Keynote: How to Print Slides Containing Semi-Opaque Objects

When printing a presentation in Keynote, slides that contain semi-opaque objects will not print as they appear on the screen. Follow these steps to print Keynote slides that contain semi-opaque objects while preserving their transparency. Note: Using these steps will result in a lower quality printout than printing from Keynote directly. Use it only if preserving transparency of a slide is important.

Take a screen capture of the slide.

1. Open the Keynote presentation.
   
2. Select the slide from the Slides list.
   
   
   
3. Press Command-Shift-4 on your keyboard. The mouse cursor changes into an area selection tool.
   
   
   
4. Put the center of the area selection tool in one of the corners of the slide in Keynote.
   
5. Click and hold the mouse button.
   
6. Drag the area selection tool to the opposite corner of the slide.
   
   
   
   

Print the screen capture

1. Look for a new file on your desktop named "Picture x" where "x" is a number. Note: The number will be incremented by one every time you take another screen capture.
   
   
   
2. Double-click the file.
   
3. From the File menu, choose Print.