Using iTunes on your computer, you can directly transfer presentations between your iPad and your computer. Import Keynote ’09 or Microsoft PowerPoint presentations from your computer to view or edit in Keynote on your iPad. Keynote presentations created on your iPad can also be exported to your computer in Keynote, PDF, or PowerPoint file formats.

To learn how to connect your iPad to a computer, see the relevant topics in the iPad User Guide (in Safari bookmarks on your iPad, tap iPad User Guide, and then search for "sync”).

To print your presentation, you must first transfer it to a computer connected to a printer.

Export a presentation to your computer:

  1. In My Presentations view (with all presentations closed), tap Send button.

  2. Tap “Send to iTunes” and then tap the document format you want to export to: Keynote, PDF, or PowerPoint (PPT).

  3. Connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes on your computer. After a moment, your iPad appears under Devices on the left side of the iTunes window.

  4. In iTunes, select the name of your iPad, and then click Apps.

  5. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps window, and then select Keynote (in the Apps list under File Sharing).

  6. Select the name of the presentation you want to transfer to your computer, and then click “Save to.”

  7. In the window that appears, navigate to the location where you want to store the presentation, and then click Choose.

Import a presentation from your computer:

  1. Connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes on your computer. After a moment, your iPad appears listed under Devices on the left side of the iTunes window.

  2. In iTunes, select the name of your iPad, and then click Apps.

  3. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps window, and then select Keynote in the Apps list under File Sharing.

  4. Click Add, and then locate the presentation you want to import in the “Choose a File: iTunes” window that appears.

  5. Select the file, and then click Choose.

  6. Open Keynote on your iPad.

  7. In My Presentations view, tap Import button, and then tap “Copy from iTunes.”

  8. Tap the name of the presentation you want to import in the list. The presentation opens.

To learn about exchanging files with a MobileMe iDisk or WebDAV server, see Transfer presentations using MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV server.

You can also post documents on iWork.com to be viewed or downloaded by yourself or a wider group. See Share your presentation on iWork.com public beta. To learn about sending presentations through email, see Send and receive presentations in email messages.