Keynote locks up on first slide

My keynote Locks up when I try to play it. It will show the first slide but will not let me advance or quit. I have to hold "option, shift, command ,esc" for 3 secs to force quit keynote. I have nothing fancy in the keynote. I can start a new one, add a text on two pages, then hit play. The slide will show the first page but then I can't advance or quit. I have Mountain Lion and all updates are current.

Have you tried starting the export and going to lunch so your Mac can work without you standing over it? I'm not saying that you're wrong, just that sometimes these jobs take more time than we might have the patience for, and what looks like a freeze is just hard work going on. Check the cpu usage on your Activity Monitor while the export is going on and see how busy Keynote is. Even if Activity Monitor reports that Keynote is not responding, if the cpu usage is high, come back after lunch and see what progress has been made.
Jerry

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