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Keynote Tip #4
If you work in a multi-platform environment that may be times where someone in your organization may want to use that “great” presentation you created in Keynote. They will probably be “wowed” by the look of the cool graphics and nice transitions they saw when they watched your “Keynote.” Wondering why they could never get Microsoft’s PowerPoint to look so nice, they ask to run your presentation instead. But wait, they are “strapped” to a Windows machine. What now?
Well this is no problem. Keynote makes exporting presentations to other formats pretty easy.
Here’s how:
Open your presentation in Keynote. Go to File -> Export. You will be greeted with a dialog window several options. Keynote can export to:
- QuickTime
- PowerPoint
- Images
- Flash
- iDVD
- HTML
In my experience, even though Keynote exports to Microsoft’s PowerPoint that is “cross-platform,” this works well for only the simple presentation. I have found that the Windows version of PowerPoint does not truly understand elements like “drop shadows,” and many of the QuickTime type transition effects that allows Keynote to make great presentations. So I rarely use the “Export to PowerPoint,” unless I am ready to re-format and edit the presentation to make it look as good as it can in PowerPoint on Windows.
If you want to keep as much of the “look” and least amount or editing, choose the “Export to QuickTime” by clicking on the QuickTime icon.
Choose “Interactive Slideshow” in the Playback Control and check “Enter full screen mode when opened.” Choose “Full Quality, Large” under Formats and check include audio and transparency if you have any, then click the next button. Save it on your desktop.
Download a copy of the standalone free version (do not need iTunes) of QuickTime for Windows from the Apple website to your Mac’s desktop. QuickTime for Windows runs on Windows 2000/XP right now.
Now burn a data CD or DVD that contains your Keynote Presentation in Interactive QuickTime and the installer for QuickTime for Windows (so in case your Windows using co-worker, does not have QuickTime).
Pop this burned disk into the Windows machine. Install QuickTime if needed. Copy your QuickTime version of the Keynote presentation onto the Windows desktop and you are all ready to go.
Double clicking the QuickTime version of the Keynote presentation onto the Windows desktop will launch QuickTime, the presentation will open in “Full Screen” on the Windows machine and just by hitting the space bar QuickTime will advance to the next slide, just as if Keynote was running on your Mac. I have used this method in a multi-platform office for years now.
I had the same problem with jerky exported .mov files from Keynote.
I downloaded MPEG Streamclip, opened the exported file there and it played smooth. Then I exported it from MPEG Streamclip with in H264 and it worked perfectly for play and uploading.
Also had an echo problem, but solved that by turning off the internal microphone. You can also deselect play recorded audio when you’re exporting. The sound on this pres is all from .mov files inserted into the slides.