Chapter 14. Create and Give Presentations

Keynote, the third element in the iWork trio, is, like its Mac OS X counterpart, a fine program for creating and giving presentations that go well beyond simple slide shows. Using the $9.99 app, you can create complex transitions and animations, for example, and use Apple's templates and tools to produce truly impressive results.

In contrast to Pages and Numbers, Keynote is, as I write this, the best tool for creating presentations on an iPad (but I cover an interesting option ahead in Use Documents To Go for Presentations). Despite its many excellent attributes, Keynote suffers from typical iWork issues, so if you plan to use it, it pays to know what those are and how to deal with them. And, because the ...

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