If you are here looking for information about the files with extension .key to know what they are and how to open them it is because you are for the first time in front of one and you do not know what to do .
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But we have thought of you and we want to explain everything to you, that is why we have made this post with the purpose that you learn what is necessary about this type of files and how to open them .
Although these are only compatible with Mac OS computers , we show you the ways for you to enjoy them on Windows and Android , with few simple steps and methods. Let’s start.
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What is it and what files are used with .KEY extension?
These types of files are very popular and also are widely used by different types of key file software , whose function is the process of registering a legal copy of a given program. Also those who use the SSL protocol use .KEY files to store and export their digital keys .
Such files have several functions, but they are mostly used to store code strings or encrypted keys. These do not have a standardized structure as such, so no program determined as such is defined to open it , simply each application executes commands creating its own format of what it interprets from the file .
File for presentations
Files for presentations are also known as a .KEY extension as well as power point. The difference with the classic PPT of the Windows editor is that it comes from Mac OS, specifically of the Apple Keynote 5 program .
This is very famous software like Power Point , very useful for creating all kinds of presentations. It was launched in 2003, and from that moment it became the biggest competition of the program created by Microsoft (Power point).
This type of files contains all the information sufficient to reproduce any presentation, including images, sounds, texts, XML. The disadvantage of .KEYs is that they can only be read by computers that have MAC OS operating systems. However, there are some methods to see them in other OSs.
How to open and view .KEY files on smartphones or computers?
As we mentioned above, the .KEY files are only designed to be interpreted by MAC OS, but this is not an impediment to being able to see a presentation with this extension in another operating system, here we bring you the steps that we must make in order to visualize this type of presentation by any other operating system.
On Windows PC
One of the main operating systems that do not recognize files with extensions .KEY is Windows, but this is not something that causes us concern because there are methods to open such files.
One of the simplest methods is to convert the .KEY files to .PPT (Power Point) which is the one that Windows can read , the only detail for this method is that to convert it must be do from Mac OS since this is what gives us this option.
To do this you must follow the steps below:
- Open the file. We go to the file we want to convert, then double click on it and hope that Mac OS opens it.
- Convert to PPT. Once the presentation is open, which we are going to convert to Power Point, we go to the tab that says «File» (File), in the list that is displayed we click on the “Export to” and then select where it says “Power Point”.
- Save the file. It only remains to save the transformed file, and for this we choose a Name and location of it, and click on accounExport given.
- Open the file on Windows We save the presentation on a pendrive and insert it into a computer that contains Windows as the operating system. We locate the file, double click on it or we also right click and select “Open”. Now we simply wait for Power Point to open the presentation and voila, we can visualize it.
Using an Online tool
The second option is to use a web tool. In this method we will convert the .KEY file from an online page, this being a highly recommended method if you do not have a Mac OS computer to view it or convert it using the previous method.
- Let’s go to the page. First we go to the Zamzar page, since this will be the one we will use to make the conversion. To go to the page we click on the following link .
- We convert the format. As we can see, Zamzar dictates three steps to follow. We add the file by clicking on the green option that says «Add» files, then we choose the type of format which we want our file to be converted, in this case we choose ppt , and to finish we click on «Convert now» and we accept the terms to convert our presentation.
On Mac computers
Then open a .key file on Mac. This is not complicated since this operating system is ready to receive and view the presentations .KEY which we will not need help from any program or tool external to this .
Of course when we refer to tools or programs external to this, we mean programs outside the creation of Mac, but if we must download software to be able to open this type of files. The software that we must download is called Keynote and can be downloaded from the Apple store.
Download and install the program on our Mac OS computer, having this ready we start:
- Locate the file. We have to locate the place where the file we want to open is located.
- Open the presentation. Once located, we double click on the presentation, or we can also drag it to the keynote icon of the Dock or applications folder.
Ready we can visualize our presentation with keynote with everything and its animations.
On Android mobile phones
Android phones can not see even with the help of a program those presentations with extension .key, so for Android also we have to convert the files into .ppt or .pdf , since In the same way, the views that it shows from the .ppt files are very similar to those that it shows from .pdf.
- Enter the converter. We enter the format converter, the one we use is Zamzar, we access your page through of the link .
- Convert to pdf . Then there we upload our file with a .KEY extension and wait for it to load. Already defined the type of format in which we want it, we click on convert now.
Then with our presentation in .pdf, we execute it with the reader of this type of formats that we have installed in our phone.
On iPhone devices with iOS
To open a .KEY presentation on an iPhone, it will need to be converted into Keynote for iOS . To convert and open the presentation follow these steps.
- Convert to Keynote for iOS. We have to open the presentation. Once opened, press the «More» button whose symbol is three points located at the right corner of the program (…). Then we click on the button that says «Export», we choose the format we want for the presentation. Finally we select why we want to send the presentation, we can choose between Mail, Messages and others .
- Open the presentation. We save the presentation on our iPhone and open it. If this does not open it is because the format is still incompatible so we recommend that you do them again from step 1 , and if it does not work again, it is because the file is not type presentation or have codes with cannot be converted.
List of the best applications and alternative programs to open a document with extension. Key
As we have said throughout the post, the files with key extension are only compatible with Mac OS so it is impossible to find an application, program or tool that directly opens or reads such files from a Windows or Android, So the best alternative for this is to convert it.
There are online programs that we can use to perform these types of conversions, here is a list of 5 of them:
ZAMZAR.com
If you have read the post you should have a minimum notion of what this online application is, but we will also explain a little more about it. This is very recognized for the variety of formats with which it works , as well as it is highly recommended for its efficiency, which is very difficult in others that make it competitive. It is very easy to use it, we personally recommend it.
ICloud.com
Many know about this platform, but what you don’t know is that it also allows you to convert the formats of your documents , besides that it has included to be able to read presentations with key extension, so It also includes export options in a different format. For this you must log in, upload the file, go to the «Keynote» section and click on «Export». You must clearly have an account to be able to log in.
Cloudconvert.com
I do not know if you know him, but that does not mean that he is not recognized, on the contrary it is very useful for the cyber community. The best thing about this application is that like Zamzar, does not need to have an Apple user or ID to be able to access . We also recommend it because it fulfills what it promises, and it transforms the documents into Microsoft formats compatible with even the old versions of them, such as 2003 and smaller versions.
Aconvert.com
Not very famous but if you want more options this can help you. It is a converter not with many types of formats but it is also very useful , its use is very simple and does not need any registration to use it, the detail of this online application is the number of ads advertising that this load.
OnlineConvertfree.com
Another converter not very famous but equally useful, very simple, with the difference that most of its texts are in English so you must translate the page or if You perfectly understand English will not be necessary. This page, like the others mentioned , has different formats to which a document can be transformed, an example of key to pdf or ppt .
After you convert all your documents with key extension you can open it as many times as you want on Windows computers or Android phones if there are no complications .