How to hide slides for a presentation?

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How to hide slides for a presentation?

I am going to give a presentation that needs to have some slides hidden but at the same time available if i wish to use them. The idea is to have an omitted slide with the possibility of using it while i am doing the presentation. In power point you han use hidden slides by pressing "H" while the presentation is running. Anyone knows how can i do this in keynote? Thank you very much

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Jun 26, 2008 7:16 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 27, 2008 9:42 AM in response to gongutierrez

The following is from the Keynote Help manual:

To skip one or more slides:

Select the slide(s) in the slide navigator or light table view, and then choose Slide > Skip Slide.
Control-click the slide and choose Skip Slide.

To make a skipped slide visible in a slideshow, select it and then choose Slide > Don’t Skip Slide (or Control-click the slide and choose Don’t Skip Slide).

This presumes that you are working in the editing (preview) mode. Thus, you need to decide before your presentation whether or not you wish to be able to show a "skipped" slide. I do not think you can "unskip" a slide while in the presentation mode. Maybe someone else knows ??

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Answer 2

gongutierrez Author

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Jun 27, 2008 10:37 AM in response to Ron Streicher

I knew that I can skip some slides by the way you said. But the problem is that I want them to be available while I'm presenting. I don't know if Keynote has this option, but as Power Point does, I was wondering if someone knows how I can do this.
Thank you for your help

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Answer 3

Jun 27, 2008 11:06 AM in response to gongutierrez

It is a bit of a kluge, but there is a way you can select slides while in the Presentation mode:

Rather than "Skip" a slide, leave all slides in full view in the Navigator. Then while in the Presentation mode, you can press the = or + key and a window will appear that allows you to advance (or go backwards) to another slide other than the one that normally would be next in line. You even can enter a slide number and go directly to it.

Good luck.

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