The “New Slide” Action

The essential action for constructing the content of a presentation, this action will generate a new slide, based on a specified master slide, inserted into the slide deck at a specified location.

The Action Information

Input:An AppleScript reference to the document in which a new slide will be added. NOTE:

  • If no reference is provided as input, the action will assume the frontmost document is the target document.

  • If a slide reference is provided as input, the action will assume the parent document of the referenced slide is the target document.
Output:An AppleScript reference to the created slide
Parameters:

User-settable parameters include:

  • Master slide to use as the base slide for the new slide

  • Insertion location for the new slide

  • Should Keynote be moved the front of opened applications?

Related:

Other actions that often precede this action:

  • New Presentation

  • Open Keynote Files

  • Get Specified Document

Related:

Other actions that often follow this action:

  • Set Transition for Slide

  • Set Presenter Notes for Slide

  • Set Content of Default Text Items

  • Replace Image on Slide

The Action Interface

The interface for the New Slide action

 1  Master Slides menu • Select a master slide from this menu  (⬇ see below )  to be used as the base slide for the newly created slide.

slide-masters-popup-menu

 2  Use Custom Master checkbox • If you want to use a custom master slide as the base slide for the newly created slide, select this checkbox and enter the name of the custom master slide into the corresponding text input:  3   (⬆ see above ) 

 3  Custom Master Slide title •  (⬆ see above )  Enter the exact name of the custom master slide into this text field.

The interface for the New Slide action

 4  Insertion Location menu •  (⬆ see above )  This popup menu displays locations within the slide deck into which the newly created slide is inserted  (⬇ see below ) 

new-slide-menu

 5  Slide Number selector • When the “After slide number…” menu option is selected, the text input field and related stepper control become visible  (⬆ see above )  Select the number of the slide after which the new slide will be inserted.

 6  Activate Keynote checkbox • Select this checkbox to have Keynote move to the front of open applications when this action is executed.

TOP | CONTINUE