Duplicating Slides

Another useful way to create slides is to duplicate existing slides. The duplicate command from the Keynote Suite of the Keynote dictionary provides the means for doing just that!

duplicate  : Duplicate one or more contiguous slides.

duplicate slide : The slide or range of slides to be duplicated. A range of slides is specified as: slides 1 thru 4

[ to ( location specifier ) ] : The location in the presentation to receive the duplicated slide(s). Default location is the end of the presentation.

The following example scripts are shown addressing this small example presentation (DOWNLOAD):

(⬇ see below ) A small presentation with three slides:

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Duplicating a Slide

Here’s how to duplicate a slide to the default slide insertion location:

(⬇ see below ) The indicated slide is duplicated to the default location, which is the end of the presentation:

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Here’s how to duplicate a slide to a specific location in the presentation:

(⬇ see below ) The indicated slide is duplicated to the specified location, which is before the second slide of the presentation:

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Duplicating a Range of Slides

Here’s how to duplicate a range of contiguous slides:

(⬇ see below ) Since no location was specified, the indicated range of slides was duplicated at the end of the presentation:

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Here’s how to duplicate a range of contiguous slides to a specific location:

(⬇ see below ) Since a location was specified, the indicated range of slides was duplicated to the location specified in the presentation:

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