Re: [applekeynote] Endpoint,orientation and size of action builds

My approach is to start creating the compound slide at the end, and work backwards, sort-of deconstructing it. That way I have the 'end' as a starting point for the slide that follows. Might sound odd, but when you actually get into working in this way it is fairly useful. It's not a fix, more an approach to the method of building the overall piece. I visualise the various elements across several slides, and within each individual slide, and then decide where I'll finish, and work back from there. Does that make sense?

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On 6 Nov 2008, at 14:42, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

>Hi:
>Q: How does one quickly and reliably visualize the end position of a
>compound action build sequence, so you can copy the "end product" of
>the compound build so it is accurately sized and positioned on the
>next slide?

[ ... ]

>Athel made some comments about this a while back, and perhaps the
>solution was in some of his comments

I wish it had been, but unless I've forgotten myself I have never had 
a quick and reliable way to do this. What I use is trial and error: 
reasonably reliable, but not at all quick.

Ultimately this is the sort of thing that separates Keynote users 
from PowerPoint users: the true Keynote user is willing to spend a 
hour getting something pixel-perfect even if it's not going to be on 
the screen for more than a couple of seconds. At least in the days 
when I used PowerPoint (up to about three years ago) it wasn't 
possible to get things pixel-perfect no matter how much time I was 
willing to spend. Even objects copied from one slide and pasted into 
the next didn't end up in exactly the same place.
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John MacPherson

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