Keynote

How to hide/unhide slides in Keynote

In this short tutorial, we will be covering the steps required to hide or unhide slides in a Keynote presentation. This tip is quite useful when you want to hide certain slides from your standard presentation depending upon audience.

Hide Slides in Keynote

Step 1: Launch the Keynote app with the presentation.

Step 2: Navigate to the slide that needs to be hidden.

The above screenshot shows the presentation in Navigator View.

Step 3: Right click on the slide and select Skip Slide option. This should hide the slide from the presentation and you will notice a separator indicating the slide has been hidden.

If you want to hide more than one slides then select all those slides, right click and choose Skip Slide.

Unhide Slides in Keynote.

Step 1: Navigate to the hidden slide separator.

Step 2: Right click on the separator and choose “Don’t Skip Slide” from the menu option.

Now you should be able to see the hidden slide in Keynote.

How to convert Keynote slides in to images

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This article is about the feature that allows Apple Keynote users to convert the slides in to .PNG, .JPEG and .TIFF image files.

Step 1: Launch the Keynote App and open the Keynote presentation

Step 2: Click File menu and select Export from the menu list.

Step 3: Navigate to Images section and select the Slides that needs to be exported to images.

You have the option to specify all slides or range of slides. Similarly you are allowed to select the image format (JPEG, PNG, TIFF) from the drop down. After specifying the required details, click the Next button.

Step 4: Then click the Export button after providing a name and location for the images.

How to set Keynote as default application for PPT file

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Mac OS X Lion is pre-installed with OpenOffice software and this is set as the default application for opening any PowerPoint presentation file. Mentioned below are the steps required to set Apple Keynote as the default application for opening PPT file.

Launch Finder application on Mac and locate the PPT file.
Right click on the PPT file, navigate to Open With and Select Other option.

This would display the following Choose Application window.

Scroll down the application list and pick Keynote. Then mark the check box with label as “Always Open With” and click the Open button.

This would launch the Keynote application with the selected PowerPoint Presentation file.

Now when ever a PPT file is opened, it will be automatically opened in Apple Keynote.

How to turn off hyperlinks in Keynote on Mac OS X Lion

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This tutorial provides the steps to turn off the hyperlink feature in Keynote on Mac OS X Lion. Click the Keynote menu and select Preferences from the menu list.

In the Preferences window, click the Auto-Correction tab and un mark the check box with label as Automatically detect email and web addresses.

Now if you type in any email or web addresses, keynote will not display the hyperlink.

Insert slide number in Keynote on Mac OS X Lion

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In this short tutorial we will see how to insert slide number in Keynote on Mac OS X Lion system. Keynote users can insert slide number using the option available as part of the Slide menu.

Click the Slide menu and select Show Slide Number on All Slides. This would display the number at the bottom of the slide. And if you do not want to display the slide number then again click Slide menu and select Hide Slide Numbers on All Slides.