If you’re like most people, you probably use PowerPoint to present presentations to your team. But if you’re a Mac user, there’s a good chance that you also use Keynote to create and share presentations. In this article, we’ll show you how to convert PowerPoint presentations to Keynote for Mac. We’ll start by creating a new presentation and then editing the content and layout. We’ll then create a cover image and add text to the presentation. Finally, we’ll export the presentation as an .pdf file.
- Create a new presentation To begin, we need to create a new presentation. To do this, open up PowerPoint and click on the New button in the top left corner of the screen. Then enter “Keynote” into the text field and click on the OK button. 2) Edit content and layout Next, we need to edit some of the content of our new Keynote presentation. To do this, we first need to select all of the content that we want to include in our presentation. Then click on the Edit button in the top left corner of our screen. We can then change some of these settings: title, author name, images, etc. As always, be sure to check out our full guide on how to make great Keynote presentations for mac here! 3) Export as an .pdf file Now that we’ve edited our content and layout for our new Keynote presentation, it’s time to export it as an .pdf file! To do this, open up PowerPoint again and click on File > Export > PDF (or press Command-E). We can choose any filename that we want (we recommend using something unique so that people can easily find your document). Once exported as an .pdf file, yourKeynote presentation will be ready for viewing!
If someone sends you a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, but you’d rather use Apple’s presentation software, Keynote, you’re in luck! Apple’s done all the hard work for you. Here’s how to convert a PowerPoint presentation to Keynote.
Apple created Keynote knowing that nearly everyone using it would be coming from PowerPoint. This is no surprise, as PowerPoint has 16 years on Keynote and basically owned the presentation software market before Keynote came along.
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Knowing this, Apple made it incredibly simple to move from PowerPoint to Keynote by allowing you to open PPTX files directly in Keynote.
To do so, just open Keynote on your Mac, and then click “File” in the taskbar.
In the drop-down menu, click “Open.”
In Finder, navigate to the PowerPoint presentation you want to open, select it, and then click “Open.”
The PowerPoint file will open in Keynote, with some caveats. Unless you’re unusually lucky, you’ll likely see a warning appear. In our example, the source files for some fonts Keynote doesn’t support are missing. We click “Show” to get more information.
A dialog box appears that will allow you to resolve any issue(s).
In our example, the fonts that have a Warning icon next to them need to be replaced. We click the arrows to the right of each font to select a replacement.
When you’re satisfied with your selections, click “Replace Fonts.”
Note that this could change some formatting within the presentation, so it’s best to give it a quick once-over after you replace any fonts.
To convert a PPTX file to a KEY file, save it, click “File” in the taskbar, and then click “Save.”
Give your presentation a name, choose where you want to save it, and then click “Save.”
Your PPTX file is now a KEY file.
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