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Open Pages document
Opens a specified Pages document of your choice. Works well for your current in-progress doc.
Opens a specified Pages document of your choice. Works well for your current in-progress doc.
Creates a new, empty document in the Pages app, skipping the template or file picker.
Creates a blank document in the horizontal orientation, for printing in landscape.
Creates a blank document without any paragraph formatting – good for making an empty page to fill with shapes, images, or other Pages capabilities.
Creates a template in Pages set to an outline mode for taking notes.
Adds a custom template to Pages. To set up a doc, use File > Save as Template, then find the template name in the Create Template action.
Presents a detailed series of menus grouping Pages templates by the categories found in the template picker. If you prefer one set, copy the submenu into another shortcut.
Gets the contents of the Keynote folder in iCloud, asks you to pick a presentation, and opens your file of choice.
Opens a pre-selected Keynote presentation. I use this with any current presentation that I may be working on.
Asks you to pick from your Keynote folder in iCloud Drive and opens the presentation in Show Mode.
Presents your presentations in Keynote, asks you to pick one, and opens it in Rehearsal Mode.
Creates a presentation from your “My Themes” section, which appears when you use Edit > Save Theme in Keynote.
Presents a menu of Basic themes from Keynote to create – choose from Basic White, Basic Black, Classic White, White, and Black.
Presents a list of Bold presentation themes available in Keynote – choose from Bold Color, Showcase, Briefing, Academy, Modern Type, and Exhibit
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.
Pick from Apple’s cool movement-based Dynamic presentations in Keynote – including Light, Dark, and Rainbow options.
Presents a menu of Portfolio-style presentations to create in Keynote – choose from Industrial, Blueprint, Graph Paper, Chalkboard, Photo Portfolio, and Leather Book.
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.
Presents a menu of Editorial themes in Keynote – pick from Feature Story, Look Book, Classic, Editorial, and Cream Paper.
Immediately play the latest episode or first item in Listen Now in the Podcasts app.
Makes an icon out of the shortcuts’ current color or glyph combination.
Uses the Elgato Control Center app to activate the Key Light that’s on the left side of my desk, facing upwards towards the ceiling to cast light off the white wall.
Plays Do By Friday, a weekly challenge podcast with hosts Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
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