Apple Keynote is an application for creating presentations, and it is part of the Apple iLife suite. It is a competitor to the more popular Microsoft PowerPoint.
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How do I use Applescript with Keynote?
My first Problem: For some reason the Applescript Editor is not able to pick up events when recording from Keynote'09 (I already turned on the acessibility options). The Editor stays blank for all ...
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How to change the document language in Keynote and make the red lines disappear?
I am working on a slideshow in Spanish. Pages has the "More" tab on the inspector which allows you to change the language of the selected text / document, but Keynote lacks it.
I know you can ...
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how to have the same gradient fill background on all slides
How do you change the background gradient fill for all slides. I created a nice gradient fill for the first slide and I need it to come across all of the slides for the presentation. thank you
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Cannot create new documents or open any existing ones in iWork(Pages, Keynote, Numbers)
For some reason I can't seem to create new documents in any of the iWork apps. Whenever I press the File->New button nothing happens. I've tried turning on and off iCloud synchronization but it didn't ...
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What causes all iWork apps to have blank, unusable documents after a reinstall?
After deleting and re-installing the apps, I can't use iWork. Specifically, the document area is always empty, no matter if I create a new document or open an existing one. This applies to Pages, ...
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Change shortcut in Keynote
I 'd like to do a presentation with a wireless USB remote control. At one moment, I need to go to the previous animation phase – which would be the shortcut Shift–Left Arrow or [ (left bracket).
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How do I export a Keynote Presentation to PDF while embedding the font
It seems like the export to PDF option currently exists on Keynote (version '09) does not embed the font I use.
What are my options besides buying Adobe Acrobat Professional?
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How do I change the default font for comment boxes in Keynote
I am using Keynote '09 and whenever I create a comment, it is formatted in Marker Felt 16. I want to change that to something like Arial 20. How can I do it?
I tried to apply the point 5 in this ...
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How do I install a Theme in Keynote?
I just downloaded several themes that I want to use. They are in /Library/Application Support/Keynote/Themes/ but I don't see them in the Theme Chooser screen.
Does anyone know what else I should be ...
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How to use a PDF in a presentation
I have to make a little keynote tomorrow, and I have all the slides saved as PDFs. I will be using a projector as a second screen to my laptop.
What's the best way to transform this long PDF document ...
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Export Keynote slides with looped video clips to Quicktime movie
I have put a little video clip in my Keynote presentation, which loops back and forth while other animations beside it are running.
When I export my Keynote presentation to a Quicktime movie, the ...
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Default chart colors Keynote showroom
I want to find out what are the default colors of a 3D bar chart in Showroom layout on keynote. When you add a new chart, you get this colors:
But I was unable to find them in the colors palette.
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generate Keynote presentation from text or Markdown?
Is there a way to automatically generate a Keynote presentation from a source file written in text format, Markdown format, or org-mode?
I know that Pandoc and other tools can generate HTML-based ...
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How do I change the default font-family for all slides in keynote
I am using keynote 2009 and I want all my slides to have the font-family "Courier". I tried playing with master slides but when I create a new slide it defaults to "Gill Sans".
Any help is ...
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How can I insert an image in Keynote 09 that retains a link to an external file?
Or even better, how can I embed another .key file inside a keynote presentation. There was support to a "linkback" PDF functionallity similar to what Omnigraffle offers but it doesn't seem to be ...
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Keynote slideshow in the background
Is there a way to leave a Keynote slideshow running on the second attached monitor while doing other things on the computer? I use my MacBook Pro to run the projector at my school assemblies and I'd ...
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How to change the frame color in Keynote
In Keynote, when adding a frame stroke, it is possible to change the background color.
However I am not seeing any way to change the actual color of the frame border (which always stays white).
Any ...
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How to change attributes of ALL master slides in a KEYNOTE theme at once?
Is there a way to change multiple masters at once in Keynote. Examples
Change the background color for ALL slides from grey to green.
Change all fonts from Copperplate to Garamond
Insert a company ...
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Starting Keynote presenter mode without an external monitor
Before a talk, I'd like to try the presenter mode for Keynote - to get familiar with it - on my Macbook Pro, without an alternate display being attached.
Is this possible? How?
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How do I force Keynote to sync with iCloud?
When I create new Keynote presentations on my Mac they are not showing up on my iOS devices. I noticed when I open a document from iCloud there is a dotted iCloud symbol in the file viewer.
Is there ...
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Display a pixel-for-pixel copy of a Mac-created Keynote presentation on iPad
Is there a way to get a pixel for pixel copy of a Mac-created Keynote presentation onto an iPad to present on an external display? The iOS Keynote app often has great trouble in importing Mac-Keynote ...
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Keynote and presenter note fonts
Is there a way to tell Keynote to change the font for all the presenter notes in this file to a specific font? I find that sometimes it screws up the fonts for the notes (not the body) of a bunch of ...
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iCloud showing different sets of files to OS X users using same iCloud login
I have two accounts on my MAcbook Pro. One for work and one for home. I recently wanted to share a Keynote presentation between both accounts and the iPad. I logged both accounts into iCloud using the ...
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Is it possible to change recorded keynote timing after recording manually?
Is it possible to change the timing manually of recorded keynote presentation instead of having to re-record the whole presentation because of one error?
Sometimes when I record a keynote ...
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Presentation as iPad Application?
I am thinking of making use of iPad to show customers a dynamic presentation.
