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Q: Annotate Presentations

2016 and you can't annotate presentations in Keynote.  I am using 6.6.2 on my Macbook.  Any suggestions on annotating while presenting?  I understand Keynote doesn't do this natively.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), Numbers

Posted on Aug 17, 2016 2:50 PM

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Q: Annotate Presentations

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  • by Gary Scotland,

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Aug 18, 2016 4:04 AM in response to mt112830
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    Aug 18, 2016 4:04 AM in response to mt112830

    I use Ink2Go from the Mac App Store:     Mac App Store

  • by mt112830,

    mt112830 mt112830 Aug 18, 2016 6:39 AM in response to Gary Scotland
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    Aug 18, 2016 6:39 AM in response to Gary Scotland

    The sad thing is that annotations are not native to Keynote in this day and age.  I have to pay $20 for a program to let me do something that should be native.  I think the better solution is to save the presentation as a ppt file and use Libreoffice to present it.  It is free and has an excellent annotation function.

  • by Gary Scotland,

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Aug 18, 2016 7:24 AM in response to mt112830
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    Aug 18, 2016 7:24 AM in response to mt112830

    I design and deliver presentations in a professional environment, therefore using Keynote is more important than saving a few pounds. Converting to and using three other applications resulting in the loss of animations, interactivity and image quality is not something I would consider.

     

    Libra Office only annotation tool is a single freehand pen, so not a good comparison. ink2go has 14 different tools that work with anything shown on the Mac display. Good value for money I would have thought.

     

    My friends kids use Keynote at school and I would never expect them to buy software for school work. Each their own.

  • by mt112830,

    mt112830 mt112830 Aug 19, 2016 6:31 AM in response to Gary Scotland
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    Aug 19, 2016 6:31 AM in response to Gary Scotland

    You are right.  To each his own.  I have never had a problem saving a Keynote file to an .xls file to use in Libreoffice.  All I need is a "Pen" to draw on my files when I present.  I only use iWork because it came with my Macbook for free.  Otherwise I would spend the few dollars for Office 365.

     

    The bigger question is why, at this date, does Keynote not have native annotation.

  • by Gary Scotland,

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Aug 20, 2016 6:13 AM in response to mt112830
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    Aug 20, 2016 6:13 AM in response to mt112830

    I have never had a problem saving a Keynote file to an .xls file to use in Libreoffice. 

    Keynote does not have the ability to create xls files, if you want to create a spread sheet from a table in Keynote copy the data from the table, then paste into Numbers, Microsoft Excel, Libra Calc or similar applications.

  • by mt112830,

    mt112830 mt112830 Aug 22, 2016 4:17 AM in response to Gary Scotland
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    Aug 22, 2016 4:17 AM in response to Gary Scotland

    My mistake. I meant ppt files.