yesnet0 / keynote-exporter

Shell script + AppleScript utility to bulk export Keynote decks to either PDF or PowerPoint format

keynote-exporter

Shell script + AppleScript utility to bulk export Keynote decks to either PDF or PowerPoint format

Dependencies

• macOS Mojave or greater
• Keynote 9.x or greater
• Any custom / corporate fonts common to the Keynote decks (i.e.: BentonSansF and Quarto for frog) need to be installed along with any other custom fonts required by any specific source Keynote decks being exported

Usage

• Copy the _export-keynotes.sh script into a source directory containing one or more Keynote (.key) files to export
• Open a Terminal app session within the source directory
• Execute the exporter script with the command ./_export-keynotes.sh
• The script will prompt for a desired output format of either PDF or PPTX (PowerPoint)
• Each Keynote file within the source directory will be processed and the corresponding output format will be placed alongside it within the same source directory