Hi Philippa, Chris, and Others, I think the recommendation for presentations with Keynote is to export the presentation as a PDF file using the "Export…" option that can be selected from either the "File" menu or the "Share" menu on the Keynote menu bar, choose an output format of PDF, and then display the PDF output using the free app named "Skim". Skim has been described as "Preview on steroids". It is similar to Preview, but has additional features. One of these features is a "Presentation mode" for displaying presentation slides in PDF format created by applications such as PowerPoint, Keynote, Open Office, or TeX slide packages such as Beamer. To enter presentation mode, use the shortcut Command-Option-P, or else go to the "View" menu to select this. You can also set up your transition options with Command-Control-T.
Note that presentation mode correctly displays your slides, which the full-screen mode of Preview and Skim does not. And you can read all content with VoiceOver using the PDF version of your presentation this way. This subject was recently discussed on the Mac-access list, and you can read the posted discussions for the thread, "accessing power point presentation on the mac" at the Mail Archive web site for that list. I'll point you to one of the relevant posts: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg09136.html Read down the thread using Control-N to access the next post. If you want to read up the thread use Control-P to access the previous post. Skim is a Sourceforge project, but to find it, and most other Mac programs, do a Google search for this software at the MacUpdate site by using Command-Option-F to move to the Google search bar in Safari, then type "skim macupdate" and press return. The MacUpdate site provides standard format listings of software that includes a short description, basic information on the latest version and its release date, information on whether this is a paid or free app, and direct links to download the program and to visit the developer's site. You can also read comments about the app, and suggestions for alternatives. The MacUpdate page link for Skim is: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24590/skim HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 8, 2012, at 3:50 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I found navigation while presenting to be buggy, at least with the usual > 'dual screen' setup. I did find that after starting the presentation > (command-option-p) that if I command-tab away from keynote and then > command-tab back again VO focus seems to clear up and I can then navigate all > the buttons and find the presenter's notes. Before that it was just weird and > I couldn't find much of anything. Hope this works for you. > > CB > > On 5/8/12 7:36 AM, Philippa Woodcraft wrote: >> hi. just trying to use keynote to do a presentation. i've added some >> presenter notes but I can't find them with the VO curser when i play the >> slide show. anyone haveany ideas? i've chosen "show presenter notes" in the >> view menu but no difference. >> many thanks. Philippa >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
