How can windows users play Keynote presentations?

I found a similar question of about a year ago, and among the answers I found this. I think that it answers your question.

The Keynote GuysDec 16, 2014 1:45 PM Re: Is it possible to present a keynote presentation from a windows pc through iCloud?
Re: Is it possible to present a keynote presentation from a windows pc through iCloud?in response to culb0743

Some of these answers have truth to them, but do not answer your question directly.

Although there is no Keynote application program for Windows, you can in fact present a Keynote presentation through any up to date browser (including Internet Explorer/Chrome/Firefox/Safari on Windows) on iCloud.com via Keynote for iCloud. Just login, open your presentation, and click the play button!

However, the experience is in my opinion not ideal. Local fonts won't carry over and many transitions and animations, the very ones that make for a premiumexperience, simply don't work that well or don't work at all.

More information can be found here:

http://www.apple.com/iwork-for-icloud/#keynote

https://www.apple.com/support/iwork-for-icloud/keynote/

Keynote for iCloud beta: Play a presentation

In the end of the day, I would push for physically bringing a Mac to your classroom - whether it's personal or from your college's IT department. In my experience most classrooms have VGA connections that allow you to connect.

Hello Bob!
You can convert your presentation to video, which doesn't have the navigation options other than the regular video controls (play, pause...)

What I found really neat was to convert it to HTML and play it from a browser (I use Chrome). Keep in mind that some animations, such as Wipe, won't be loaded properly, so if your presentation is animation heavy you might want to test it and simplify it.

Hope it helps!

T

It might be a great idea, but remember that you are talking to other users here, not Apple.

When you do contact Apple to give them your feedback, note the statement at the top of the page

http://www.apple.com/feedback/keynote.html

"Use the form below to send us your comments. We read all feedback carefully, but please note that we cannot respond to the comments you submit."

When exporting Keynote to .pptx much is lost in the transition.

We have made it our business to know what is compatible and what is not compatible when exporting to PowerPoint, we playback every presentation in PowerPoint to guarantee it works as expected before sending to clients.

I've always exported my Keynotes to PDFs when they had to be presented on Windows PCs. It's not the same, but it does the job.

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