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Composer 101: Basic Markdown to Keynote Flow

Learn the basics of writing a presentation in Markdown, and generating Build Scripts for Keynote using Composer's "New Presentation from Markdown" pathway.
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Markdown, Customization, Keynote, Platform
An Enhanced Tune-Up.
Learn the theme-level settings and conventions that will enable you to use advanced Composer features with your Custom Theme build.
August 7, 2025
Customization
Transforming the Fills Palette
Take a look inside the Fills Palette and how you can jump-start your own customization with a new Starter file purpose-built for the task.
November 10, 2024
Customization
Make it Your Own
Learn to use the Style Palettes to completely transform our shape-based themes and templates with your own color palette in a few short steps.
January 1, 2024
Quick Tips, Customization
A Haus for All Seasons
Use simple Shape Style overrides to instantly transform the signature Bauhaus patterning in Haus Neue to your own custom palette.
January 17, 2022
Keynote, Image Blends
Better Native Photo Blends
Explore Keynote's Image Adjustment Tools to perfect your Blended Images natively.
October 19, 2019
Transform Calais into a Brushed Variation
Quick Tips, Customization
Calais Brush-Up
Use a simple Shape Style override to instantly bring an organic, brush-stoke feel to your Calais presentations.
March 13, 2018
Creating Callout/Contrast Charts in Keynote 6+
Keynote, Data Visualization
Easy Callout / Contrast Charts
Use this simple data visualization technique to bring clarity to your charts and keep your audience focused on the relevant data.
June 20, 2017
Transform Palo Alto NXT into Palo Alto Classic
Quick Tips, Customization
Instant Classic
Use a simple Shape Style override to instantly change your Palo Alto NXT presentation into its dashed, Classic cousin.
May 4, 2017
Flatten Your Posted Presentations to Prevent Offline Editing.
Keynote, Sharing
Flattening Shared Presentations
Keynote 7.1's Post Interactive Presentations feature leaves your presentations open to download: Flatten your Posted Presentations to prevent offline editing.
April 11, 2017
Posting Interactive Presentations to the web with Keynote 7.1
Keynote, Sharing
Posting Interactive Presentations
Keynote 7.1+ makes it easy to post interactive presentations on WordPress, Medium and the web - but be mindful of how much you're actually sharing.
March 30, 2017