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List of deleted features in Keynote '13

Compiling a master list - please add yours.


Aperture photos no longer appear in Media Library

Format bar is gone

Perspective animation is missing

Links to Numbers file no longer work

Presenter Display options are missing : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5470350?tstart=0

Quicktime export no longer skips skipped slides or allows manual advance

Links to other slideshows no longer work

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 12:06 PM

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May 13, 2014 7:51 PM in response to Frederic Sebton

This is still not fixed. I have grouped objects that I want to scale, but I cannot turn off constrain proportions, which means I have to draw them again to make them work. I think the OP is right, Apple is aiming everything at the average consumer, no more pro line of software. It's iOS or bust from here on. Funny how I was really amped to jump from Powerpoint to Keynote, but now I'm amped to get back to Powerpoint. After upgrading to Mavericks, I now have dozens of documents, each consisting of 100s of pages of documentation and detailed wireframes, that are all broken because of this. Webdings! I mean, I lean heavily on Webdings to generate simple arrows for buttons in my wires and screen flow diagrams. Now all I see are numbers in place of Webdings. Come on Apple!

Jun 13, 2014 5:43 AM in response to Derick Fay

This problem with QT exports not retaining their interactivity or manual advance under Mavericks (unless QT7 is installed), where does the problem come from? Is it that with Keynote running under Mavericks, without QT7 installed:


  1. The encoding is correct (so the file will play outside of Mavericks), but the decoding on playback by QT10 under Mavericks is incorrect?
  2. The encoding is incorrect (the file won't play properly anywhere), meaning that QT10 also cannot decode properly?


How does QT7 fix this problem? Does it take over from QT10?

Jun 13, 2014 7:27 AM in response to Guy Burns

It's based around "sprites" or a control track that used to be used in QT7. As it's like a mini programming language inside a QuickTime file, Apple got rid of it in QT10 and forward. Much like how they removed JavaScript interactivity because of some exploits that showed up on social media sites.


I'll have to try creating a video on a machine that doesn't have QT10 installed and see if Keynote is still creating a video with a sprite track (I'd guess not??)

Oct 14, 2014 2:19 AM in response to threesixty

Perform this repair procedure:


remove keynote, you must use an application remover to do this, (Appcleaner from Mac Update is freeware)


shut down the Mac


Start up in safe mode by pressing the shift key immediately after the start chime until the Apple symbol appears, it will take longer to start up as the OS is being repaired


When the Mac is fully booted, go to: Applications > Utilities > Disk utility. click the System hard drive in the list thengo to first aid tab > Repair Disc


Reboot normally


re-install iWork and install the updates for Keynote from: Apple Menu > Software update


Jan 19, 2015 8:41 AM in response to Derick Fay

I searched a bit through this thread but did not see this mentioned (apologies if I missed it).


In Keynote 5.1.3 it was possible to define text attributes for each different master slide separately. There were two options:

  • Define text for all masters
  • Define text for current masters


In Keynote 6, I don't see these options. There is only:

  • Define as text placeholder
  • Set as default text box appearance


Neither of these have the desired effect. Is there a way to "define text on current master" in Keynote 6?

List of deleted features in Keynote '13

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