iWork ’09

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Keynote ’09

What’s new in Keynote ’09

New animations and themes. Exciting transitions and effects. Even a way to use your iPhone or iPod touch as a remote. It’s a shame you can’t be in the audience.

Magic Move

Apply a captivating transition with a single click.

Theme Chooser

Find the perfect theme with enhanced previews.

More transitions

Amaze your audience with new text and object transitions.

Chart animations

Add movement and texture to your 3D charts.

Keynote Remote

Use your iPhone or iPod touch as a controller.

More ways to share

Email your presentation as PowerPoint or PDF.

Magic Move

The new Magic Move feature lets you add a sophisticated animation using a quick and simple process. Just select Magic Move as the transition and a repeated object — say, your company’s logo — automatically changes location, scale, opacity and rotation across consecutive slides. The result is a beautifully executed effect that will amaze your audience (and you as well).

Add slide transitions easily.

Magic Move is a simple yet dynamic transition you can add to your slides, and it only takes seconds to create.

See Magic Move in action

Find out how to add transitions

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Enhanced theme chooser

Enhanced Theme Chooser

Now choosing the right theme for your presentation is easier than ever. An enhanced Theme Chooser lets you resize theme thumbnails to see the included fonts, colours and textures more clearly. View all the slide designs associated with a theme simply by skimming over them. And Keynote ’09 adds eight new themes to offer you even more choices. Choose Showroom for a clean, polished feel or Kyoto with its look of serenity.

Explore new themes.

Keynote ’09 includes new themes for an even greater selection of moods perfect for your show.

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Text- and object-based transitions

Text based transitions

Let your words and graphics really play onscreen. In just a few clicks, you can apply text and object transitions that look as if they were created by your own special effects team. Make the words from one slide morph into those on the next. Then watch a graphic zoom toward the crowd, and change into a completely different image.

Add text and object transitions.

Get the crowd's attention while getting your point across, when you apply text- and object-based transitions

See text and object transitions in action

Find out how to add transitions

3D Charts

3D charts and chart animations

Make your charts as impressive as the rest of your presentation. New 3D textures and animations add depth and movement and a touch of fun. Insert a pie chart with a bevelled edge or animate a bar chart using Crane or Radial effects.

Complement your charts.

New 3D chart textures, shapes and animations give life to your data.

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Find out how to create and edit a chart

Keynote Remote

Keynote Remote1 lets you use your iPhone or iPod touch to control your presentation from anywhere in the room using Wi-Fi. See your slide with notes or both the current slide and the next slide in the palm of your hand. Just swipe to advance. Buy Keynote Remote from iTunes now

Keynote Remote
Keynote screenshot: Share menu with 'send via mail' selected

More ways to share

Now there are more ways to share your presentation. Use the new Share menu to instantly email your presentation using Mac OS X Mail. Keep the size of your presentation in check while preserving the quality of your graphics with image and movie optimisation. Or post your presentation to iWork.com Public Beta2 to share with anyone you choose.

Share your presentation.

Open and save as Microsoft PowerPoint files. Email your presentation right from Keynote. And share with everyone on the web.

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Find out how to share your presentation

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  1. Keynote Remote is sold separately and is available from the App Store. Some applications are not available in all areas. Application availability is subject to change.
  2. The iWork.com Public Beta is not included with the purchase of iWork ’09. Account setup and activation are required. Fees may apply. Internet access and iWork ’09 are required. Terms of service apply.