Inserting Black Slide With No Music

Question

Using iWork08, I opened a PowerPoint (PP) presentation and saved it in Keynote 08 (KN).
When running presentation in PP it is possible to have the first slide BLACK with no music, make a few comments, and when I want to proceed just hit the return key and the presentation continues with music.
In KN the presentation plays music with the first BLACK slide. If I turn music off, it turns it off for the remainder of the presentation. Is there a way to insert a BLACK slide at the beginning of KN with no music and have music commence with the second slide forward?
jzach52

Answer 1

Given the way that the current version of Keynote deals with audio tracks, what you are trying to do is not possible - directly. There are a couple of workarounds I could suggest, but both are rather cumbersome:
1) Determine how much time you need for your opening comments under the black slide and when Recording the Soundtrack, include that much silence at the head of the audio track before the music starts; have the first "real" slide begin with the music.
2) Create a silent, black slideshow: one single black slide with no audio. Then Hyperlink the end of this to the first slide in your regular presentation. This will allow you to have as much time as you need for the introductory comments.
CAVEAT: The slideshow will NOT retain any of your Recorded Synchronization when played back via a hyperlink. You will need to advance all of your Builds and Transitions manually. Thus, this is not likely a solution to your problem if you want your slideshow to playback fully automatically.