Keynote
Keynote User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Change object transparency
- Fill shapes and text boxes with color or an image
- Add a border to an object
- Add a caption or title
- Add a reflection or shadow
- Use object styles
- Resize, rotate, and flip objects
- Move and edit objects using the object list
- Add linked objects to make your presentation interactive
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- Send a presentation
- Intro to collaboration
- Invite others to collaborate
- Collaborate on a shared presentation
- See the latest activity in a shared presentation
- Change a shared presentation’s settings
- Stop sharing a presentation
- Shared folders and collaboration
- Use Box to collaborate
- Create an animated GIF
- Post your presentation in a blog
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- Use iCloud Drive with Keynote
- Export to PowerPoint or another file format
- Reduce the presentation file size
- Save a large presentation as a package file
- Restore an earlier version of a presentation
- Move a presentation
- Delete a presentation
- Password-protect a presentation
- Lock a presentation
- Create and manage custom themes
- Copyright

Open a presentation, then .
Next to Text Background, click either the color well on the left or the color wheel on the right, then choose a color.
The color well shows colors that match the theme you’re using. The color wheel opens the color window, where you can choose any color.

Open a presentation, then .
Next to Text Background, click the color well on the left, then click the swatch in the bottom-right corner with the diagonal line.
Add a background color to a paragraph
Use this method when you want a block of color behind paragraphs.
Go to the Keynote app
on your Mac.
Open a presentation, then select the paragraphs where you want to remove the background color.
In the Format
Apply a paragraph style in Keynote on Mac