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Built it in Keynote, presenting on a PC. Check every slide first.

Most of a Keynote deck converts cleanly: text, shapes, photos and speaker notes. The trouble is always in a few specific places. We audit each slide before converting and tell you exactly which ones to check in PowerPoint.

Q3 review.key · 8 slides3 clean · 3 minor · 2 decisions
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1 · Title
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2 · Agenda
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3 · Growth chart
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4 · Product demo
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5 · Before/after
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6 · Team
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7 · Roadmap
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8 · Thank you
converts cleanlychanges a littleneeds a decision
text boxes19charts1videos1notes8
your choices4 · Product demo videoconvert to H.2645 · Magic Moveuse Fade
Slide 5: Before/afteryour choice
errorMagic Move transitionPowerPoint’s Morph is the closest match, but only works when the same object names appear on both slides.
check_circleObjectsBoth slides convert fine on their own.
What should replace Magic Move?
Use Morphclosest effect, Microsoft 365Use Fadeworks in every version
slideshowConvert to PowerPoint
co_presentThe slide engine failed to load: Failed to fetch dynamically imported module: http://127.0.0.1:9777/js/main/general/pres-engine.js.pptx, identified by its bytesfolder_openOpen anotherslideshowSample
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One page per slide at the deck’s own size, text kept as real text.swap_horizConvert 0 slides
What survives as PDF · slidescounted in the slide XML, then read back out of the written file
partin deckresulthow
slideshowSlides--
text_fieldsWords on slides--
font_downloadFonts--
imagePictures--
tableTables--
insert_chartCharts · SmartArt--
speaker_notesSpeaker notes--
linkLinks--
animationAnimations · transitions--
movieVideo · audio--
~/the-font-problem

Keynote's fonts don't exist on most PCs.

Keynote's themes use Mac fonts like Helvetica Neue and Avenir. Windows swaps in whatever it has, and the new font is usually wider, so text that fitted spills out of its box. Pick a font to see what the PC will do.

Helvetica NeueAvenir NextGill SansEmbed fonts
On the MacAvenir Next
Revenue up 12%
The title fits its box with room to spare.
On a Windows PCVerdana (wider)
Revenue up 12%
Verdana is much wider, so the title spills past its box. We shrink the text to fit, or you can embed the font.
~/motion-mapping

Every Keynote effect, and what PowerPoint plays instead.

PowerPoint has its own set of transitions and builds. Where there's a close match we use it; where there isn't, the effect falls back to a simple fade so the talk still flows.

Dissolvecheck_circlearrow_forwardFadeDirect equivalent, same feel.
Pushcheck_circlearrow_forwardPushDirect equivalent, same feel.
Magic Movechange_circlearrow_forwardMorphSimilar effect; timing may differ.
Cubecheck_circlearrow_forwardCubeDirect equivalent, same feel.
Confettiswap_horizarrow_forwardFadeNo equivalent; simple fade instead.
Line Drawchange_circlearrow_forwardWipeSimilar effect; timing may differ.
Anvilswap_horizarrow_forwardFadeNo equivalent; simple fade instead.
Typewriter buildcheck_circlearrow_forwardAppear by letterDirect equivalent, same feel.