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Apple Publishes Keynote XML Schema

Posted by pudge on from the because-computers-are-just-too-fast dept.

grouchomarxist writes "Apple has published a technote on the XML file format (APXL schema) used by their new presentation application Keynote. They've also created a mailing list for those interested in writing Keynote tools." I am so there.

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  1. Re:Is this unique? by chipset · · Score: 5, Informative
    There's just one problem. The improt routine of KeyNote is not even close to being perfect. Every time I import one of the PPt presentations from work to use on my Mac, I spent 20 minutes cleaning things up. Some images don't come in, some things are changed, bullet points, etc.

    It certainly seems doable, but once it gets into Keynote, let the tweaking begin before you save it/export it.

    Chipset

  2. link by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Informative

    You got some gremlins in your URL.

    AxPoint

    While I'm here:
    Sample output
    Source File

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  3. Re:Is this unique? by Draoi · · Score: 3, Informative
    You can export from KeyNote as either Quicktime, Powerpoint or PDF. Theoretically, you can import a .ppt file and export it back out again (kinda like those English->German->English babelfish pranks). Re-read into Powerpoint & see what went weird in the translation. That way, you'll have an idea what to expect.

    If you don't have Keynote, send me one of your small powerpoint files & I'll send you back a Keynoted .ppt one just for fun ....

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    Alison

    "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein

  4. Re:Is this unique? by Llywelyn · · Score: 3, Informative

    I haven't really played with the PowerPoint export, but the PDF export I haven't had any problems with.

    The QuickTime version isn't quite there, though that seems to be a problem with quicktime and not a problem with the export.

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    Integrate Keynote and LaTeX
  5. Re:Adapt Axpoint to Keynote? by WatertonMan · · Score: 3, Informative
    Note that many people have noted that Keynote -> PowerPoint with embedded PDFs doesn't work too well. It tries and scale/compress the PDF in a way so that you loose most of your resolution and get a very fuzzy and blurry image. I wonder if this is a bit of a workaround (assuming such a project was written)

    Oh - btw - for those with this problem. Make sure embedded graphics are saved as jpg or gif rather than pdf and the problem isn't that bad.