Keynote for Mac Series Tutorial: How to create or open a presentation

Keynote comes with a number of Apple-designed themes to help you create your presentation. After you select a topic, you will use slides to build your presentation. The finished presentation can be displayed on your Mac, IPad, IPhone, IPod touch, or in iCloud with a browser supported on your Mac or PC. The basic tutorial on keynote for this issue is: how to create or open a presentation.

First, create a new presentation

1. Choose File > New, or click New Presentation at the bottom of the Open dialog box.

2. Double-click the theme of the presentation.

3. Do any of the following to build the presentation:

Click "+" to add a slideshow.

Double-click the placeholder text to add your own text.

Click in the lower-right corner of the placeholder image to add your own image.

4. Choose File > Save, and you can enter a name and choose a location for the presentation.

Save your presentation to ICloud to access your presentation from any authorized device, or from icloud.com in a browser that is supported on your MAC or PC.

　　Second, open an existing presentation

1. You can open a presentation that's stored on your Mac or in ICloud. You can also open a PowerPoint presentation.

Choose File > Open, select the presentation, and then click Open.

2. If you don't see a presentation stored in icloud, you might want to set up icloud on your MAC or open icloud's documents and data.

3. To set up ICloud, choose Apple Menu () > System Preferences, then click ICloud. Select Documents and Data.