Guides
Exact menu paths, what the files contain, and the mistakes that cost people an afternoon.
How to export a Keynote presentation to HTML
File → Export To → HTML, what the export folder contains, how to compress it on a Mac, and the three mistakes that make an upload fail.
Share a Keynote that plays on an iPhone
Send a link instead of a .key or a PDF. It opens in Safari with no Keynote app: landscape, tap to advance, video inline, sound on the first tap.
Keep your Keynote animations when you share the deck
PDF drops builds, transitions and audio. Keynote's HTML export keeps them. Here is what survives, what does not, and how to host the export as a link.
How to zip a folder on a Mac
Right-click the folder in Finder and choose Compress. Two ways to zip on macOS, what __MACOSX is, and how to upload the ZIP of a Keynote HTML export.
How to share a Keynote with someone on Android
Android has no Keynote app. Three ways that work (iCloud view-only, PDF, HTML export as a link) and which one keeps your animations and video.
How to share a Keynote with someone on Windows
Exporting to PowerPoint changes fonts and drops animations. Export to HTML instead and send a link that plays in Edge or Chrome exactly as built.
How to keep your fonts when you share a Keynote
Fonts substitute when the viewer's machine lacks them. Why it happens with .key, .pptx and iCloud, and how the HTML export sidesteps it.
How to reduce a Keynote file size
File > Reduce File Size shrinks images and converts movies. What it does, what it costs in quality, and what to do when the deck is still 300 MB.
How to password-protect a presentation link
Keynote can password the file; Linkdeck passwords the link. How each works, which one fits a client deck, and how to send the password safely.
How to track who viewed your presentation
Keynote and iCloud give no view data. A hosted link shows opens, countries, devices, time per slide and, with an email gate, who. What you can know.
How to embed a Keynote on your website
Apple's iCloud embed is a static viewer. Two ways to embed the real deck instead: self-host the HTML export, or place a Linkdeck link in an iframe.
How to share a director's treatment without losing the video
Built your treatment in Keynote with clips in it? Why the PDF drops them, the options for sending it, and how to share a link that plays on a phone.
How to send a large Keynote file
Email stops around 25 MB. Mail Drop, a transfer, a smaller file or a link: what each does with a 300 MB Keynote, and which one plays without Keynote.
Keynote video not playing when you share the deck? Here is why
Why clips freeze in a PDF, stall on a phone or play silently, and how to share a Keynote so the video plays inside the slide on any device.
How to replace a deck without changing the link
Fix the deck after you've sent it. On Linkdeck Pro you upload the new Keynote export in place, and the link everyone already has plays the new version.
How to send a Keynote presentation on WhatsApp
A .key sent on WhatsApp arrives as a file most phones cannot open. Send the deck as a link instead: it previews in the chat and plays in the browser.
How to share a Keynote presentation on LinkedIn
LinkedIn takes a PDF as a document post, which flattens the deck. Add the deck as a link in a post or your Featured section and it plays as built.
How to make a QR code that opens your presentation
Put a QR code on a slide, poster or handout that opens your Keynote deck on any phone. How to make one, and how to keep it working after edits.