To create a new Keynote presentation:
  1. If Keynote isn’t open, open it by clicking its icon in the Dock or double-clicking its icon in the Finder.

    If Keynote is already open, choose File > “New from Theme Chooser” or press Shift-Command-N.

  2. In the Theme Chooser, select a theme.

    If you don’t see the Theme Chooser when you first open Keynote, click New Document at the bottom of the Open dialog that appears.

    To see a preview of what other slide layouts might look like in any particular theme, move the pointer slowly over that theme’s thumbnail image. Sample slides featuring charts, tables, and text scroll through the thumbnail image as you move the pointer, to give you a better idea and help you select a theme.

    Even after you’ve selected a theme and started to work, you can change your slideshow’s theme at any time, and you can use more than one theme in a document (see Changing a Slide’s Theme).

  3. If you know the optimal size that you’ll be using during your slideshow presentation, it’s a good idea to choose it from the Slide Size pop-up menu before you begin creating your slideshow.

    For details about selecting the best size for your slides, see Setting the Slide Size. If you’re not sure, it’s OK to accept the default size for now and reset the slide size later, if necessary; Keynote adjusts the size of all the slide content if you reset the slide size after creating your slides.

  4. Click Choose or double-click the thumbnail image of the theme you want.

Tip:  You can set up Keynote to use the same theme whenever you create a new document. Choose Keynote > Preferences, click General, select “Use theme,” and then select a theme. To change the theme, click Choose.
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