In this article I reviewed the Logitech wireless presenter. It is in my opinion the best remote control to use with Keynote. That particular Logitech remote has been replaced by the new Logitech R400 which doesn’t feel as robust, the main buttons are smaller, and it still has the 2 smaller buttons, one which completely exits out of your keynote presentation! The last thing you want is to press the wrong button and be taken out of your keynote back to the desktop.
The smaller two buttons can be easily disabled with a knife. This article describes how to disable the extra 2 buttons. It really is a simple procedure and doesn’t even require any soldering!
What you need:
– A logitec wireless presenter R400
– A small phillips head screwdriver
– A small knife with a sharp point.





If you also want to disable the laser pointer you can do the same with the top button, the fifth button.
When you reassemble the remote control it will look identical from the outside, but when you press the smaller 2 buttons at the bottom they will no longer click and they will no longer do anything.
So now you have a very reliable Keynote remote control that will just move the presentation one slide forward or backwards with no way to accidently exit from the presentation!
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