How to Create Presenter Notes in iWork Keynote – Guide
Apple’s Keynote app is a powerful and user-friendly alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint, offering superior usability and aesthetics for creating presentations.
The Keynote custom presenter screen feature is a standout among iWork’s many useful tools. It gives presenters control over options that are usually only visible to them, providing invaluable assistance during presentations.
Explore the potential of this tool and discover its many uses.
To create a custom presenter display, open the Keynote menu bar and select the Play menu. Then, choose the Customize Presenter Display option. For help getting started, check out this post and find Keynote basics here.
You can customize your presentation by choosing whether to view only the current slide or also the next one, allowing you to prepare your notes ahead of time. The entire screen will be occupied by your presentation, with the Personalize Presenter View panel displayed.
When the current slide has photos or animations that appear gradually, selecting the Indicator Ready to Next option will display a prompt at the top of the screen when all elements have been shown.
Keynote offers a convenient way to keep track of your thoughts while presenting: the Notes check box. Located to the right of the panel, this option allows you to toggle the display of any notes you have added to the current slide. This provides a private area for jotting down requests or ideas that can help when delivering your presentation.
To add notes to slides in Keynote, go to the View menu in the menu bar and select Show Presenter Notes. Then, write whatever is needed for each slide.
The Personalize presenter screen panel offers two final options: Clock and Stopwatch. The clock displays the current time, while the stopwatch can be used to measure elapsed time since the start of your presentation or set a timer for when it should end.
Gaining full control of your Keynote presentations is easy. All you need to do is learn what the tools are and how to access them. Once you start using them, you won’t want to go back. Enjoy!
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