Keynote developed by Apple Inc. is slide presentation software for the the Apple line of products, include Mac desktop machines and iPads. Part of the iWork suite of software, which includes Numbers (a spreadsheet application) and Pages (for documents), Keynote is now in version 6, released October 2013. According to Wikipedia, Keynote gained exposure when Al Gore used it for presentations in "In inconvenient Truth".
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How to (programmatically) change slides in a running Keynote presentation?
I'm working on a Cocoa application I'd like to use to remotely (on the same machine, from a different process) control which slide is currently displayed in a running Apple iWork '09 Keynote presentation.
How should I approach this?
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Applescript detect what slide is showing in Keynote
As the title says-
Is there a way to detect what slide is showing in a keynote presentation (using applescript)?
And yes, I am aware of how to change slides with applescript, I just need to detect what slide is already active.
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Nested Keynote slides with Applescript
Is there a way to achieve this:
when creating a presentation programatically via Applescript?
As an aside the code I have now looks like this:
tell application "Keynote"
set themeprops to {theme:"Gradient", slideSize:{800, 600}}
set s to…
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R, export a file to keynote
Is there a way to export a graph made in R in a way that keynote can read the objects of the graph as separate objects and not like a single image?
Usually I export graphs in R as pdf but then Keynote import them as a single object.
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How to remotely trigger Applescript for Keynote on a MacBook from an iPad
I am trying to figure out if I can remotely control KeyNote running on a MacBook (connected to video projection system) from an iPad. Specifically, when lecturing, I would like to be able to create a trigger in my notes that would let me tap and…
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Populating images on a Keynote file using Javascript for Automation (JXA)
I would like to populate a keynote presentation with images that I have stored in my home directory.
Each image should go to one slide. I've looked a lot on the internet but I've only an example which doesn't work for me.
let app =…
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AppleScript Keynote hangup after opening a illegal pptx file
first I am a beginner AppleScript developer. and I have searched this question for a long time but no result found. I have an AppleScript to convert ppt files into pdf format. but the script will hangup after it matches a bad ppt file.
the…
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How to get the size (height & Width) of slides in Keynote using Applescript
I am working on an annotation product for Keynote.
What I want to do is this: when Keynote goes into slide show mode, I want to annotate (draw on) the slides. The annotations are captured into an image file, and then I want to overlay them on top…
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Add soundtrack to a keynote using applescript
I want to add an mp3 soundtrack to an already open keynote presentation using applescript. The soundtrack should start on the first slide, and loop as long as the presentation is running.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Note: A similar question was…
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How to make a circle in Keynote using Applescript
How do you make a circle (or eclipse) in Apple Keynote using Applescript?
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Execute code within Apple Keynote
I'm trying to send some code to a remote server everytime I change a slide on Keynote. Is this possible? Can I add code to be executed on keynote?
Basically, everytime a user changes a slide, it sends a POST request to a server with a string as a…
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CloudKit - using CKAsset with package files
I am trying to store files in my app into CloudKit using CKAssets. Everything work fine, and uploads and downloads using CKRecord + CKAsset is working fine, except for some file types, including Numbers, Keynote and Pages documents. When I try to…
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How to programmatically minimize ios app like in Keynote or Pages?
Or Numbers app... ? If I have not been signed-in the Numbers app shows the "Sign-In Required" alert. If I touch Cancel - system minimizes the app. Is there any way to do it programmatically?
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Dynamically change text in Keynote slide using Applescript
What i am wondering is, is there a way to load up a keynote slide, have the slide run an applescript(which reads a text file) and takes that information and uses it to populate text fields on that keynote slide?
Example: Open Keynote presentation.…
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Apple iWork / Keynote document fonts warnings (missing, but not used in document)
I've got a Keynote file which definitely uses only 3 fonts. All 3 fonts are installed in Font Book.
Every time I open the Keynote file, Keynote comes up with a missing fonts warning. I never used these fonts, so was curious. Duplicated my document,…
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