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I have no idea what this KeyNote is use for. But i'd like to say something about apple keynote.

Apple keynote is a great things with great pictures tools and could add 3d charts to the presentation document.

but i must say, i still choose ms powerpoint.why? well, keynote is like magic, while powerpoint is for life.

Keynote presentation is luxury, but it takes your time to make one document. even if it's "simple" to use, you still can't help to spend your time to adjust those pictures and all those fonts.

Powerpoint, on the other hand, is simple. all those functions are good enough for office.

Then use keynote to make a "sharing" or "show-off" presentation while use powerpoint for working.

1. Launch Keynote '09 by clicking on its icon in your Dock or the Applications folder.

2. Create a new presentation by selecting a theme. Let's choose "Headlines" for this example. Click "Choose" when you've made your selection.

3. Double-click inside the title field (where it says "Double-click to edit") and replace the text with your own. Here we'll use "101 Ways to Cook an Egg."

4. Replace the subtitle text with whatever you'd like or leave it as it is. For this article let's type in "Yummy Everyday Recipes" just for fun.

5. Open up the "Build" inspector by clicking on the button third from the left in the Inspector window's top menu. This window gives you control over how to build up your slide (or build out your slide) and shows you a preview of what your actions and effects will look like.

6. Select the title text "101 Ways to Cook an Egg." You just need to click once on the area where the text.

7. Click the "Action" button in the Inspector window.

8. Select the effect you want to apply to the title text by clicking on the drop-down menu under "Effects" and selecting the effect. We'll do "Rotate" for this example to make our text spin.

9. Decide whether you want the text to spin clockwise or counter-clockwise and set your preference with the "Direction" drop-down box.

10. Set the "Rotate" option to 360 degrees to rotate the text all the way around. The default is 180 and your text will end up upside-down.

11. Choose how smooth you want the acceleration of the spin by selecting an option under the "Acceleration" drop-down box. The "Ease In & Ease Out" option gives you the smoothest spin. Try out the other options to see how they look.

12. Set the duration of the spin in the "Duration" field by increasing or decreasing the time (in seconds).

13. Preview your effect by clicking on the "Play" button at the top of the screen.

1. Open your Keynote application. A menu of background themes will open automatically. Choose your background theme from the available options by double clicking on the theme of your choice. Scroll to the slide that you wish to contain your time line. Place your arrow on the slide; double click your mouse to start the editing process.

2. Click on the green “Shapes” option on the tool bar located at the top of your page. Select the diagonal line option. It is the first option on the “Shapes” drop down menu. A diagonal line will appear on your page. Point your arrow at small square box located at the end of the diagonal line; turn it, until it becomes horizontal. You can hold down your mouse key and drag the end of the line to adjust its length. Drag the line to your preferred location on the page. If your time line is going to be the only information on the page, you may place it in the center of the page.

3. Click on the “Text” option on the tool bar at the top of your page. This will cause a text box to open. Type the first date for you time line in the text box. You can adjust the size and type of font by highlighting your text and clicking on the “Fonts” option on the tool bar. Click on your text box and drag your starting date below your line on the left end of the line. Repeat this process, until you have filled in all relevant dates.

4. Click on the “Text” option to create a new text box for each event that will be listed on your time line. Point your arrow on the text box, hold down your mouse button and drag the text box to the appropriate corresponding time designation on top of your line. Repeat this process for all events that you wish to include on your time line.

5. Click on the green “Shapes” option on the tool bar once again to create vertical lines to connect your text boxes with the horizontal time line. Select the diagonal line option. A diagonal line will appear on your page. Point your arrow at small square box located at the end of the diagonal line and turn it until it becomes vertical. You can hold down your mouse key and drag the end of the line to adjust its length. Drag and adjust the vertical line until it connects your text box with the main line.

1. Start with the largest image you can find. You will have the clearest photos in Keynote if you import large images and not thumbnails.

2. Adjust the Dots Per Inch (DPI) of your image in an image editor. You can use Photoshop, and there are freeware utilities, but Apple's Preview application can also do the job. If you are stuck with a low-resolution image, it can help to bump up the DPI to 150, and then import it into Keynote.

3. Use the Instant Alpha tool in Keynote to clear away the background in your image. Apple introduced Instant Alpha in "Keynote '08," and it allows you to selectively remove portions of an image. For example, you can separate a person from a backdrop using the instant alpha tool to focus attention on only the person. If you declutter an image, it often makes the picture clearer.

1. Open a new presentation by clicking on the "Keynote" icon in your dock. Alternately, click on "Go" from the Apple desktop menu, and scroll down to "Applications." Locate "Keynote" in the folder, and double-click to launch the program.

2. Note the "Theme Chooser" window that opens. Click on a theme icon, and click the "Choose" button to proceed to a title slide template for a new presentation. Alternately, click on the "Open an Existing File" button to open an existing Keynote file. Navigate to the Keynote presentation in the "Open" window.

