Resize a Keynote slide with Applescript
Hi, I'm trying for hours to resize a Keynote presentation in a window, but with no success.
I'm starting thinking that it's impossible..
With
tell application "Keynote"
start
set the bounds of the window 2 to {0, 0, 800, 600}
end tell
it doesn't work properly..
Is there a way to launch the slideshow and then change the rect (size and position) of the presentation to show, for example, the slideshow in a particularly part of the desktop?
Any hints would be appreciate...
Thanks
Any particular reason for those specific technologies? wget does not exist on a mac, although you can nstall it I guess. OS X has curl installed which should do pretty much anything you want to do with wget. cron is being replaced by launchd, although cron still exists on mountain lion.
As far as I can tell from automator all the standard 'actions' to access keynote available to it require keynote to be open and running, but does not provide a function to actually open it. So I think you will have to write some applescript, as a minimum to open and quit keynote. I notice that the keynote actions are mostly circa 2005 an wonder if they would even work.
Under utilities in automator 'actions' there is a capability to add applescripts as part of the workflow.
Also, note that cron is being dprecated by Apple and replaced by launchd. that said cron is stil on my mountain lion instalation.
This entry at stackoverflow shows use of cron with curl to get web urls. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1683620/getting-started-with-cronjobs-on-a-ma c
If I have any time I may try and get this to work as it is quite interesting and new to me. But otherwise, good luck.
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Hi,
Is there any way I can access body part of Keynote slide?
I tried with this code but it doesn't work..
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set MAXvol to 80
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if it is running then
set the sound volume to MAXvol
end if
end tell
repeat
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol > 10 then
set sound volume to curVol - 10
else
set sound volume to 0
end if
end if
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol > 10 then
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else
set sound volume to 0
end if
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol > 10 then
set sound volume to curVol - 10
else
set sound volume to 0
end if
end if
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end tell
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol > 10 then
set sound volume to curVol - 10
else
set sound volume to 0
end if
end if
delay 0.1
end tell
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
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else
set sound volume to 0
end if
end if
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end tell
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
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set sound volume to curVol - 10
else
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end if
end if
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end tell
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tell application "iTunes"
if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol > 10 then
set sound volume to curVol - 10
else
set sound volume to 0
end if
end if
delay 0.1
end tell
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tell application "iTunes"
if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol > 10 then
set sound volume to curVol - 10
else
set sound volume to 0
end if
end if
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end tell
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
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set sound volume to curVol - 10
else
set sound volume to 0
end if
end if
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end tell
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if it is running then
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else
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end if
end if
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end tell
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol < MAXvol then
set sound volume to curVol + 10
else
set sound volume to MAXvol
end if
end if
delay 0.1
end tell
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tell application "iTunes"
if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol < MAXvol then
set sound volume to curVol + 10
else
set sound volume to MAXvol
end if
end if
delay 0.1
end tell
#Increase iTunes Volume
tell application "iTunes"
if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol < MAXvol then
set sound volume to curVol + 10
else
set sound volume to MAXvol
end if
end if
delay 0.1
end tell
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tell application "iTunes"
if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol < MAXvol then
set sound volume to curVol + 10
else
set sound volume to MAXvol
end if
end if
delay 0.1
end tell
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tell application "iTunes"
if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol < MAXvol then
set sound volume to curVol + 10
else
set sound volume to MAXvol
end if
end if
delay 0.1
end tell
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if it is running then
set curVol to the sound volume
if curVol < MAXvol then
set sound volume to curVol + 10
else
set sound volume to MAXvol
end if
end if
delay 0.1
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if it is running then
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if curVol < MAXvol then
set sound volume to curVol + 10
else
set sound volume to MAXvol
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end if
delay 0.1
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if it is running then
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set sound volume to curVol + 10
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set sound volume to MAXvol
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end if
delay 0.1
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if it is running then
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set sound volume to curVol + 10
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