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Apple Keynote

Apple's presentation software with cinematic animations, beautiful themes, and real-time collaboration

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General

ActionShortcut
New presentation⌘+N
Open presentation⌘+O
Save⌘+S
Save as⌥+⇧+⌘+S
Duplicate presentation⇧+⌘+S
Print⌘+P
Close window⌘+W
Minimize window⌘+M
Full-screen view⌃+⌘+F
Undo⌘+Z
Redo⇧+⌘+Z
Zoom in⇧+⌘+>
Show rulers⌘+R
Show Colors window⇧+⌘+C
Hide/show toolbar⌥+⌘+T
Hide/show inspector sidebars⌥+⌘+I
Hide/show object list⇧+⌘+L
Settings⌘or
Quit Keynote⌘+Q

Slides

ActionShortcut
New slide⇧+⌘+N
Duplicate slide⌘+D
Delete slideDelete
Previous slide↑orPageUp
Next slide↓orPageDown
First slideHomeorFn+↑
Last slideEndorFn+↓
Skip slide⇧+⌘+H

Text Formatting

ActionShortcut
Show Fonts window⌘+T
Bold⌘+B
Italic⌘+I
Underline⌘+U
Increase font size⌘++
Decrease font size⌘+-
Superscript⌃+⌘++
Subscript⌃+⌘+-
Align left⌘+{
Center text⌘+|
Align right⌘+}
Justify⌥+⌘+|
Decrease indent⌘+[
Increase indent⌘+]
Copy text style⌥+⌘+C
Paste text style⌥+⌘+V

Editing

ActionShortcut
Cut⌘+X
Copy⌘+C
Paste⌘+V
Paste and match style⌥+⇧+⌘+V
Select all⌘+A
Deselect all⇧+⌘+A
DeleteDelete
Create link⌘+K
Special characters⌃+⌘+Space

Find & Replace

ActionShortcut
Find⌘+F
Find next⌘+G
Find previous⇧+⌘+G
Find and replace⌥+⌘+F
Check spelling⌘+;
Spelling window⇧+⌘+:
Look up word⌃+⌘+D

Comments

ActionShortcut
Add comment⇧+⌘+K
Next comment⌥+⌘+K
Previous comment⌥+⇧+⌘+K
Save comment⌘+↩

Objects

ActionShortcut
Select all objects⌘+A
Deselect all objects⇧+⌘+A
Select next objectTab
Select previous object⇧+Tab
Move object one pointArrowkey
Move object ten points⇧Arrowkey
Copy graphic style⌥+⌘+C
Paste graphic style⌥+⌘+V
Send to back⇧+⌘+B
Send one layer back⌥+⇧+⌘+B
Bring to front⇧+⌘+F
Bring one layer forward⌥+⇧+⌘+F
Group objects⌥+⌘+G
Ungroup objects⌥+⇧+⌘+G
Lock objects⌘+L
Unlock objects⌥+⌘+L
Duplicate object⌘+D
Mask/unmask object⇧+⌘+M
Insert equation⌥+⌘+E

Tables

ActionShortcut
Add row above⌥+↑
Add row below⌥+↓
Add column right⌥+→
Add column left⌥+←
Delete rows⌥+⌘+Delete
Delete columns⌃+⌘+Delete
Next cellTab
Previous cell⇧+Tab
Merge cells⌃+⌘+M
Unmerge cells⌃+⇧+⌘+M

Presentation Mode

ActionShortcut
Play presentation⌥+⌘+P
Play from current slide⌥+⌘+P
Next slide or build→or↓orSpace
Previous slide or build←or↑
Go to first slideHomeorFn+↑
Go to last slideEndorFn+↓
Go to specific slideNumber↩
Pause (black screen)B
Pause (white screen)W
Show/hide pointerC
Display slide numberS
Toggle presenter displayX
Swap displays⌥+⌘+P(duringpresentation)
Exit presentationEscorQ

Animations

ActionShortcut
Show Build Order⌥+⌘+B
Preview animation⌥+⌘+P