User Interface

Quick reference

• 00:04 In this lesson, we will be walking through the user interface,
• 00:07 or sometimes called the UI for Apple's Keynote application.
• 00:11 Keynote is one of the three applications that make up Apple's productivity suite
• 00:15 called iWork.
• 00:16 The other two applications are called Pages and Numbers.
• 00:20 One thing I really love about Apple's iWork Suite is the number of similarities
• 00:23 in the UI from application to another.
• 00:26 If you can master the UI in Keynote for
• 00:28 example, you will already have a solid foundation for using Pages and Numbers.
• 00:33 So let's get started.
• 00:35 When we open Keynote for the first time we are prompted to either open an existing
• 00:38 document or to create a new one.
• 00:41 To open an existing document, we simply navigate through our open file dialog
• 00:45 to find the file that we want, then double click.
• 00:48 To create a new file, we'll want to click on the new document button, here.
• 00:52 This will open the theme chooser window where we can browse the various templates
• 00:56 that come pre installed with Keynote.
• 00:58 One thing to keep in mind when creating a new Keynote document
• 01:01 is that there are two slide ratios that we can work with, standard and wide.
• 01:06 At this point, it's probably a good idea to know the type of hardware that you will
• 01:09 be presenting on so that you can make the correct decision.
• 01:13 If you aren't sure, my preference would be to start with a wide screen since most
• 01:17 modern displays and projectors are considered wide screen.
• 01:21 You can change this later if you need to so it's not set in stone.
• 01:24 For this example,
• 01:25 we will start with the show room theme, which happens to be one of my favorites.
• 01:30 Now that Keynote is open, we can walk through the UI.
• 01:33 Keynote is broken into four sections.
• 01:35 The top section is called the tool bar.
• 01:38 This is where we can change our view of the document.
• 01:41 If we want to change the way we view our slides so that we can view
• 01:44 all of the slides at once, we simply change the view to light table.
• 01:48 We can also change how much detail we see on our slides by adjusting the zoom
• 01:52 slider here.
• 01:54 This is also where we can add various elements or objects to our slide.
• 01:58 To add an object, for example, a text box or
• 02:01 a chart, we can use the buttons located in the middle of the tool bar.
• 02:05 We simply click on the object that we want and
• 02:07 Keynote will drop that object onto our slide.
• 02:10 From here we can reposition and edit the object preferences to our liking.
• 02:15 On the right side of the toolbar, we can choose to add animations or
• 02:19 slide transitions.
• 02:20 We can also access document information here as well.
• 02:24 There's a lot more that we can use our toolbar for,
• 02:26 so let me show you a little secret.
• 02:28 If we go to view, customize toolbar, a new drop down menu will appear.
• 02:34 We can drag and drop any of the buttons to add to our toolbar.
• 02:38 We can also remove buttons by dragging them off the tool bar.
• 02:42 This allows us to customize the tool bar towards specific needs and preferences.
• 02:47 To the right side of the Keynote application is the formatting pane, this
• 02:51 is where we can view and make changes to properties of objects or the slide itself.
• 02:56 We'll go into much more detail in later lessons.
• 02:59 To the left of the Keynote application is where we see a list of slides that we have
• 03:03 in our slide deck.
• 03:04 This will help us to stay oriented with where we are in our document.
• 03:08 We can also use this section to change the order of slides.
• 03:11 We do this by dragging a slide, or even a series of slides up or down in the list.
• 03:17 We can also indent slides or collapse or expand a section,
• 03:21 making it easier to work with our slide deck.
• 03:24 The main section of the Keynote application is called our Canvas.
• 03:28 While a painter has a physical canvas to create his work of art,
• 03:31 we have a digital canvas.
• 03:33 Ultimately, this is what will be shown to the audience when it's time to present.
• 03:37 Keynote allows us to add just about anything to this canvas.
• 03:41 Text boxes, images, videos, even Photoshop files with transparent layers.
• 03:46 This is one of the many reasons why Keynote has quickly become the industry
• 03:49 leading presentation tool for professional presenters.
• 03:53 Now that we've had a chance to quickly walk through the various components of
• 03:55 the Keynote application, it's up to you to master it.
• 03:59 Take some time right now to explore the user interface on your own.
• 04:02 See what you can find and what options will help you to build great slides.

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