.key files
.key file
Apple Keynote Presentation
Apple's presentation format — Apple devices and iCloud only.
What opens a .key file
- Windows
- iCloud.com Keynote (in a browser)
- macOS
- Keynote (built in)
- Linux
- iCloud.com Keynote (in a browser)
- In a browser
- iCloud.com Keynote
What a .key file is
Keynote files hold slides, media and Apple's distinctive transitions in a zipped bundle. PowerPoint cannot open one; iCloud.com can, and exports to .pptx or PDF, though the fancier transitions do not translate. Older Keynote documents are directories rather than single files, which is why one occasionally arrives on Windows as a folder full of parts.
Converting it
A .key file is commonly converted to .pptx, .pdf, .mp4 or .jpg. It is a binary format, so a text editor will show unreadable characters rather than its contents.
Details
- Extension
- .key
- Full name
- Apple Keynote Presentation
- Category
- Documents
- MIME type
- application/vnd.apple.keynote
- Created by
- Apple
- Format
- Binary
Common questions
- How do I open a .key file?
- On Windows use iCloud.com Keynote (in a browser); on macOS use Keynote (built in); on Linux use iCloud.com Keynote (in a browser). Apple's presentation format — Apple devices and iCloud only.
- What is a .key file?
- Apple Keynote Presentation. Keynote files hold slides, media and Apple's distinctive transitions in a zipped bundle. PowerPoint cannot open one; iCloud.com can, and exports to .pptx or PDF, though the fancier transitions do not translate.
- Can I convert a .key file?
- Yes. It is usually converted to .pptx, .pdf, .mp4 or .jpg, either by exporting from one of the programs listed above or with a format converter.
Related pages
- .pdf — Portable Document Format A fixed-layout document that looks identical everywhere — the format for anythin
- .docx — Word Document (Open XML) The standard Word document since Office 2007 — a zip archive of XML underneath.
- .xlsx — Excel Workbook (Open XML) The standard Excel spreadsheet since 2007, with a million-row limit per sheet.
- .pptx — PowerPoint Presentation (Open XML) The standard PowerPoint deck since 2007.
- .txt — Plain Text File Text with no formatting at all — the format that will still open in fifty years.
- .doc — Word Document (legacy binary) The pre-2007 Word format — still readable, but Microsoft would rather you conver
- .xls — Excel Workbook (legacy binary) The pre-2007 Excel format, limited to 65,536 rows.
- .ppt — PowerPoint Presentation (legacy binary) The pre-2007 PowerPoint format.
- .md — Markdown Document Plain text with a light formatting convention — headings with #, bold with **.
- .rtf — Rich Text Format A formatted document format readable by every word processor since 1987.
- .pages — Apple Pages Document Apple's word processor format — Apple devices and iCloud only.
- .odt — OpenDocument Text The open-standard word processor format, native to LibreOffice.
Sources
- Media Types Registry — IANA
- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place