Referencing of images/graphics (feature enhancement)

Question

Something for the "Feedback" button...
I require my students to include references with their slide show presentations, and I try to do the same, but it is often difficult to manage and cite images.
Perhaps, an option, a command-I say for images within Keynote that would allow the user to input information such as:
URL:
Web site:
Text:
Author/Artist:
Other:
Date Retrieved: (auto fill)
Rather like the "end note" feature in a word processor, you could then "smart build" a set of reference slides at the end of your presentation.
It would also make it easier to track changes in images that may have been updated, e.g., from the wiki commons media library (for which you just can't remember exactly what that source image was called, or would like to look up yourself from some one else's presentation).
Slide show presentations have become increasingly popular in schools, and including references has become de rigeur, in this era of easy cut and paste, to help students understand the value of sourcing and crediting their information.

Answer 1

Kyle Kirkwood wrote:>
Alas, this doesn't work so well when the image is moved from its original spot, or with graphics that come supplied with the texts; you can have multiple editions with slightly different images, image titles (e.g., Fig. 21.1 XYZ, and in the next edition Fig. 22.1 XYZ).
Possibly group the image and text object?
Also it is much easier to mark a hard copy associated with a presentation, than opening each slide show individually and looking for a URL or comment pasted into the empty space to the side.
When teaching at uni I assessed a Illustrator project from file so I could see what mistakes/innovations students were making in construction etc. Always assessed hard copy after that as it took me a heap of time just opening/closing 100+ assignments let alone inspecting.
I would still like some way to drag an image in, tag it, and drop it where needed and later just smart build a set of reference slides.
I have been thinking an Inspector palette for Tagging objects and pages like Illustrators Attributes and/or styles palettes would be great for making global changes to slides/objects. Eg tag all automatic advance pages with the word "auto-advance". Then have a script or better still a command that can select all the pages with a "auto-advance" tag and change the delay time to 3 secs.
Could do the same with text styles and object styles and anything else with the ability to tag. I used to write illustrator scripts to make textile patterns and using the tag in attributes was a neat way to identify objects inside the script and move them around etc. In KN you could select all objects with "medium-shadow" tag and decrease shadow to 10% etc. etc. with very simple applescripts - or the ability to select multiple objects across pages from a tag based menu/palette command.