Section 76. Presentations

76. Presentations

If you're used to PC PowerPoint presentations, hold on to your hat: Keynote (in Apple's iWork suite) is a presentation powerhouse with cinematic transitions, smooth animation, and rock-solid media playback.

Exquisite templates support fast, flexible, professional designs but avoid PowerPoint's "cheap clip art look." Additional themes available from Keynote Pro (www.keynotepro.com) add even more visual flair; some of their themes are even optimized for small-screen presentation on the iPod.

Laptop presenters, take note: while Keynote sends slides to an external monitor or projector, your laptop displays the current slide, the next slide, and a handy presentation timer.