Create animation with Keynote - so it'll work

In Keynote you can easily create animations and make your presentation more lively. You can read about the options you have in this practical tip.

Keynote: add animation to elements

You can breathe life into your presentation with animations. Find out where to find the effects in Keynote here.

In the top right corner you can choose one of the three sidebars "Format", "Animate" and "Document". Click on "Animate" here.
Click the element you want to animate. This can be, for example, a text, an image or a table.
You can then choose between "Structure", "Action" and "Dismantling" in the right sidebar.
With "Structure" you can choose an effect how an element should appear. For example, it may come in from the bottom.
If you choose "Action", you can choose an effect that, for example, enlarges an element during the performance.
With "Dismantle" you select an animation with which the element disappears from the picture.
Click on "Add effect" in the selected tab to get a list of the available effects.
Once you have selected an effect, you can determine the duration and direction depending on the selected effect.

Equivalent to the element effects, you can also choose animations for the slide transition.

Here too, select the "Animate" tab in the top right.
Make sure that you have not selected an element on the current slide. Simply click anywhere outside the slide to deselect.
Click Add Effect to select an item from the list of all available effects.
Again, you can adjust the duration and direction for most transition effects.
If you want a different effect, just click "Change". In contrast to the element effects, you can of course only choose a transition effect.