TegarKC

Q: Calculation Fields in Keynote

I am trying to create a presentation in Keynote for my iPad. The goal is to hand my sales prospect my iPad and then I will control the presentation using my iPhone, easy enough.

 

I would like to then be able to have the prospect, during the live presentation, be able to manually enter a number and from that input using a simple multiplication display a result, again live during a presentation.

 

So the prospect enters "100" into a field within the presentation and it automatically multiplies that by a predefined factor of say "2" and displays the result of "200" in the presentation.

 

Is this even possible?

iPad Air, iOS 8.2, iPad Air 2 - WiFi only, 128GB Gold

Posted on Jan 3, 2016 12:36 PM

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  • by Gary Scotland,Apple recommended

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Dec 30, 2015 12:07 PM in response to TegarKC
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    Dec 30, 2015 12:07 PM in response to TegarKC

    able to manually enter a number and from that input using a simple multiplication display a result, again live during a presentation.

    Keynote is not able to do this.

     

    The workaround is:

    1. play Keynote until the live calculation is to be performed
    2. switch to a spreadsheet application such as Numbers and perform the data entry and calculation
    3. when completed, switch back to Keynote