Customers will have access to an iPad for it and I won't take part on it, so more than a presentation it will act like an ...
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Keynote displaying strange characters in notes and overlay in picture
All of my fonts in keynote changed including presenter notes. I have no idea how this happened. They are all in an illegible font now (notes and the slide itself looks as if it has some kind of ...
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Tools to diff two Keynote '09 slideshows
Is there any tool which I can use to effectively diff two Keynote '09 slideshows?
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An Apple Keynote (i.e. a .key) file consists of a directory structure which contains all the resources used in ...
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Can Keynote on iOS play PowerPoint files with audio?
I have a family member who's considering buying an iPad. The biggest needs she has is to see PowerPoint presentations with music/audio.
She currently has an iMac with Microsoft Office installed, and ...
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Possible to integrate Keynote in custom UI?
In Windows it is possible to load and instantiate COM/ActiveX components, e.g. PowerPoint, and use them to render in your UI of choice.
With e.g. WebKit, this seems to be possible as WebKit is ...
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Is it possible to migrate keyboard shortcuts for all my applications via an export?
I have a bunch of keyboard shortcuts setup for Pages, Keynote, and several other programs. Is there a way to export and then import these shortcuts? I just reformatted my home computer and am now ...
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How do I copy global text substitution settings into iWork '09 (Keynote, Pages)?
Amazingly, a year after Lion has been released, iWork still does not support Lion / ML's global text substitution settings.
I use these widely for special technical symbols.
Although global text ...
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Blackboard theme for iPad Keynote
I'm creating a presentation with my MacBook Pro and Keynote.
I'm using the theme Blackboard which uses the font Chalkboard.
When I import the presentation on my iPad Mini via iCloud the default font ...
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How can I create (nested) Keynote.app slides from a XML file?
I have some nested lists (XML/OPML file) and I am looking for a (automated) process to create Keynote presentations from them. Use case: I write concepts for presentations in an Outliner, then would ...
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Keynote '09 can't play slideshow again unless restarted
I am running Keynote '09 (5.0) on Mac OS X 10.6.8 on a mid-2010 MacBook Pro. Everything was fine until yesterday.
The problem is that I can play a slideshow after opening it with Keynote, but if I ...
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Animate textual changes in keynote
I have some bullet points and I want to animate a change to some of them. For example:
first bullet point
the second one
this is the third
Then I want the first to animate off the screen and be ...
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How to install Pages, Numbers and Keynote on Snow Leopard?
I just purchased a used 2006 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.8.
I went to the Mac App Store and tried to load Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and it said it could not load them unless I had 10.7. When I try ...
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How can I make a Keynote file non-editable?
I have a PowerPoint presentation that I am converting to Keynote to distribute to students; however, I do not want other users to be able to edit the presentation.
Is there a way to make a Keynote ...
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Problem with my applescript to export keynote files to powerpoint
I've a big problem with an export applescript. I would like to export many keynote files to powerpoint files. I found this script below, but there is an error that tells that the menu item ...
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Can you resize a Keynote slide without resizing text?
I'm currently using Keynote to layout a web design, but I've made my slide too short. When I try to resize my slide, all the text increases in size, destroying my layout.
So my question is, is there ...
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Animate a pie-chart in Keynote
Suppose I want to compare two situations via two pie-charts. I know I can grow a pie-chart per part in an animation or on click. But I would like to be able to transition that pie-chart to new numbers ...
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How to create Table of Contents in Keynote?
How can I add a Table of Contents to a Keynote presentation that shows pages and titles in some hierarchy.
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Can i add an animation from crazy talk 7 into a whole keynote presentation?
I want to do a presentation with keynote and with Crazy talk 7, but i would like to know how to lay the animation over the entire keynote presentation, how can i do that?
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On Keynote for Mac, how can I force a size for slides when exported to PDF?
I'm trying to export my presentation as a PDF in Keynote '09 (version 5.2 (1125)) but the PDF document size doesn't match the size of my slides in Keynote (PDF pages are much larger).
Is there any ...
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Keynote movie playback ignores start/stop times, only in presentation mode
I'm putting together a presentation in Keynote '09. I've embedded a movie (created by exporting a keynote slide, so that I can continuously loop the animations). I'd like to skip the beginning and ...
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How to bring Keynote's back to normal
I started using keynote today and noticed that the colors change. The theme color, the font color and even the pictures i add have a pink/purple-ish color and it's really hard to edit under these ...
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How to change color scheme of Keynote slide design/template?
I just made the switch to Mac. In PowerPoint, I used to be able to select a certain slide theme or design but choose a different color of it. How can I do that with Keynote? I've been googling for ...
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I can't see colors when editing in Keynote
I am new to Keynote and as I was trying to create slided shows, the actual color won't show up when I am editing the slides.
(I am using Keynote 2008)
When I preview it, it shows everything perfectly, ...
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Is it possible to make Keynote more accurate with autoplaying?
I am currently preparing for an Ignite style talk (5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds auto-advancing).
So, due to the talk format, I have set my slides in Keynote to autoplay (Inspector -> Document -> ...
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Alternative to Keynote with better typography options?
What software are people using on a Mac to create nice-looking presentation slides, notably, with custom drop shadows on text?
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Disable Keynote Function Keys
Keynote uses the ►ll, ►►, and ◄◄ keys to play/pause, go to previous slide, and next slide, respectively. This causes the keys to no longer control iTunes.
Is there any way to stop Keynote from ...
