Save and name a presentation

The first time you save a presentation, you name it and choose where to save it—on your desktop or in a folder, for example. Thereafter, Keynote automatically saves your presentation as you work. You can rename a presentation at any time or create a duplicate of it with a different name.

Save and name a new presentation

  1. Click anywhere in the presentation window to make it active, then choose File > Save (from the File menu at the top of your screen).

  2. Enter a name in the Save As field, then enter one or more tags (optional).

  3. To choose where to save the presentation, click the arrow next to the Save As field, then choose a location (for example, a folder or your desktop) in the dialog you see.

    To make the presentation appear in Keynote on all of your iOS devices set up with iCloud Drive, save the presentation in the Keynote folder in iCloud Drive. (To see this option, iCloud Drive must be set up on your Mac.)

    The Save dialog for a presentation with Keynote—iCloud in the Where pop-up menu

    Tip: To create a new folder for the presentation, choose a location for the folder, then click New Folder at the bottom of the Save As dialog. Enter a name for the folder, then click Create.

  4. Click Save.

Save a large presentation as a package

By default, Keynote saves your presentation as a single file. If your presentation is over 500 MB or contains large video or image files, Keynote may perform better if you save the presentation as a package.

See the Apple Support article Save documents as a package or a single file for more information.

Rename a presentation

Click anywhere outside the dialog to dismiss it.

Save a copy of a presentation

  1. With the presentation open, hold down the Option key on your keyboard and choose File > Save As (from the File menu at the top of your screen).

  2. Type a name for the copy, then press Return.

The copy is saved to the same location as the original. You can change where the copy is saved or send the copy to someone.

To save a copy of a presentation in another format (for example, Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF, or Keynote ’09), you make a copy of the presentation in that format. To learn how, see Export to PowerPoint or another file format.

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