Builds and animations

Add builds and transitions to slides to make your presentation stand out

NOW YOU KNOW how to edit slides in Keynote, you have everything you need to create a basic presentation.

But who wants to create a basic presentation? We want to wow our audience with a slideshow they will remember long after it’s finished. One way to do that is by using animation. Keynote makes it easy to not just add transitions between slides, but to animate the appearance of elements within a slide. Want bullet points to arrive one at a time? You can do that. Want an image to fade in slowly after the audience has seen the headline? You can do that. How about video and audio? Keynote has you covered there too.

Before you jump in and add all the effects you can lay your hands on, though, take a step back and think about your audience. As with any other effect, builds and transitions are most effective when they are used sparingly — you don’t want to distract your audience.

We’ll also show you how to add your own notes so you can refer to them as you present, and how to prepare your slides and choose how to display them.