Keynote

Start presentation

Asks you to pick from your Keynote folder in iCloud Drive and opens the presentation in Show Mode.

Scripting Actions

Documents, File storage

Get Contents of Folder

This action gets the files inside of the specified folder. Recursive If this option is enabled, this action will get all the files inside of a folder, including its subfolders.

Lists, Scripting

Choose from List

Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection. Prompt The instruction provided when the list is presented. Select Multiple When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Start%20presentation

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Start%20presentation

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Start presentation” end tell

Membership

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Create Bold presentation

Presents a list of Bold presentation themes available in Keynote – choose from Bold Color, Showcase, Briefing, Academy, Modern Type, and Exhibit

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Create Basic presentation

Presents a menu of Basic themes from Keynote to create – choose from Basic White, Basic Black, Classic White, White, and Black.

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Rehearse presentation

Presents your presentations in Keynote, asks you to pick one, and opens it in Rehearsal Mode.

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Create custom presentation

Creates a presentation from your “My Themes” section, which appears when you use Edit > Save Theme in Keynote.

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Open my presentation

Opens a pre-selected Keynote presentation. I use this with any current presentation that I may be working on.

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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.

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