Best Tutorial and Wireless Clicker/Mouse?

I need to put together a powerpoint type presentation for a talk I'm giving and knowing nothing about powerpoint but plenty about Macs, I figured keynote was probably the way for me to go. That said, anyone know of a good tutorial out there for it? And secondly my dad (who uses powerpoint and a pc) has a wireless clicker/mouse that allows him to walk the room and still click to the next slide and move the mouse around. Anyone know of a good one for the mac that will work with keynote?
Thanks
dae

Regarding a "+wireless clicker+", you could use the Apple Remote described here:
And there are some "+Stupid Apple Remote Tricks+" here:
There's also an article "+Remote simplicity: Use a small remote to advance slides+" here:

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Message was edited by: Neven Mrgan

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See my thread about IDENTICAL situation:
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