Error exporting charts to PDF in Keynote 14.3

When trying to export the document containing graphs to PDF, the graphs appear without the descriptive numbers and values


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Posted on Jan 15, 2025 7:18 AM

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Posted on Feb 27, 2025 2:53 PM

Same problem, and it's a very frustrating one as I'm often dealing with large decks with many charts and multiple rounds of number revisions. Until they fix it, the options (and their caveats) I've been using so far are:

  1. Copy/Paste chart into PPT, then back into Keynote (as a png). Most used option of the three. Chart is uneditable, but keep the live chart off to the side. Fairly fast though adds an extra with every number revision, less risk for messy placement or wrong numbers, quality is slightly lower than live chart but not too noticeable.
  2. Manually labeling charts with text boxes. Slow, messy and risky. Not a good option if you're dealing with a lot of charts and numbers that are revised a lot. Easiest option if you don't have many charts or aren't updating the numbers frequently.
  3. Export pages as jpgs and compile into PDF after. Fastest option if image quality doesn't matter (like reviewing a draft). Far lower quality image, even if it's exported at the highest jpg quality.


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Feb 27, 2025 2:53 PM in response to GuilhermeMarques

Same problem, and it's a very frustrating one as I'm often dealing with large decks with many charts and multiple rounds of number revisions. Until they fix it, the options (and their caveats) I've been using so far are:

  1. Copy/Paste chart into PPT, then back into Keynote (as a png). Most used option of the three. Chart is uneditable, but keep the live chart off to the side. Fairly fast though adds an extra with every number revision, less risk for messy placement or wrong numbers, quality is slightly lower than live chart but not too noticeable.
  2. Manually labeling charts with text boxes. Slow, messy and risky. Not a good option if you're dealing with a lot of charts and numbers that are revised a lot. Easiest option if you don't have many charts or aren't updating the numbers frequently.
  3. Export pages as jpgs and compile into PDF after. Fastest option if image quality doesn't matter (like reviewing a draft). Far lower quality image, even if it's exported at the highest jpg quality.


Mar 19, 2025 6:53 AM in response to GuilhermeMarques

And what is even more frustrating is that if I export the deck as PDF and I read it on the same Mac, I see no issue whatsoever. This means that I'm sharing a presentation that I have checked and I AM SURE that has not problems, but when somebody else will see it on another computer they wont see the labels!

I hope this gets fixed very soon, as I'm using it for work and the idea of sending around incomplete documents without knowing really is upsetting.

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