When you’re creating a presentation, it’s important to keep in mind the different types of slides. Keynote presentations are typically created as text slides, which can be converted to PowerPoint slides using the following steps:
- Open Keynote and create a new presentation.
- Choose the type of slide you want to create: text or image.
- Click on the “Convert” button at the bottom of the main screen.
- In the “Converted Slides” dialog, select “Microsoft PowerPoint.”
- Click on “Finish.”
Apple’s presentation software does all the heavy lifting for you when converting a PowerPoint presentation to Keynote. Doing the opposite, though, requires a few extra steps—we’ll walk you through them!
First, double-click the Keynote presentation you want to convert in Keynote, and then click “File” at the top left.
In the drop-down menu that appears, hover your cursor over “Export To.” In the submenu that appears, click “PowerPoint.”
You’ll now be in the “PowerPoint” tab of the “Export Your Presentation” window. There are a few options you can select here, including requiring your recipient to use a password to open a presentation. This is a good idea if the presentation contains sensitive information, like a company roadmap.
Click the “Format:” drop-down menu to change your PowerPoint file to “.pptx” or “.ppt,” and then click “Next.”
Next, give your presentation a name, select a location to save the file, and then click “Export.”
Your Keynote presentation will now be converted to a Microsoft PowerPoint file. To make sure it was properly converted before sending it out, locate the document, and then right-click it. In the menu that appears, click “Get Info.”
In the “General” section (next to “Kind:”), you can check the file type to make sure it was successfully converted.
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