Play a presentation on your Mac

1. In the slide navigator, select the slide you want to begin with, then click in the toolbar.

2. To advance through the presentation, do any of the following:

   • Go to the next slide or build: Press the Right Arrow key.

   • Go back a slide or reset the builds on the slide: Press the Left Arrow key.

   • Jump to a different slide: Press any number key to make the slide navigator appear, enter the slide number in the text field at the top of the slide navigator, then press Return.

3. To see all of the keyboard shortcuts you can use as you present, press ? on your keyboard.

   The shortcuts appear in an overlay that isn’t visible to your viewers. Click the close button in the top-left corner to dismiss it.

4. To stop playing the presentation, press Esc (Escape).

If your Mac has a Touch Bar, thumbnails of your slides appear in the Touch Bar as you present. You can swipe the thumbnails to scroll through your slides. When you press an arrow key to advance the presentation, the thumbnails scroll back to the one for the slide you’re currently showing. If you want to skip to a slide, just tap its thumbnail. You can also tap buttons on the Touch Bar to switch between clock views, show the slide navigator, and more.

You can require a password to stop or exit a presentation. This password requirement is useful, for example, when the presentation is set to play automatically in a kiosk.

1. With the presentation open, choose Keynote > Preferences (from the Keynote menu at the top of your screen).

2. Click Slideshow at the top of the preferences window, then select the “Require password to exit slideshows” checkbox.

3. Type a password, then click Set Password.

4. To remove the password, choose Keynote > Preferences, then deselect the “Require password to exit slideshows” checkbox.

This password applies only when the presentation plays on the Mac the presentation was saved on.