

One of these features is animations, which can be used to apply a simple bounce, fade, or other appearance effect to objects independently from others on the screen and without creating a new slide altogether.

While setting up a new slide and adjusting its common presentation features is a simple process using the tools Apple makes available in Keynote's toolbar, as with any presentation software, some of the detailed options for customizing a presentation might take a little work to get done exactly as you want. Since its release in 2003, Keynote's intuitive approach for organizing contents on slides its rich library of templates, unique animations, and transitions using core OS X technologies and ability to interface with Apple's iOS devices have made it an attractive option to a number of people and helped it gain a footing in some communities.

These include the free OpenOffice and NeoOffice suites, but one that has gained a fair amount of popularity since its release is Apple's own Keynote software, which Steve Jobs used in part to give his memorable presentations at conventions and meetings.
TRANSITIONS IN POWERPOINT FOR MAC SOFTWARE
Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software is to some degree an industry standard, and its presence on both Windows and OS X allows for a decent level of cross-platform compatibility that new Mac users might gravitate toward however, there are other options besides Office that might perform as well as if not better than PowerPoint, which you might wish to consider.Īs I mentioned in a previous post on Apple's alternative to Excel called Numbers, there are a few Office programs out there that have good offerings and which can import and export PowerPoint file formats.
