How do I restrict keynote to one screen

Gary, you set yourself up for ridicule.

I am happy to be ridiculed by anyone who does not understand the proposition being discussed. A ridiculous statement is one of false information, as my last post is based on fact, please be kind enough to explain what is incorrect.

Whenever someone says of their product, "There's nothing to fix" be sure that someone is fixing it and will make a better product.

As the hardware and software developers of Open GL Core Technology and Keynote are not myself, I am obviously not in a position to alter these products.

NVIDIA Apple BOINX Adobe and others do not see this as a fault, therefore they do not believe there is anything to fix, as for myself I can only comment on the technology that is employed as of today.

You sound like Henry Ford saying "The Model T is available only in black because that's the only necessary color for an automobile."

Ford's advertising slogan referred only to the model T and to no other car, he believed he manufactured the best car in the world.

when you defend something that clearly a number of customers do not like, you come off sounding strangely religious and ideological.

Again you appear to believe that people who reply here can immediately and directly change the technologies used in the Macs graphics system. The hardware and software are developed by many manufacturers and developers, why don't you put your proposals in detail to them? It would be more productive than mock anyone who offers practical advice.

I've found a solution to the problem, which I"ve been using the last few days with success.

Unfortunately you appear not to understand the issue under discussion at all.

Screen recording applications are used to record and play back sound and video of a recording of the main display, it will not in any way allow a second display to show applications running when Keynote is in play. Perhaps when you find out what this discussion is debating you may be able to offer some constructive support?

I'm am also totally blocked because I want to use Panopto to video my presentation. The Panopto screen goes black. Apple brags about their multitasking, well here is a simple, and useful case where your own software doesn't allow it. I have also had occasions where i needed to look up something during a presentation and I had to use my phone instead. Unfortunately, I couldn't present that information over the keynote display. Why on earth would you do that?

Gary, Actually PowerPoint:mac 2011 does offer a way to present a slide show in a single window, ie not take over complete control of the graphics system. Select the menu item Slide Show|Set Up Show... and select the Browsed by an individual (window) choice. Then when you enter Slide Show mode, the slide show is simply an OS X window like any other. Builds work of course.

I wish Keynote would provide the same simple functionality. I give many virtual presentations from my MacBook via a group-collaboration/screensharing app and I like to be able to see information from the app while presenting, eg who is on the session, do they have their virtual hand raised, what are people saying in the chat session. It is a real problem that I can't do this with Keynote.

I wish I could use an alternative presentation application, but I bought my Mac specifically to use Keynote for Mac. I also really like Keynote. There are just some shortfalls, which I feel need to be implemented to improve the user experience. Please give these ideas some consideration instead of totally writing them off as it's evidently a very important feature to people who actually use the app.

I also don't understand what you're saying when you say other applications are experiencing this same "bug". I've tried some of the programs you listed and they in fact do not take up both the displays. It will if you're using an old version of OSX as I explained before, but it definitely does not do that in Yosemite. Running Final Cut Pro X will only take up one display; Same with Quicktime. This is true even in windowed or full screen mode. I'll include some screen shots so you get the idea.

The second screen can not be used by other applications when Keynote is in Play, the second screen either shows Presenter Display if it is set in

Keynote Preferences > Slide Show > Enable Presenter Screen

or it will have a black screen.

Same here. I'm frustrated with how it is designed without any options like what the powerpoint offers. I also need to show the slideshow on the projector and do something else on my macbook pro screen however with the Keynote, I wasn't able to do that simultaneously. I also wish there is a presenter screen only show in its own window, not the whole screen. This will give us more control and be able to view our presenter's "window" when the slideshow is on other display.

I also need to show the slideshow on the projector and do something else on my macbook pro screen however with the Keynote,

This is a regular query in this forum but as previously stated, you can't work like this in Keynote, if you must use a slide show and other software at the same time, to you will have to use other slide show application.

This is rubbish. I need to record the presentation as it plays one screen, while I read my notes out loud on the other screen. If Keynote makes it impossible then it's absolutely useless to me as a program. Apple, please sort it out.

I know this thread is a little old now, but I found a decent solution until Apple fixes the problem. You can export the slideshow as an HTML file, which will allow you to play the slideshow on any browser. You can then play it in fullscreen leaving the other display free to do whatever you like.

Most of the animations still work, but there are some that don't.

It's really a shame that this problem hasn't been fixed yet.

Gary, or whomever has taken over for him since Nov 21, 2014 6:41 AM .

Apple needs to "sort this out". That means make it do what we need. I need to record my keynote WITH ANIMATIONS in Screenflow as I talk about the slides and interact with them. We don't care if Keynote WANTS to take over all the screens, we're telling you and the programmer with a billion dollars in cash sitting in the bank, to please fix Keynote so it allows this. I may be aware of what you've done with the program, but we don't like it. And THIS IS THE PLACE, not SOME OTHER PLACE to express this concern.

