Can you use iTunes without exiting Keynote?

Question

I am using keynote to do presentations for kids and it is not a fixed structure for each one.We change between slides regulary and is there a way to embed music into a group of slides 4 or 5 slides without the embeded music for those slides interfering with music embeded in other slides of the presentation.Is there a way to use I Tunes without having to exit keynote,is there a shortcut for I Tunes to be used with keynote.
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Answer 1

Welcome to the forum!
1. With KN, you can either have music on one slide or on a whole presentation, but not defined for a group of slides within a larger presentation. The work-around for achieving the effect of the latter is to make each group of slides for which you want continuous music into a separate presentation, and connect the presentations using hyperlinks. When doing this, it's best to open all the presentations before beginning, so there's no lag going from one presentation to the next.
2. You probably already know that iTunes can play music while a KN presentation is being run, so that's not your question/problem. You probably want to control iTunes while running a presentation. AFAIK, that can't be done seamlessly, because in presentation mode KN monopolizes the whole screen. You can come close to this by using Spaces or Exposé, but, as I said, it's far from seamless or elegant. (To try this, you've got to "Enable Exposé and Spaces" under KN's Slideshow Preferences). If you're versed in AppleScript or Automator, that might help, too, but I'm not, so I can't say more.