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five Tips for Better Keynote Presentations

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For many people, presentations are overwhelming. They struggle with the delivery or design of the slides, and the result is a mess that bores audiences. Taking cues from Apple's iconic production introductions, we can learn a lot about how to showcase your important slides. In this tutorial I'll share five tips, to use with Apple's Keynote, software for better presentations. 1. Theme Presets The base for any Keynote is the Theme. To select a Theme and get started on crafting your Keynote, open the Keynote application and go to  File > New  or press the Command+N  keys. Apple provides dozens of ready-made presets for use. When choosing a theme I recommend sticking to the simple ones, that will showcase your content without distractions, such as the black or white themes. Another quick way to create a clean background of your own is to start with the White Theme. Then go into the Inspector and use the “Color Fill” option to customize your background. To open In...