Take Control of Working with Your iPad

Create a Keynote Presentation

Because the Keynote sample document provides an excellent overview of the app's capabilities and controls, I won't reiterate basic instructions here. Instead, I want to offer a few tips for creating a presentation in Keynote:

• Use only the iPad: Because Keynote on the iPad is much more limited than Keynote on a Mac (or PowerPoint)—and because importing and exporting is such a hassle—you'll endure the least aggravation if you plan to create your presentation from start to finish on the iPad rather than starting on your computer, or moving the file back and forth between the two devices.

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  Duly (key)noted: If you strongly prefer to develop your presentation in Keynote '09 on a Mac and then move it to your iPad, make ...