Keynote Portrait Orientation Including Printing!

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Keynote Portrait Orientation Including Printing!

I created a portrait orientation page using the Inspector - Document tab, selecting Slide Size - Custom Slide Size..., and set the dimensions to a portrait orientation. (Annoyingly, I had to use "points" instead of inches like every real business uses.) I had my document, or so I thought, and created what I wanted.

It displays on screen in portrait mode. But when I went to print, Keynote slapped my work on a landscape format, cutting off a large portion of my layout.

Is there a way for Keynote to really do portrait or is Keynote incapable of dealing with portrait orientation? (After all, that is what is used on 99% of printouts in real businesses on Earth.) If that is the case it's a shame. I'll have to go back to Powerpoint and it's terrible interface.

Posted on Sep 20, 2023 7:13 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 22, 2023 4:19 AM in response to Commander Data

You are using the wrong application to print correctly, Keynote is a video based presentation application which does not print to scale. Instead use Pages which is a dedicated page layout application, the companion to Keynote.

In pages, go to File > Page Setup then select portrait:

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Answer 2

Sep 20, 2023 8:09 AM in response to Commander Data

I found how to print in Portrait. I have to manually select it every single time I print. :-(

This would be the ultimate presentation program if there weren't so many things in it that are trying to shoehorn people into non-standard ways of doing business. If the programmers didn't think of it, (and they CLEARLY aren't business people,) then you have to fight the program to do it. For example, why can't I pick the zoom? Why are my only choices the ones the programmers thought I'd need. They were wrong.

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