Making a presentation? In this Newbies Guide Miraz Jordan provides first steps for using Apple's Keynote application. A presentation isn't always a big speech to a conference; sometimes it's showing off photos to friends, or demonstrating a sequence of steps to a group of volunteers. Apple's Keynote application is a flexible tool for creating slideshows, training materials, storyboards, and many other types of presentation. It's very easy to create a presentation, that you can run directly from your computer or export as a PDF , Flash movie, or various other formats. Choose a theme When you open Keynote the first action is to choose a theme (Figure 1) and a slide size. A theme is an underlying design for sets of slides: colour schemes and textures, fonts, graphic elements and the like. Many themes are included, but you can easily find more -- just search the Web for 'keynote themes'. A window opens with the title slide for your presentation, using the theme you chose. To change themes at any time use the Themes button on the Toolbar. Double-click to edit New slides often display the words 'Double-click to edit'. When you double-click that text it disappears so you can enter your own text. Make a new slide Click the New button on the Toolbar to create additional slides. This second slide will use a different 'master' -- probably with a header at the top and space for a bullet list below. Keynote asks you to choose a theme for