Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keynote for Mac OS X (Absolute Beginner's Guide)

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keynote™ for Mac OS® X......Page 2
Copyright  © 2004 by Que Publishing......Page 3
Contents at a Glance......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
About the Author......Page 12
We Want to Hear from You!......Page 14
Public Speaking—Then and Now......Page 16
How to Use This Book......Page 17
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 18
CHAPTER 1 Beginning Skills: Getting to Know Keynote......Page 20
What Keynote Is All About......Page 21
What Keynote Can Do......Page 22
Working with the Keynote Screen......Page 23
Introducing the Inspector......Page 24
Creating Your First Presentation......Page 25
Creating Tables in Slides......Page 29
Organizing Slides......Page 35
Playing the Slideshow......Page 37
Introducing Builds......Page 38
Introducing Transitions......Page 40
CHAPTER 2 Working with Text......Page 42
The Truth About Presentation Text......Page 43
Entering Text on Slides......Page 48
Working with Fonts and Styles......Page 51
Using the Text Inspector......Page 54
Using Bullets and Numbering......Page 57
Importing Text......Page 60
CHAPTER 3 Using Tables......Page 62
The Wonderful World of Tables......Page 63
Creating a Table......Page 64
Moving Around in a Table......Page 65
Entering and Formatting Text......Page 66
Formatting Cells, Rows, and Columns......Page 71
Inserting Graphics in Tables......Page 77
CHAPTER 4 Using Charts......Page 80
The Wonderful World of Charts......Page 81
Creating a Chart......Page 82
Choosing a Chart Style......Page 84
Working with Chart Data......Page 88
Formatting Charts......Page 94
Special Issues with Pie Charts......Page 101
CHAPTER 5 Working with Graphics......Page 104
Understanding How to Use Graphics in Presentations......Page 105
Working with the Colors Dialog Box......Page 107
Working with Line Art......Page 111
Working with Images......Page 118
Using Alignment Guides to Precisely Position Text and Objects......Page 121
Grouping Objects......Page 125
Working with Graphics......Page 126
CHAPTER 6 Working with Backgrounds and Multimedia......Page 132
Changing Slide Backgrounds and Colors......Page 133
Adding Visual Interest to Objects by Using the Opacity Setting......Page 137
Using Audio in a Presentation......Page 142
Using Video in a Presentation......Page 146
CHAPTER 7 Managing Presentations......Page 150
Working with Keynote Views......Page 151
Rearranging Slide Order......Page 153
Grouping Slides......Page 155
Skipping Slides While Viewing a Slideshow......Page 158
Working with Master Slides and Layouts......Page 159
Creating Speaker Notes......Page 165
Spell Checking and Find and Replace......Page 166
CHAPTER 8 Exploring Transitions and Builds......Page 170
Using Transitions Between Slides......Page 171
What Are Builds?......Page 175
Creating Multiple-Build Slides......Page 183
CHAPTER 9 Viewing and Printing a Presentation......Page 188
Viewing a Slideshow......Page 189
Slideshow Viewing Preferences......Page 190
Creating a QuickTime Presentation......Page 192
Creating a PDF File of a Presentation......Page 196
Printing a Presentation......Page 197
Working with Presentation Hardware......Page 199
CHAPTER 10 Extending Keynote......Page 202
Creating New Themes......Page 203
Creating New Master Slides......Page 209
Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint......Page 211
APPENDIX A Installing Keynote......Page 214
Making Sure Your Mac Is Ready for Keynote......Page 215
Installing Keynote......Page 216
APPENDIX B Keynote Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 218
APPENDIX C Helpful Keynote Web Sites......Page 224
Index......Page 226