Keyboard Shortcuts That Will Save You Time

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Learning Keyboard Shortcuts.

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Learning Keyboard Shortcuts.

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Learning and using keyboard shortcuts can drastically help reduce the time to build a presentation. This lesson will help you discover new keyboard shortcuts and give you an easy way to learn more over time.

Instructions

What you will learn in this lesson will save you time as you work with Keynote.

Here are some of the more common keyboard shortcuts:

  • Command+S: save
  • Command+N: create a new document
  • Command+P: print
  • Command+O: open
  • Command+Z: undo last change
  • Command+C: copy
  • Command+V: paste
  • More…

Here are some of my favorite Keynote-specific keyboard shortcuts:

  • Arrows: advance/rewind slide
  • Escape: end slideshow prematurely
  • P: pause presentation
  • W: show a white screen
  • B: show a black screen
  • K: pause a movie
  • R: reset the timer
  • More…

To review a full list of keyboard shortcuts, go to Help > Keyboard Shortcuts.

A tip to learning more keyboard shortcuts:

  • choose 2 or 3 new shortcuts to master
  • for the next week, use those keyboard shortcuts as much as you can
  • repeat this process week after week
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  • 00:04 Since you're using Apple's Keynote app, I know that you're using a Mac.
  • 00:08 Whether you're new to the Mac, or
  • 00:10 a seasoned user, I'm gonna bet that you will learn something new today that you
  • 00:14 wish you had known since day one of using the Mac.
  • 00:17 In this lesson, we're going to be talking about keyboard shortcuts.
  • 00:22 If you're like many, you're probably rolling your eyes right now,
  • 00:24 but hang in there.
  • 00:26 I can promise that what you will learn in this lesson will save you time, and
  • 00:30 help you become the envy of your peers as they watch how well you present and
  • 00:34 navigate through your slides on the stage.
  • 00:36 Hopefully by now we all know the more common keyboard shortcuts that work
  • 00:40 throughout OS X.
  • 00:43 Cmd + Z, Cmd + V, Cmd P etc.
  • 00:44 There are many, many more where came from, here are some of my favorites.
  • 00:51 If you wanna take a minute to study these keyboard shortcuts feel free to pause
  • 00:54 the video and then resume it when you're ready to continue.
  • 00:57 In addition to these system-wide keyboard shortcuts,
  • 01:00 there are many more keyboard shortcuts that are specific to Keynote.
  • 01:04 Here are some of my favorites.
  • 01:06 The Escape key will prematurely end a slide show.
  • 01:09 The B key will black the screen.
  • 01:12 This is especially useful if you want to direct all the attention to you
  • 01:15 as the presenter and not to the slides behind you.
  • 01:18 The S key will show the current slide number.
  • 01:21 There are many, many more where these came from.
  • 01:24 For a full listing of available keyboard shortcuts,
  • 01:28 let's go to Help and Keyboard Shortcuts.
  • 01:31 The first thing we see here is a listing of the keyboard modifier keys.
  • 01:34 these include Cmd+Shift, Option+Ctrl, and Function.
  • 01:39 It's important to know which is which as you become
  • 01:42 more familiar with the keyboard shortcuts because many times these modifiers
  • 01:46 are identified by their symbols and not the full name.
  • 01:50 When you're ready to move on, let's click on the link above the list of modifiers to
  • 01:53 reveal the full list of keynote specific keyboard shortcuts.
  • 01:59 There are way too many to go through in detail here, so
  • 02:02 I will leave it to you to become better acquainted with them.
  • 02:05 A tip that may help you is this, each week, choose two or three new keyboard
  • 02:09 shortcuts that you want to master, then use them constantly throughout the week.
  • 02:14 At the end of the week, you will use them like second nature.
  • 02:17 The next week, choose two or three new shortcuts to master.
  • 02:21 After a month or so,
  • 02:22 you'll become the envy of your peers as you navigate your slide deck on the stage
  • 02:26 in front of your audience who will simply be amazed at your presentation skills.

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