Use iPad as a trade show presentation tool in a secured mode?

you can put the iPad in guided access mode, tho this will only do part of what you want.

go to settings > general > privacy and turn on guided access

then when you are in Keynote triple click the home button then you can lock the iPad to just the keynote app, and it needs a passcode to exit, though this wont prevent editing the keynote

There used to be a setting that disables Multitouch gestures, look in iPad settings for that, probably under accessibility or general.

If not convert the presentation pages to PDF's so they can't be altered

perhaps Keynote isn't the right route at the moment, there are other options, iBook Author springs to mind so you can create an interative iBook, or if you are willing to spend money Adobe Digital Publishing Suite will let you create a interactive app/presentation using InDesign and sync it the Adobe's content viewer app, or depending on the amount of interativity you could use adobe acrobat to add hyperlinks to PDF's and view them using adobe reader app

GPROMS -

Did you ever figure out how to do this?

I need the same function - to keep user (on the trade show floor) from accidentally (or puposefully) editing the presentation.

Thanks.

you could try ibooks author, it's free

http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

There are other powerpoint presentation tools for the iPad. Perhaps one of them can control editing.

http://www.ipresent.com/ipresent-the-ipad-app-for-presentations?gclid=COav36mm9b UCFcme4AodN30AxA

https://www.slideshark.com/

Robert

GPROMS,

Thanks so much for sharing your solution!

Surely seems like a long way to go, when Apple could simply have enable the Keynote "lock" function on the pad.

My client requires a certain amount of animation - video and "Magic Move"-type transitions. Can your InDesign/ Kiosk Pro solution support either of those?

I only spent a couple minutes with this, but I was able to pull my into iBook Author and save it out as an iBook. It seems like all of the Keynote functionality is intact, and of course a reader cannot edit it.

A couple of downsides - an iBook requires some book-type compenents - Cover (which is OK) and a Table of Contents - which I just left blank, but still requires a click-through to the first page (slide.)

If you don't mind your interface being the lovely pine bookshelves (at least it's clear pine, and not the knotty variety ;-) of the iBook library, this is a potentially easier solution than the hoops Apple made you jump through, and it does support almost all of the original Keynote functionality.

Thanks again! I hope Apple is listening. (Hello?)

I know this is a couple of years ago, but what ended up being your solution? My thought was to use an Apple mini connected to a touch screen. Just don't put out a mouse or keyboard. There should be no way to exit it. Yes?

Didn't you read the solved solution in green? I read over it and it still seems to be the solution.

R

Which version of Kiosk Pro did you use? Is Basic enough for an interactive PDF? After using this method for a few years, would you still recommend it or is there a better way?

Thank you.