Apple improved Keynote this year with the usual supplement of new transitions that we’ve seen over the past year as Steve Jobs has been beta-testing this application while presenting at key Apple events.
Magic Move is a very slick new feature that will animate movement of anything from the current slide to the next slide. Just copy the same object to your next slide and place it in whatever new position you’d like it to be in and set Magic Move as your slide transition. Keynote does the rest and your object (or objects) will move across the screen as you switch from one slide to the next.
But, the coolest new feature is the 99¢ Keynote Remote application for the iPhone or iPod Touch. It works a lot like the iTunes Remote application that Apple released in 2008, except that it controls your presentation and lets you view your current and next slide in the palm of your hand when in landscape mode. In portrait mode, Keynote Remote lets you see your current slide and with notes. Swipes of a finger control your flow through your deck of slides.
There is a free 30-day trial of the iWork ’09 office suite that includes Keynote.