3. Click on the "Media" icon in the Tool bar at the top of the slide. Click on the "Audio" button. Choose "iTunes" from the pop-up menu, and scroll down to "Music." Click on the preferred audio file in the list. Test the file to make sure it's the one you want to add by clicking on the forward arrow at the lower left of the audio window.

4. Open the music settings by clicking on the blue "I" or "Inspector" icon. Click on the document icon, and select the "Audio" button. Drag and drop your chosen song from the Media list to the "Soundtrack" box in the Inspector. Click on "Play once" to play the audio file, then stop, or "Loop" to play the music continuously through your presentation. Adjust the volume level with the slider button.

1. Open the Keynote presentation you want to add a song to.

2. Click the individual slide you want the song to accompany.

3. Note the Keynote tool bar at the top of the window. Click on the "Media" icon at the far right.

4. Click the "Audio" button. Select the folder that contains the song you want to add.

5. Click the song, then drag it from the Media window to your slide. A speaker icon appears on the slide. Position it to the place on the slide that best suits your design.

6. Double-click on the "Speaker" to start or stop your song.

1. Double-click on the "Keynote" icon to open a new Keynote document. Click on a theme design for your presentation when the window opens, and then click the "Choose" button. The Keynote document default opens to a single slide. Drag a graphic element, such as a photograph, from your desktop to the slide.

2. Click on the "Inspector" button at the top of the tool bar. Click on the small yellow "Build Inspector" icon, which is the third icon from the left. Click on the graphic image on the slide. Click on the blue "Build In" button, and then click an effect from the "Effect" pull-down menu. Click an order for the animation from the "Order" pull-down menu.

3. Click on the "More Options" button at the bottom of the "Inspector" window to bring up the "Build Order" sub-menu. Specify whether you want the animation to begin automatically or on-click. Set the duration of the animation in the "Duration" arrow up or down box.

4. Click on the "Build Out " button to indicate an exit build out or ignore this option and leave the element on the slide. Set the effect, duration and order of the effect. Close the "Inspector" window.

5. Click on the "View" menu, and then click "Play Slide Show" to test your animation.

1. Open your Keynote presentation.

2. Click "View," and then scroll to and click "Outline."

3. Click the "File" menu and then "Print."

4. Click "Keynote" from the "Copies & Pages" pop-up menu in the print dialog box. Click "Outline," and then press "Print."

1. Open Keynote by clicking on the program's icon in your dock. The Keynote icon resembles a wooden podium. Highlight a theme style for your presentation by clicking on it, then click "Choose."

2. Click the slide on which you want to add transparent colors. Click the "Shapes" tool in the toolbar. Select a shape from the pull-down menu. Note that the shape has handles surrounding it, which means it is selected on the slide.

3. Click the blue "Inspector" icon in the toolbar, then click the "Graphic Inspector" icon in the center of the Inspector tool bar. This icon resembles a small green circle in front of a square.

4. Click the text box below "Fill." Select "Color Fill" from the pull-down menu. Make sure your shape is still selected. Click the color sample square to choose a fill color from the color palette. Place the magnifying glass on your preferred color in the color palette and click to select it. Your shape is now filled with a solid color.

5. Drag the slider at the bottom of the "Graphic Inspector" to change the opacity of the color fill. Decrease the opacity to make the color block transparent by dragging the slider to the left. Alternatively, enter a transparency percentage value in the box to the right of the slider.

1. Click "Keynote" from the Dock on your Mac to launch the application.

2. Click "File" from the Keynote menu, then click "Open," and then click the folder where your document is located. Click the file to select it, and then click "Open."

3. Click "File" from the Keynote menu.

4. Click "Save Theme." A dialog box appears. Type a name for your new theme. By default, Keynote saves your theme in the "Themes" folder, located in the "Keynote" folder inside the "iWork" folder on your hard drive. Click a different folder if you want to change the location where you save it. Click "Save." Keynote saves your new theme. It appears in the "Theme Chooser" window. Click "File" and then click "New From Theme Chooser" to see the list of themes you can use to make presentations.

1. Launch Keynote on your Mac.

2. Click "File" and then click "Open" if you want to open a Keynote project that you have previously saved.

3. Click the folder containing the Keynote file, click the file to select it and then click "Open."

4. Click "File" and then click "New." The Theme Chooser window opens.

5. Click a Theme template that you want to use and then click "Choose." A new Keynote document based on the theme opens.

6. Click the "Text Box" button at the top of the Keynote application window. A text box appears in the Keynote window with the word "Text" inside it.

7. Click the word "Text" in the text box and then type the words that you want to embed in the slide. Click the text box and drag it if you want to reposition it on the slide.

8. Click the "Inspector" button at the top of Keynote window if you want to change the text's color or alignment.

9. Click a text alignment tab to switch the alignment to left, center or right justification.

10. Click the "Fonts" button at the top of the Keynote window if you want to change the text's font.

11. Click the "Colors" button at the top of the window if you want to change the text's color and then click a color from the color wheel that appears.