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Media Creation | 04 Feb 2010 | Listen   | Print Printer-Friendly Version of This Article | Comment (11)

Keynote Editing in Action on the iPad

by Jeff Carlson Send Email to Author

At Apple's media event introducing the iPad (see Hands-on Impressions of the iPad, 29 January 2010), Glenn Fleishman and I wanted to know what the experience of creating a Keynote presentation would be like. Inspired by a blog post from Fraser Speirs ("iPad Fallacy #1: 'It's not for content creation'"), I created a short video of Glenn manipulating objects (resizing, repositioning, rotating) and activating the annotation controls (including a laser pointer) in Keynote's presentation mode. (A high-definition version is available at the video's page on YouTube.)

 

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Comments about Keynote Editing in Action on the iPad

Patrick2010-02-04 16:13
It's comforting to know that Glenn can fall back on hand modeling if this whole internet thing doesn't work for him.
Jeff Carlson2010-02-04 16:49
I think the Internet thing is just a very long and complicated springboard to modeling, which is his first love.
Glenn Fleishman2010-02-04 17:23
Is that a pirate shirt I see? My hands! My beautiful hands!
Jerry Case2010-02-04 17:39
So is there a video converter dongle to connect to projectors?
Jeff Carlson2010-02-04 19:08
Presumably. We didn't see any iPads connected to any displays, but that's the only way we can imagine you'd be able to output video.
h1ro2010-02-05 08:40
what i'd love to know is if the iPad is plugged into an external display/projector, does the iPad go into presenter mode - ie current and next slide with a timer? that would be fantastic if it does
Jeff Carlson2010-02-05 11:37
There weren't any iPads connected to projectors (unless I missed it), so I don't know if the presenter mode is there. We'll have to wait and see.
juandesant2010-02-06 15:52
As per Apple specifications, there is a Dock connector to VGA converter, so that seems pretty much settled for me ;-)

http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
Roger Moore2010-02-06 15:38
As someone who uses iWork for his business I can't wait to see what mindblowing update happens with iWork '10. With the changes they've made for the iPad I'm having high hopes!
tbblivet2010-02-08 16:33
Boy, am I unimpressed by this video.
Jeff Carlson2010-02-08 16:46
Unimpressed in what way? With the capabilities of the iPad? Please elaborate.