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Shrinking Images in Keynote

On my MacBook Air, Keynote does not allow a jpg image to be reduced any smaller than 3.06" wide. Is there a method to make images smaller in size?

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Posted on Dec 19, 2022 8:06 AM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2022 3:25 AM


I would suggest resetting Keynote, by completing all of the following steps, in the order listed:


  1. close all applications
  2. uninstall Keynote; for this procedure to work, an application removal tool must be used, this ensures all of the Keynote application files are removed. Keynote presentation files are not deleted. App Delete has a free trial and works for this procedure. It can be downloaded from the developer’s website here:  App Delete
  3. empty the Trash (Finder > Empty Trash)
  4. restart the Mac (Apple Menu > Restart);  Immediately after the Apple startup sound, press the shift key on the keyboard, release shift when the Apple icon appears. Start up will take longer than usual as the Mac is performing a software repair of the start up drive
  5. After the Mac is fully powered up, restart the Mac normally:   Apple Menu > Restart
  6. reinstall Keynote from the Mac App Store Application
  7. Restart the Mac again




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Dec 20, 2022 3:25 AM in response to CyclingCommunity


I would suggest resetting Keynote, by completing all of the following steps, in the order listed:


  1. close all applications
  2. uninstall Keynote; for this procedure to work, an application removal tool must be used, this ensures all of the Keynote application files are removed. Keynote presentation files are not deleted. App Delete has a free trial and works for this procedure. It can be downloaded from the developer’s website here:  App Delete
  3. empty the Trash (Finder > Empty Trash)
  4. restart the Mac (Apple Menu > Restart);  Immediately after the Apple startup sound, press the shift key on the keyboard, release shift when the Apple icon appears. Start up will take longer than usual as the Mac is performing a software repair of the start up drive
  5. After the Mac is fully powered up, restart the Mac normally:   Apple Menu > Restart
  6. reinstall Keynote from the Mac App Store Application
  7. Restart the Mac again




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Dec 19, 2022 11:44 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Hi Gary, I have tried those solutions and they don't work. The size is not permitting the width to be any less than 3.06. It's so weird. Here's the screen shot of the Size. Any other thoughts as to what is happening here? I've had this problem for months with any image inserted into Keynote.

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Dec 22, 2022 5:07 AM in response to CyclingCommunity

OK that's a different situation. Image Gallery is a type of place holder, they define all the attributes for that placeholder, eg: size, cropping, rotation, they can't be changed by the user.


If you want to have complete control of your images, drag and drop them direct on to the slide from a Finder window.

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