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If you are here looking for information on the files with .key extension to know what they are and how to open them it’s because you find yourself in front of one for the first time and you don’t know what to do.
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 learn what you need about this type of files and how to open them.
Although these are only compatible with Mac OS computers, we show you the ways so you can enjoy them on Windows and Android, with little steps and simple methods. Let’s start.
What is it and what are files with the .KEY extension used for?
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 certain program. Also those that use the SSL protocol also use .KEY files to be able to store and export their digital keys.
Such files have various functions, but mostly they are used to store code strings or encrypted keys. These do not have a standardized structure as such, so no specific program as such is defined to open it, simply each application executes commands creating its own format of what it interprets from the file.
Archive for presentations
Files for presentations like power point are also known as a .KEY extension. The difference with the classic PPT from the Windows editor is that it comes from Mac OS, specifically of the Apple Keynote 5 program.
This is a very famous software just like power point, very useful for creating all kinds of presentations. It was launched on the market in 2003, and since then it has become the biggest competition of the program created by Microsoft (Power point).
This type of file contains all the information sufficient to play any presentation, including images, sounds, texts, XML. The disadvantage of .KEY files is that they can only be read by computers running the MAC OS operating system. However, there are some methods to be able to see them in other OS.
How to open and view .KEY files on smartphones or computers?
As we mentioned earlier .KEY files are only designed to be interpreted by MAC OS, but this is not an impediment to be able to see a presentation with this file extension in another operating system, here we bring you the steps that we must carry out to be able to visualize this type of presentation by any other operating system.
On Windows PCs
One of the main operating systems that do not recognize files with .KEY extensions is Windows, but this is not something that causes us concern because there are methods to be able to open this type of file.
One of the easiest methods is convert the .KEY files to .PPT (Power Point) which is the one that Windows can readthe only detail for this method is that in order to convert it must be done from Mac OS since it is this that gives us this option.
To do this you must follow the steps below:
- Open the file. We go to the file that we want to convert, then we double click on it and wait for Mac OS to open 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 option “Export to” and then we select where it says “PowerPoint”.
- 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 “Export”.
- Open the file in Windows. We save the presentation on a flash drive and insert it into a computer that has Windows as the operating system. We locate the file, we double click on it or we also right click and select “Open”. Now we simply wait for Power Point to open the presentation and that’s it, we can now view 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 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 do the conversion. For that, go to the Zamzar.com page.
- We convert the format. As we can see, Zamzar tells us three steps that we must follow. We add the file by clicking on the option in green that says “Add” files, then we choose the type of format to which we want our file to be converted, in this case we choose pptand to finish we click on “Convert Now” and accept the terms in order to convert our presentation.
On Mac computers
Well, open a .key file on Mac. This is not complicated at all since this operating system is prepared to receive and view .KEY presentations, 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 of the creation of Mac, but we do have to download software to be able to open this type of file. The software that we must download is called Keynote and can be downloaded from the Apple store.
We download and install the program on our computer with Mac OS, 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 in the Dock or in the application folder.
Ready we can now visualize our presentation with keynote with everything and its animations.
On Android mobile phones
Android phones cannot see those presentations with a .key extension, even with the help of a program, so for Android too we have to convert the files into .ppt or .pdfsince in the same way the views that it shows of the .ppt files are very similar to those that it shows of the .pdf.
- Enter the converter. We enter the format converter, the one we use is Zamzar.com.
- Convert to pdf. Then there we upload our file with a .KEY extension and wait for it to load. Once we have 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 format that we have installed on our phone.
On iPhone devices with iOS
To open a .KEY presentation on an iPhone, it will need to be converted to Keynote for iOS. To convert it and open the presentation follow these Steps.
- Convert to Keynote for iOS. We have to open the presentation. Once open, press the button “Plus” whose symbol is three points located at the right corner of the program (…). Then click on the button that says “Export”, we choose the format we want for the presentation. Finally, we select by which medium we wish 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 it does not open, it is because the format is still incompatible so we recommend that you do them again from step 1and if it does not work for you again, it is because the file is not of type presentation or has codes with cannot be converted.
List of the best applications and alternative programs to open a document with a .Key extension
As we have already said throughout the post, files with the key extension are only compatible with Mac OS, so it is impossible to find an application, program or tool that directly opens or reads this type of file from a Windows or Android, so the best alternative for this is to convert it.
There are online programs that we can use to carry out this type of conversion, here we leave you a list of 5 of them:
ZAMZAR.com
If you have read the post, you should have a minimal 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 highly recommended for its efficiency, which is very difficult in others that compete with it. It is very easy to use, we really 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, in addition to the fact that it has included to be able to read presentations with a key extension, so it also includes export in a different format in its options. For this you must log in, upload the file, go to the “key note” and you click on “Export”. Clearly you must have an account to be able to log in.
cloudconvert.com
I do not know if you know it, but that does not mean that it is not recognized, on the contrary it is very useful for the cyber community. The best thing about this app is that like Zamzar, you do not need to have a user or an Apple ID to access. We also recommend it because it fulfills what it promises, in addition to transforming documents into Microsoft formats that are compatible even with their old versions, such as 2003 and less than this.
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 usefulits use is very simple and you do not need any registration to be able to use it, the detail of this online application is the amount of advertisements that it loads.
OnlineConvertfree.com
Other 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 understand English perfectly it will not be necessary. This page like the others we mentioned It has different formats to which a document can be transformed, 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 without any complications.
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