take a look at our how-to for the self-playing option .
• Finally, tap Done to save the changes.

These convenient options let you play your slideshow, so you don’t have to keep hitting a button to start or restart. Just set it up and let it play your way.

Are you going to use one of these automatic settings for your next Keynote presentation? Let us know how the one(s) you pick work for you!

Related tips:

• How to use the Play Slideshow in Window feature in Keynote
• How to animate objects on a slide in Keynote on Mac
• How to play a movie or audio across slides in Keynote on Mac and iOS

Keynote User Guide for Mac

• What’s new in Keynote 14.1
• Intro to Keynote
• Intro to images, charts, and other objects
• Create a presentation
• Choose how to navigate your presentation
• Open or close a presentation
• Save and name a presentation
• Find a presentation
• Print a presentation
• Undo or redo changes
• Show or hide sidebars
• Quick navigation
• Change the working view
• Expand and zoom your workspace
• Customize the Keynote toolbar
• Change Keynote settings on Mac
• Touch Bar for Keynote
• Create a presentation using VoiceOver
• Add or delete slides
• Add and view presenter notes
• Reorder slides
• Group or ungroup slides
• Skip or unskip a slide
• Change the slide size
• Change a slide background
• Add a border around a slide
• Show or hide text placeholders
• Show or hide slide numbers
• Apply a slide layout
• Add and edit slide layouts
• Change a theme
• Add an image
• Add an image gallery
• Edit an image
• Add and edit a shape
• Combine or break apart shapes
• Draw a shape
• Save a shape to the shapes library
• Add and align text inside a shape
• Add 3D objects
• Add lines and arrows
• Animate, share, or save drawings
• Add video and audio
• Record audio
• Edit video and audio
• Add live video
• Set movie and image formats
• Position and align objects
• Use alignment guides
• Place objects inside a text box or shape
• Layer, group, and lock objects
• Change object transparency
• Fill shapes and text boxes with color or an image
• Add a border to an object
• Add a caption or title
• Add a reflection or shadow
• Use object styles
• Resize, rotate, and flip objects
• Move and edit objects using the object list
• Add linked objects to make your presentation interactive
• Select text
• Copy and paste text
• Use dictation to enter text
• Use accents and special characters
• Format a presentation for another language
• Use phonetic guides
• Use bidirectional text
• Use vertical text
• Change the font or font size
• Add bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough to text
• Change the color of text
• Change text capitalization
• Add a shadow or outline to text
• Intro to paragraph styles
• Apply a paragraph style
• Create, rename, or delete paragraph styles
• Update or revert a paragraph style
• Use a keyboard shortcut to apply a style
• Adjust character spacing
• Add drop caps
• Raise and lower characters and text
• Format fractions automatically
• Create and use character styles
• Format dashes and quotation marks
• Format Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text
• Set tab stops
• Format text into columns
• Adjust line spacing
• Format lists
• Add a highlight effect to text
• Add mathematical equations
• Add borders and rules (lines) to separate text
• Add or delete a table
• Select tables, cells, rows, and columns
• Add or remove rows and columns
• Move rows and columns
• Resize rows and columns
• Merge or unmerge cells
• Change the look of table text
• Show, hide, or edit a table title
• Change table gridlines and colors
• Use table styles
• Resize, move, or lock a table
• Add and edit cell content
• Format dates, currency, and more
• Create a custom cell format
• Highlight cells conditionally
• Format tables for bidirectional text
• Alphabetize or sort table data
• Calculate values using data in table cells
• Use the Formulas and Functions Help
• Add or delete a chart
• Change a chart from one type to another
• Modify chart data
• Move, resize, and rotate a chart
• Change the look of data series
• Add a legend, gridlines, and other markings
• Change the look of chart text and labels
• Add a chart border and background
• Use chart styles
• Animate objects onto and off a slide
• Animate objects on a slide
• Change build order and timing
• Add transitions
• Present on your Mac
• Present on a separate display
• Present on a Mac over the internet
• Use a remote
• Make a presentation advance automatically
• Require a password to exit a presentation
• Play a slideshow with multiple presenters
• Rehearse on your Mac
• Record presentations
• Check spelling
• Look up words
• Find and replace text
• Replace text automatically
• Set author name and comment color
• Highlight text
• Add and print comments
• Send a presentation
• Intro to collaboration
• Invite others to collaborate
• Collaborate on a shared presentation
• See the latest activity in a shared presentation
• Change a shared presentation’s settings
• Stop sharing a presentation
• Shared folders and collaboration
• Use Box to collaborate
• Create an animated GIF
• Post your presentation in a blog
• Use iCloud Drive with Keynote
• Export to PowerPoint or another file format
• Reduce the presentation file size
• Save a large presentation as a package file
• Restore an earlier version of a presentation
• Move a presentation
• Delete a presentation
• Password-protect a presentation
• Lock a presentation
• Create and manage custom themes
• Transfer files with AirDrop
• Transfer presentations with Handoff
• Transfer presentations with the Finder
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Keyboard shortcut symbols

Add video and audio in Keynote on Mac

You can add video and audio to a slide, or replace a media placeholder with a video. When you show the slide during a presentation, by default the video and audio plays when you click. You can set video or audio looping, or set the start time to make the media files play automatically when the slide appears. You can also add a soundtrack that plays for the entire presentation.

