Keynote

This one-day, hands-on course introduces students to Apple’s powerful presentation software in its iWork suite. In this course, you will learn how to to create professional business and sales presentations complete with designed themes, cinema-quality animations, and voiceover narration. This powerfull tool has become the benchmark for high quality, visually stunning presentations. This is ideal for any business or sales professional who requires to present from thier laptop, or iPad.

This application offers import and export compatibility with Microsoft Office applications and Windows environments.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for business and sales professionals, and others who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the functionality of Keynote. This course prepares students to pass the Keynote portion of the Apple Certified Associate, iWork exam.

Prerequisites:

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic knowledge of Mac OS X or equivalent to Lion 100

Itinerary:

Day 1

AM

Creating a Presentation
  • Opening Keynote
  • Choosing a Theme and Slide Size
  • Selecting a Master Slide
  • Outlining a Presentation
  • Pasting Text into an Outline
  • Formatting Text
  • Customizing a Layout
  • Adding a Table
  • Calculating the Value of Table Cells and Fixing Spelling Errors
Adding Photos/Charts/Sounds
  • Adding Photos
  • Enhancing Photos in Keynote
  • Customizing Photo Layouts
  • Making Part of a Photo Transparent
  • Adding Hyperlinks and Navigation
  • Adding a Chart/Audio/Global Transition
  • Reducing the Presentation File Size
  • Saving Media with Your Presentation
Adding Video and Animation
  • Creating Builds to Reveal Text and Tables
  • Creating Interleaved Builds
  • Creating Graphs and Charts
  • Creating a Smart Build
  • Creating Custom Animations
  • Adding Sound to a Build
  • Creating Transitions Between Slides
  • Creating 2D and 3D Animations
  • Creating Object Effect Transitions
  • Using Text Effects Transitions
  • Using Magic Move
  • Using Video in a Slideshow
  • Configuring Preferences
  • Running a Presentation
  • Pausing and Resuming a Slideshow and Troubleshooting
Creating a Custom Theme
  • Preparing an Empty Theme
  • Creating a Title Slide
  • Creating a Photo Master
  • Saving and Sharing Themes
  • Applying a Custom Theme

Day 1

PM

Importing from PowerPoint and Working with Charts
  • Importing a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Animating a Title Slide
  • Cleaning up a Chart
  • Enhancing and Animating a Chart
  • Improving Title Text
  • Animating a Table
  • Animating a Column Chart
  • Animating a Pie Chart
  • Changing a Chart Style
  • Animating a 3D Area Chart
  • Adding Content from a Word Document
  • Saving a PowerPoint or PDF File
Rehearsing and Delivering Your Presentation
  • Reviewing with Light Table View
  • Adding Comments
  • Adding and Printing Presenter Notes
  • Indexing a Presentation with Spotlight
  • Rehearsing a Presentation
  • Giving a Presentation with a Portable Computer
  • Using an iPhone or iPad as a Remote Control
  • Creating a Self-Running Slideshow and Running a Presentation as a Kiosk
Publishing Your Presentation
  • Printing Handouts
  • Export as PDF
  • Export to PowerPoint
  • Exporting Images
  • Exporting to QuickTime
  • Exporting to an iPod or iPad
  • Exporting to HTML
  • Sending to iWeb
  • Sending to YouTube
  • Sharing a Presentation with iWork.com
  • Sharing a Presentation with iChat Theater