Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Create Basic presentation
Presents a menu of Basic themes from Keynote to create – choose from Basic White, Basic Black, Classic White, White, and Black.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Create%20Basic%20presentation
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Create%20Basic%20presentation
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Create Basic presentation”
end tell
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Create Textured presentation
Asks you to pick from various Keynote themes in the Textured category – choose between Parchment, Renaissance, Moroccan, Hard Cover, Linen Book, Vintage, Typeset, Harmony, and Formal.
Open my presentation
Opens a pre-selected Keynote presentation. I use this with any current presentation that I may be working on.
Create Minimal presentation
Asks you to choose between Miniminal themes in Keynote – pick from Basic Color, Color Gradient Light, Color Gradient, Gradient, Showroom, Modern Portfolio, Slate, and Photo Essay.
Create custom presentation
Creates a presentation from your “My Themes” section, which appears when you use Edit > Save Theme in Keynote.
Create Portfolio presentation
Presents a menu of Portfolio-style presentations to create in Keynote – choose from Industrial, Blueprint, Graph Paper, Chalkboard, Photo Portfolio, and Leather Book.
Create Editorial themes
Presents a menu of Editorial themes in Keynote – pick from Feature Story, Look Book, Classic, Editorial, and Cream Paper.
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Prompts you to enter a query, then asks ChatGPT your given message using GPT-4, the shows you the response after copying it to your clipboard for pasting elsewhere.
Email myself
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