Can I display RSS news feeds in Keynote?

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Can I display RSS news feeds in Keynote?

I'd like to embed an RSS feed to display the latest news at the bottom of a presentation, as well as current weather information. Is this possible with Keynote '08? There are news ticker apps but none that overlay a Keynote presentation. Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 9, 2008 7:53 AM

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Lt_Core Author

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Dec 14, 2008 12:08 PM in response to Lt_Core

I hate bumping my own thread but I need to figure this out. Thx!

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Tulse

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Dec 14, 2008 12:33 PM in response to Lt_Core

This is not possible to do straight from within Keynote, but if you have an RSS widget you can float it above your entire presentation using this technique.

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Dec 18, 2008 3:02 PM in response to Tulse

Cool trick. The widgets float above open windows, etc. in developer mode. I see the widget when working on a Keynote presentation and in all other apps but when the Keynote presentation is running the widget is does not float ABOVE the presentation. So close!

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Tulse

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Dec 18, 2008 8:16 PM in response to Lt_Core

Did you see the bit about ensure that Dashboard can appear during a presentation by going into Keynote Preferences, under Slideshow, and choose "Allow Expose, Dashboard, and others to use screen"?

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Dec 19, 2008 6:22 AM in response to Tulse

I don't know how I missed that. Thank you so much!

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