Change font attributes in all notes fields of Keynote

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#1

I’m trying to figure out how to select each note field in a Keynote presentation, set the font size to 10 and bold of whatever text is currently in the field.

Can someone help?

Donny Hornstein
Dallas, TX

#2

I’ve tried this:

tell application "Keynote"
set newFontSize to 10
	tell slideshow 1
		repeat with x in every slide
			tell x
				set (notes font size) to newFontSize
			end tell
		end repeat
	end tell
end tell

but i can’t get it to compile. Also, I’m not sure how to set the bold parameter.

Donny Hornstein
Dallas, TX

#3

Got this to compile:

tell application "Keynote"
	set fontsize to 10
	tell slideshow 1
		repeat with x in every slide
			tell x
				set size of font of notes to fontsize
			end tell
		end repeat
	end tell
end tell

But get error message:

“Keynote got an error: Can’t make font of notes of item 1 of every slide of slideshow 1 into type reference.”

Closer… and still need help with the bold part…

Donny Hornstein
Dallas, TX

#4

You cannot set the attributes of text in notes. At least, not with AppleScript.

#5

So, Craig, you’re saying I can’t set the font attributes with Applescript? (Point size & weight) What other automated solutions might there be for this?

Donny Hornstein
Dallas, TX

#6

Below is a screenshot of Keynotes’ dictionary for notes. ( Providing you are using ScriptDebugger )
The only option for notes is to get or set its value. You can try GUI scripting. I use “cliclick” for mouse clicks. You might give it a try.

hth,

Craig