Keynote takes forever in Lion

I just upgraded to Lion, and am using iWork 09. Takes FOREVER to do anything, and the beach ball of death seems ever present, and often goes for minutes with any little change. Why did they eliminate 'Save as'??? Backups and duplicate are nothing but a hassle. How can I speed things up without waiting for minutes? Never had this problem in SnowLeopard. Wish I could dump the new version and go back to old one.

you have to update iwork. I remember Apple has seeded an update that solves ball of deaths when using keynote in Lion. They added versions and autosave those make me foget save as

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Hi,
You may try this:
Click Start> Control Panel> Internet Options.
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TechNet Community Support

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(Screenshot 4, Prelude CC 2.2.0)
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http://www.apple.com/support/networking
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