Note: Video and audio files must be in a format that QuickTime supports on your Mac. If you can’t add or play a video or audio file, try using iMovie, QuickTime Player, or Compressor to convert the file to a QuickTime file (with a .mov filename extension) for video, or an MPEG-4 file (with a .m4a filename extension) for audio.

You can also record audio and add it to your presentation.

Add video or audio

When you add a video or audio file to a slide, the video or audio plays only when that slide is showing in your presentation.

Do one of the following:

Drag a media file from your computer to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the slide.

Add a video from the web

You can add links from YouTube and Vimeo so videos play right in your presentation.

Important: This feature may not be available in all regions.

Type or paste a link to the video, then click Insert.

Note: You must be connected to the internet to play a video from the web.

When you play your presentation, web videos play in front of overlapping objects on the slide.

When you paste supported video links into your presentation, they are inserted as web videos by default. To change this, choose Keynote > Settings (from the Keynote menu at the top of your screen), then deselect the checkbox next to “Paste YouTube and Vimeo links as web videos.”

Replace video or audio

Click to select the video or audio on the slide.

Click Replace.

Select a video or audio file, then click Open.

If you’re replacing a web video, insert a link to a new video, then choose Replace.

Add a video description

You can add a description to any video in your presentation. Video descriptions are read by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver) when someone uses that technology to access your presentation. Video descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your presentation.

Click the Description text box, then enter your text.

If you export your presentation as a PDF, video descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to PowerPoint or another file format in Keynote on Mac .

To add descriptions to an image, see Add an image description .

Add an audio description

You can add a description to any audio in your presentation. Audio descriptions are read by assistive technology when someone uses that technology to access your presentation. Audio descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your presentation.

If you export your presentation as a PDF, audio descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to PowerPoint or another file format in Keynote on Mac .

To add descriptions to an image or video, see Add an image description or Add a video description .

Add a soundtrack

A soundtrack begins playing when the presentation starts. If there are slides that already have video or audio, the soundtrack also plays on those slides.

A file added as a soundtrack always plays from its beginning.

To reorder the songs or playlists, drag them above or below another in the list. To delete one, select it, then press Delete.

Click the soundtrack pop-up menu, then choose an option:

Off: The soundtrack doesn’t play.

Play Once: The soundtrack plays through the presentation and doesn’t repeat if the presentation is longer than the soundtrack.

Loop: The soundtrack repeats until the presentation ends.

If you want to play your presentation on a different computer or device from the one you used to create the presentation, choose Keynote > Settings (from the Keynote menu at the top of your screen), click General at the top of the settings window, then select “Copy audio and movies into document.” Doing so ensures the soundtrack is available whenever you play the presentation.

Some media files are protected under copyright law. Some downloaded media may be played only on the device where the download occurred. DRM (digital rights management) protected music can’t be added to the presentation soundtrack. Make sure the computer you’re using has permission to play all the media files included in your presentation.

You can set Keynote to optimize the format and quality of movies and images that you add to presentations.

To set video or audio looping, adjust playback volume, play video or audio continuously through slide transitions, or make other edits to your media, see Edit video and audio in Keynote on Mac .

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Adding a song from Apple Music to Keynote as Media

We have been using purchased songs from iTunes as media on Keynote. We have decided to try Apple Music instead and find that we cannot now use songs in presentations. How do I do this?

iMac 27″, 10.11

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 3:37 AM

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 10:12 AM

If the music you are trying to use in Keynote has DRM ( digital rights management ) then it will not work in Keynote. The specific song need to be converted to MP3 format thus removing the DRM

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Oct 15, 2020 10:12 AM in response to alansnap

Oct 15, 2020 9:39 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Thanks Gary. We tried that. It doesn't work. In Apple Music the files are M4a format and these can't be used in Keynote. It was always marginal whether we would move from buying tracks to Music, and we can continue to buy tracks and use these instead.

Oct 15, 2020 5:49 AM in response to alansnap

• In Keynote, click on the media button in the toolbar and select Music
• Drag and drop the required sound file from the music list on to the slide