Can I use the gesture controls on the Apple Watch to manage Keynote?

For working with Keynote, take a look here:

Use a remote to control a presentation in Keynote on Mac - Apple Support

PowerPoint is not an Apple product, so support for using an Apple Watch for control of PowerPoint would be up to Microsoft or a third party to build.

Regards.

I teach occasionally at a local university and local photography center. The majority of my presentations are keynote or at least centered around a one hour keynote presentation of 40 to 80 slides. I pair my Apple Watch to my iPhone using keynote and take an HDMI out of the iPhone to the digital Epson projector. I tap my watch face to go forwards and backwards in the presentation. Works flawlessly in large auditoriums.

I can hold a microphone in the hand with the Watch and i use my other hand to tap my watch to advance slides.

zhangjianqiao wrote:

Thank you! I might not have explained it clearly—I'm indeed referring to Keynote, not PowerPoint. I'd like to use the gesture control feature on the Apple Watch (such as Double Tap) to control Keynote.

Did you read the article varjak paw linked to?

Use a remote to control a presentation in Keynote on Mac - Apple Support

zhangjianqiao wrote:

Thank you! I might not have explained it clearly—I'm indeed referring to Keynote, not PowerPoint. I'd like to use the gesture control feature on the Apple Watch (such as Double Tap) to control Keynote.

Sorry, I'm not sure if there's a way to use Gesture Control with the Keynote controller on an Apple Watch. The article I linked to doesn't mention it, but it's possible that Gesture Control can be set to just issue the single "tap". I don't have a Watch that supports Gesture Control to try that. Or perhaps it could be set up through AssitiveTouch/Hand Gestures.

Regards.