I discovered this ANOMALY during a conference presentation when I also wanted to record audio of my presentation with my audio of the talk. Couldn't do it so that I had control of the audio record board. BAD DESIGN. FIX IT. Please.

Gary, you set yourself up for ridicule. Whenever someone says of their product, "There's nothing to fix" be sure that someone is fixing it and will make a better product. You can state the technical situation and apologize, but when you defend something that clearly a number of customers do not like, you come off sounding strangely religious and ideological. This isn't natural law where we're arguing about whether the functional of gravity can be revised. You sound like Henry Ford saying "The Model T is available only in black because that's the only necessary color for an automobile."

In the meantime, I've found a solution to the problem, which I"ve been using the last few days with success. I wish you, or someone at Apple, had been able to provide this information. You can use it for others. If we want to record Keynote with Screenflow then the process is this:

1. Open up both Keynote in EDIT mode, and ensure when it's in PLAY mode it will display on the correct screen (f you have multiple screens)

2. Start up Screenflow and ensure it will record on the same screen that Keynote plays on, and that audio levels are correct.

3. Start Screenflow in RECORD.

4. Start Keynote in PLAY

5. Go through your Keynote presentation, realizing that the front end of the Keynote pitch will be edited away laster during your Screenflow's presentation editing for a smooth beginning.

(During the recording you won't see Screenflow's monitors, but it's doing it's job. You may want to start and stop a few times to ensure the screen and audio are being recorded as you want them.)

6. Escape Keynote's PLAY funciton....and drop back into Keynote EDIT. Screenflow will reapepar.

7. Stop Screenflow from Recording. You can note leave Keynote EDIT up or QUIT it.

8. Save the Screenflow file.

9. Edit the Screenflow file, and resave.

There are just some shortfalls, which I feel need to be implemented to improve the user experience.

I completely agree, there are a number of shortfalls in Keynote, but I acknowledge that most of these have been sorted out by Apple over the last two years since version 6 was released.

Please give these ideas some consideration instead of totally writing them off as it's evidently a very important feature to people who actually use the app.

To confirm, this is not a bug. A bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault that can be repaired or corrected. What this blanking of the display or unable to display a second application when Keynote is in play is a side effect, I like your word "shortfall".

Its something, like you, I personally would like to not encounter, but this effect is apparent in Mac, Windows and Linux systems and is something that can't be corrected with the current combination of hardware and software available.

This effect (shortfall) is due to the lack of processing ability the totality of the graphics system has available.

A daily example with windows computers in schools and colleges; a lecturer plugs the laptop into a projector and runs the presentation software. The presentation is shown on the laptop but a blank display on the projector. The only remedy is to select the projector as the presentation screen and make do with a blank laptop screen.

The Mac Keynote user has three choices when using Keynote, one computer and two displays, typically a projector and a Mac:

1 with presenter display enabled: Keynote presentation on projector with Presenter Display on Mac display

2 with Presenter Display disabled: Keynote presentation on projector and blank screen on Mac

2 with displays mirrored: Keynote presentation on both projector and Mac display

Alternatively use application switcher (command tab) to swap between Keynote and a second application.

An extended work around I use is to have two computers; I have this installed in over 50 presentation rooms classrooms or theatres; one computer displaying Keynote the second displaying the other application, perhaps a web browser or spreadsheet.

In Final Cut Pro X, I assume with a two screen system, the main display shows the browser and timeline, the second display shows Viewers or events.

In this case no other application can be seen or used.

Similarly the applications I mention a similar "shortfall' occurs.

I have lived with this situation for over twenty five years and have been forced to employ one of the above choices.

I consider Keynote's "feature" to take over both displays in presentation mode to be a serious bug. I produce screencasts of presentations but, when Keynote hogs both displays, I cannot access Camtasia to select custom screen and start the recording. I also have software that would allow me to write over the presentation with a Wacom pad; however, since I cannot access either screen, then I cannot use that software in the presentation. (In contrast, this is possible on Powerpoint. I can explain how but it is beyond the scope of this thread.)

All in all, Keynote is worthless to me as a tool for preparing screencasts. However, if Apple would "fix" this bug, all would be well. From my perspective, Keynote has a debilitating bug that must be fixed ASAP. As of now, I'll stick with Powerpoint and I will probably eventually uninstall Keynote.

When using Keynote in play slideshow mode, with or without presenter enabled, I cannot get application switcher to show up. Holding down the command tab, does nothing. The only way I can switch out to another program (or to parallels 10 in my case) is to hit the escape key and stop the slideshow. What am I missing? OS 10.9.5 Keynote 6.2.2

I consider Keynote's "feature" to take over both displays in presentation mode to be a serious bug.

This is not a bug. It is a symptom of the graphics system in the Mac when rendering the effects used in Keynote. When in play, Keynote takes over full control of the graphics system and this results in only Keynote being shown, not other applications. If you don't want this symptom, use another application.