HOW TO Create your own presentation

1 Choose a template

Launch Keynote. If you don’t see the Template Chooser, go to the File menu and select New. In the top–right corner of the Template Chooser, choose Wide or Standard. Click on a template then click Create.

2 Choose a layout

We want an opening slide that will grab our audiences’s attention, which means a full–size image. Click on Format, then on the drop–down next to Slide Layout. Choose Title & Photo. We can add our own words and photos.

3 Add a title image

Click on the photo icon at the bottom right of the slide and you will be taken to your Photos library. Locate the image you want to use and click on it. If you change your mind, press Cmd+Z and click the icon to undo.

4 Add text

Double–click in the Title text box to select all the text, then type your own title over it. You may need to change the text color to make it stand out. To do that, choose the Text tab in Format, then select Text Color.

5 Customize the text

If changing the color still doesn’t make it stand out, go to the Style tab, select Color Fill, and choose a background color for the text box. To adjust the lines above and below the text box, you need to select them.

6 Add the rest of the text

Add a subtitle and your name as you did with the title. To change the font or size of text, select it, and choose Text in the Format palette. Use the options in the Style tab to make adjustments.

7 Add another slide

In the toolbar, click the Add Slide button. Click on a slide to use it as a template. We’re going to start with a section on hard landscaping, and we want to include a photo, so we have chosen an appropriate template.

8 Edit image and text

Add an image and add text as we did for the first slide. To zoom in on the image, click on it, and press Edit Mask. Use the slider to place more of the image in the masked area, zooming in on the image in the unmasked zone.

9 Add a transition

Click on the first slide in the sidebar, then Animate. Click Add an Effect and choose a transition. Click Preview to preview the transition. Use the slider to adjust its length and the menu to select how it is triggered.