Keynote (software)

Keynote is a presentation software application made by Apple for its Mac OS operating system.

Keynote

Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Stable release	4.0.2 / January 29, 2008
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	presentation
License	Proprietary
Website	www.apple.com

History

Keynote was a software program that Steve Jobs, the chief executive officer of Apple used for his own presentations only. It was later sold to everyone as Keynote 1.0, competing against other presentation software, especially Microsoft PowerPoint. Unlike PowerPoint, Keynote can use all image types, and the design uses more pictures, making it easier to use. Because Keynote uses Mac OS X's built-in graphics technologies, it can produce slides with many graphics very easily.

Version history

Version Number	Release Date	Changes
1.0	January 7, 2003	Initial release.
1.1	June 04, 2003	Various enhancements to improve functionality and compatibility.
1.1.1	October 28, 2003	Improved stability and several user experience enhancements.
2.0	January 11, 2005	Released as part of the new iWork 05 package. Includes new transitions/animations, 20 new themes, new presenter tools and improved export options, including export to Flash.
2.0.1	March 21, 2005	Addressed isolated issues that may have affected reliability.
2.0.2	May 25, 2005	Addressed isolated issues that may have affected reliability.
3.0	January 10, 2006	New version released as part of the iWork 06 package. Includes new transitions/animations, new themes and graphics. Also compiled to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel processors as a universal binary.
3.0.1	April 4, 2006	This update to Keynote 3.0 addresses issues with three-dimensional charts and textures. It also addresses a number of other minor issues. This update should be installed on all computers that share your Keynote 3.0 files, so that textures display properly.
3.0.1v2	May 1, 2006	This update to Keynote 3.0 addresses issues with three-dimensional charts and textures. It also addresses a number of other minor issues. This update should be installed on all computers that share your Keynote 3.0 files, so that textures display properly.
3.0.2	September 28, 2006	Addressed compatibility issues with viewing Aperture 1.5 content.
4.0	August 7, 2007	New text effects, new transitions, Instant Alpha, and Smart Builds were added in this version as part of iWork 08.
4.0.1	September 27, 2007	Addressed performance issues.

Trivia

• Al Gore, a member of the board of directors for Apple as of 2006, uses Keynote for a lecture about Global Warming which he claims to have shown over a thousand times. The talk was made into a film, An Inconvenient Truth. During the film he can be seen using Keynote on a Powerbook to design a slide for his presentation.

Related pages

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• LibreOffice Impress
• Presentation program

Other websites

• Official website of Keynote

Discussion Groups

• Keynote Yahoo! Group — Help and advice for users of Keynote Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
• iWork Yahoo! Group — Help and advice for users of Apple's iWork (Pages and Keynote)