Apple offers Keynote for iPad advice
Several weeks ago, we described how Keynote for the iPad suffers from formatting and other issues when sharing presentations with a Mac. No support for custom fonts, disappearing presenter notes, and trouble with screen ratios were some of the problems we encountered. As if they were listening, Apple has published a support document on Keynote for iPad best practices.It's a nice overview. Apple suggests which theme to use (options include Black, Craft, Harmony and Parchment), the proper size (1024 x 768) and fonts available to both platforms. Fonts not available on the iPad will be replaced with Helvetica.
As for images, Apple recommends scaling them to their intended size before adding them to a slideshow (kind of a hassle), and sticking with the PNG format.
There are a few more tips listed, but we'll let you read for yourself. Hopefully these suggestions will improve the experience for those who wish to present from their iPads.
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Several weeks ago, we described how Keynote for the iPad suffers from formatting and other issues when sharing presentations with a Mac. No...
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No way to add RAM in current ipad if Im correct.. So is it best just to skip Keynote on current ipad & stick w a MBP?
April 24 2010 at 9:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy whole plan was to get an iPad just for Keynote. A light alternative to my laptop... I could pull out to at lecture presentations, plugin to my projector and voila.
Just ain't so... will be waiting on version 2.
I suspect we will start to see people realizing that they have been bamboozaled into a device that isn't really suited to the professional uses they had in mind or where lead to believe are possible.
This isn't to detract from the machines good points just that you can only expect so much out of a machine with so little RAM.
Dave
They should just fix the app, or at least provide a "HD"/Pro version
William, theamazingipad.com
Does anyone know if the iPad(with VGA cable) can be connected to a SVGA(800x600) projector?
April 23 2010 at 4:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThere shouldn't be any problem, especially if you're sticking to the 800x600 ratio.
April 23 2010 at 7:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow about showing us how to automate
"scaling them to their intended size before adding them to a slideshow (kind of a hassle), and sticking with the PNG format. "
Photoshop Elements is your friend....
Silly them for assuming you know how to crop and resize images... stuff my 5 year old niece can do....
The app itself isn't as bad as the disappointment of paying $29.99 for such an abominable implementation of video out for Keynote.
April 23 2010 at 3:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyInteresting note on Apple's site... "Printing is currently not available directly on iPad". Does that mean that printing will be available sometime soon?
April 23 2010 at 3:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis implication has been made before and before iPhone 4 came out, people thought it would be included there, but no such luck. My bet is it will come when a central document storing location exists on the iPhone/iPad.
April 23 2010 at 4:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe problem with printing is that nearly all "consumer" printers are "software-based" and don't properly work in Zero-driver mode, even the WiFi ones. Trying to keep it all straight would be a huge waste of time. The "best possible" way would be to include print support thru iTunes but that would require iTunes everywhere. They might be able to put support into Apple wireless products, but then you just move the "driver" problem.
I do enough work with printing from iSeries servers even in "text" mode most "consumer" or even "small business" printers on the market can't handle direct IP attached printing of basic text.... let alone something more. I suppose Apple could push for more PDF IPP printers... but that's an Adobe thing.. oops.
Or they could, you know, make the app itself stop sucking.
April 23 2010 at 3:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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