Hi all!
I have to prepare loads of slides for lectures. Often I have several slides in a row with the same header. Now I think there should be a way of generating a new slide with the same header as the pervious one.
Is anyone aware of such a tweak?
Thanks,
Michael
OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Create the slide with a Title and any other objects you need on a number of slides. Keep this slide available until your presentation is finished.
Cclick the slide in the Navigator then Duplicate the slide (command D) when you need to add another slide.
Alternatively create a Slide Master for permanent use.
Thanks for your reply!
I was aware of this workaround but I find it a bit unelegant... While working on such a presentation I never know how many tomes I will go on using this particular header... So when I used this workaround I found myself often with left over pre-headed slides or on front of the same problem again...
I was hoping there would be a possibility within Keynote or maybe with Applescript or Automator, but I have been unable to make this up myself...
Thanks,
Michael
Then as suggested, create one or more Slide Masters
I have always a couple of slide with the same subject, then the subject changes and the next couple of slides have another subject. It would be no gain if I'd make master slides for al of them...
It would be no gain if I'd make master slides for al of them...
A master slide is used to store the presentations theme which consist of; colour schemes, fonts, size position and colour of objects, background image, and any objects used in more than one slide repeatedly.
Text and object place holders in the slide master allow new text and images to be added or changed quickly and easily without creating the slide layout each time for every new slide.
Thanks. I am aware of this, but it doesn't help if you make a 250 slide presentation for university lectures... You have recurring headers for one subject, without knowing how many will follow (while writing), maybe 4, maybe 12, then next subject, again 4-12 slides etc. For tasks like thins it would be too god to be able to have a way of creating a new slide only duplicating the header of the previous one.
it doesn't help if you make a 250 slide presentation for university lectures...
You have recurring headers for one subject, without knowing how many will follow (while writing),
For tasks like thins it would be too god to be able to have a way of creating a new slide only duplicating the header of the previous one.
You have just supplied the perfect example of why you would use slide masters, obviously you haven't tried using them.
Thanks again for your advice. This is strange. I use master slides, but haven't found a way of filling in headers without typing or copy/paste. This is the step I would like to automatise...
Here you go. With the kind help of Otto from iworksautomation.com:
tell application "Keynote"
tell front document
set thisTitle to the object text of the default title item of the current slide
set thisSlide to make new slide
set the object text of the default title item of thisSlide to thisTitle
end tell
end tell
This script produces a new slide with the same header of the previous one. This helps a lot when making new slides.!
I don't understand your point Gary. Are you suggesting that one make a master slide for each new heading? That could easily be 50 - 100 master slides for a single presentation. Is that how master slides are meant to be used?
hi
select the previous slide and copy the same to the next slide.
this is very simple method you can follow.
How to add a new keynote slide with the same header
