Play a presentation on a separate display

1. Connect an external display to your computer using AirPlay or a video adapter.

   To view the presenter display if you’re using Apple TV, turn mirroring off.

2. Click in the toolbar on your Mac.

   Your presentation begins to play on the connected display, and Keynote on your Mac switches to show the presenter display.

   A red bar appears across the top of the presenter display while a build or transition is playing. (In a side-by-side layout, when the next slide doesn’t immediately appear, it means a slide transition or build is still playing on the current slide. The next slide appears only when the presentation is ready to advance.)

3. To advance to the next build or slide, press the Right Arrow key or Space bar.

4. To exit the presenter display and stop playing the presentation, press Esc (Escape).

To quickly switch the slideshow display (where the presentation plays) and presenter display, press X on the keyboard.

If you have two or more external displays connected to your Mac, you can specify which one plays your presentation. The other displays become presenter displays, and you can customize their layout.

1. Connect two or more external displays to your computer.

2. Click in the toolbar on your Mac.

   Your presentation begins to play on one of the external displays. The other external displays and your Mac become presenter displays.

3. To change what shows on the displays, click on any presenter display. Thumbnail images of up to six connected displays are shown. The primary presenter display has a star next to its name and the label Primary Display. It also has the presenter display toolbar and the slide navigator, which lets you jump to a different slide.

   Click Configure below the thumbnail of any display, then do any of the following:

   • Show the presentation on the display: Click Show Slideshow.

   • Stop playing the presentation on the display: Click Show Presenter Display.

   • Change the items that show on a presenter display: Choose any combination of options from the list.

     For example, you can set your presenter notes to show on the primary display and set the current and next slides to show on a third display.

   • Modify the layout of items on a presenter display: Click Customize Presenter Display, then make changes.

4. Click Done.

You can select which items appear on the presenter display, and you can modify its layout.

1. Click on the presenter display.

   If you don’t see , move the pointer anywhere on the presenter display to make it appear.

2. Do the following:

   • If a list of options appears: To show or hide items on the screen, select or deselect the options, then click to continue playing the presentation. To modify the layout of items on the screen, click Customize Presenter Display, then follow the steps below to add and remove items from the display, modify where they appear, and more.

     

   • If the Customize Presenter Display dialog appears: Do any of the following, then click OK (or press Esc) to continue playing the presentation:

     

     • Show or hide items: Select or deselect items in the dialog.

     • Move an item on the presenter display: Drag it.

       When you drag a slide, its label always moves with the slide. To position a label independently of the slide, drag only the label. To drag multiple items simultaneously, Command-click or Shift-click to select them, then drag.

     • Resize an item on the presenter display: Click the item, then drag any selection handle.

       The clock, timer, and labels are always resized proportionally from their centers.

       To resize and maintain the proportions of a slide, the Presenter Notes window, or the Ready to Advance Indicator, hold down Shift as you drag. To resize one of these from its center, hold down Option as you drag. To proportionally resize one of these items from its center, hold down Shift and Option as you drag.

     • Automatically position the items on the presenter display: Click Use Auto Layout in the dialog. Keynote positions the items to make optimal use of the presenter display.

If you move or resize an item and then click , the Customize Presenter Display dialog appears instead of the list of options.

You can also open the Customize Presenter Display dialog by choosing Play > Customize Presenter Display (from the Play menu at the top of your screen).