Apple ’s Keynote for macOS presentation software was design around plug a MacBook into a projector and using full - screen mood , so it was n’t quick for the remote - work and space learning switchover that find abruptly in 2020 . By that summertime , Apple had updated Keynote to interlingual rendition 10.1 and catch up with Microsoft PowerPoint , by adding a Play Slideshow in Window lineament , which was far more compatible with the manner that videoconferencing software program share screens and window . But it only go so far .
With Keynote 11 , the terminal piece is finally in spot , though the update is only uncommitted for macOS 10.15 Catalina and tardy substance abuser . With Play Slideshow in Window , Keynote automatically opens up what it calls a “ donor show ” in a second drift windowpane . you’re able to share the introduction window in Teams , Zoom , and other videoconferencing package while viewing your presentation notes , the next and subsequent slide , a timekeeper , and additional navigation creature in the presenter exhibit . ( A workaround I described in a previous columnfor Keynote 10.1 persist usable for 10.14 Mojave and early macOS exploiter , and for Keynote 11 users who do n’t want to apply the bestower display . )
Keynote 11 offers two be adrift windows side by side for the display and presenter tool .
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The presenter exhibit does n’t have an enormous number of feature of speech , but it ’s straight enough . A timer start as soon as you make headway the first slide . you’re able to watch your notes , or bulk large over the musical note section and click Edit to redact them while the presentation is participating as you rehearse ( or even while exist if you wish survive perilously ) . you may bump the size of your schoolbook down or up with the A / A buttons .
Click the Slide Navigator icon at the top of the presenter presentation , and you could see numbered thumbnails of all your slide , chatter any slide to jump to it , or enter a slide act in the “ Go to slide ” field to throw to it .
Apple also upgraded the main introduction window . In Keynote 10.1 , the windowpane read atrocious ignominious bars to the unexpended and right or top and bottom depending on how the window was size . In Keynote 11 , the windowpane is always enwrap to the proportions of the slide ratio you ’re using , like 16:9 , and you’re able to resize the windowpane as you please without disrupting that . Click the Help ( ? ) icon on the presentment window to look at cutoff for this special view .
The giver display makes it well-off to preview and navigate through slides when sharing a presentation view into a videoconference .
A couplet of additional feature would still be welcome , such as being capable to string on slide or use a pointer or highlighter . However , some videoconferencing tools let you overlie whatever you ’re presenting with their own drawing off , highlighting , and other note tools .
For more advice about managing intro with one or two screens , in Keynote or PowerPoint , and with optional mobile equipment , see this tutorial .
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