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2 Working with a Keynote
Document
This chapter explains how to create, open, import, and save
Keynote documents. It also describes how to add and
organize slides, and how to change a slides theme, layout, or
master.
Before you start working in Keynote, you may want to go through the tutorial in the
iWork ’08 Getting Started book. It will help you become self-sufficient in Keynote quickly.
Creating or Opening a Slideshow
Each slideshow you create is its own Keynote document. You can create a slideshow by
doing any of the following:
 Create a new Keynote document
 Import a document created in PowerPoint or AppleWorks
 Open an existing Keynote document
Creating a New Keynote Document
To create a new Keynote document:
1 If Keynote isn’t open, open it by clicking its icon in the Dock or double-clicking its icon
in the Finder.
If Keynote is already open, choose File > New.
2 In the Theme Chooser, select a theme and click Choose.
You can change a slideshows theme at any time (see “Changing a Slides Theme,
Master, or Layout” on page 34), and you can use more than one theme in a document
(see “Using Multiple Themes” on page 35).
In the Theme Chooser, you can also choose a slide size (see “Setting the Slide Size” on
page 171).