If you saved archived versions of your presentation on OS X Lion (v10.7) or later, you can browse the archive to identify any earlier version that you want to restore or reference. After you identify the archived version that you want, you can restore it as a fully editable copy, or you can just extract from it any text, images, or document settings that you want to use again.

To browse archived versions of your presentation:
  1. Open the presentation for which you want to access older versions, and hold your pointer over the name of the presentation at the top of the Keynote application window.

    A triangle appears.

  2. Click the triangle and choose Browse All Versions.

    The view changes to show snapshots of all saved versions of the presentation receding against a star field. A timeline along the right side of the screen indicates when the frontmost version on the right was saved.

  3. Drag the handle along the timeline to move back through time and look at older versions of the presentation.

  4. When you find a version that you want to inspect more closely, click its image.

    The version moves to the foreground, where you can click different slides to view them, select items on a slide, open the inspectors, and copy objects or inspector settings.

  5. Do any of the following:

    • To completely restore the older version, click Restore when the version you want is in the foreground. The restored document appears on your regular desktop, replacing the last version you were working on prior to viewing the older versions. (That version is then saved in the timeline, if you want to retrieve it.)

    • To restore only an object, inspector setting, or text from the older version, copy the item by selecting it and pressing Command-C, and then click Current Document to view the current version of the presentation. Locate the slide where you want to paste the item you just copied and click to insert the cursor where you want the item to appear on the slide. Paste the item by pressing Command-V.

    • To compare the older version side-by-side with the current version, click Current Document.

  6. To return to your regular desktop, click Done.

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