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Preface
Welcome to Keynote 2
With Keynote, impressive presentations are just the
beginning. This preface provides an overview of the
features of Keynote and a list of resources for using
it.
Keynote is a robust program for creating professional-quality presentations. Keynote’s
powerful and simple tools make it easy to deliver compelling presentations, create
studio-quality storyboards and portfolios, and author interactive slideshows. You can
incorporate photos, movies, or music from your iLife libraries, as well as Safari web
snapshots.
Present your data using any of the charts and tables built right into Keynote. Use the
handsome and versatile themes that come with Keynote, or customize themes to suit
your specific needs.
Your Keynote presentation can be viewed in several ways, including watching it on a
computer, projecting it from a computer to a large screen, printing it, or exporting it
as a set of image files or to Flash, QuickTime, PowerPoint, or PDF format so that it can
be viewed on other computer platforms. (For more information about viewing
options, see Chapter 8, “Viewing, Printing, and Exporting Your Slideshow.”)
Keynote Features at a Glance
Professional-Quality Designs
Keynote provides a wide variety of themes for creating stunning presentations in a
snap. Every theme includes coordinated colors, text, charts, and tables. You can easily
change a slideshow’s theme at any time, and you can modify themes to suit your
needs. You can even set off sections of your slideshow by using multiple themes in
the same presentation.