webfork wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:06 pm
Keynote NF is at version 1.7.9 Beta 6 (03 January, 2016)
I had a very poor experience when I tested
Keynote NF like 2 years ago so I'll wait until development advances considerably to retest it.
Same here. I had used the program off and on again, but always got frustrated by a Search-function that would not find my stuff, not to mention other gripes.
Meanwhile however, it seems like most problems have been solved. I have used version 1.7.9 Beta 6 through 8 nearly every day for the past 12 months or so, and my overall impression is very good. It's fast and reliable, even with large files, has a ton of features I have come to appreciate.
Some users reported data losses when inserting images. I don't know if this got fixed for good or not. Early on I had decided to not run that risk and therefore use KeyNote for text only. If anything, I only link to images, but never embed or paste or drag&drop them into my text.
Linking to files is easy enough (Insert > Link to File ...) - but this inserts a fully specified path including the drive letter. You have to edit the link to make it portable. However, there is no 'Edit Link' command. Workaround: Select the link (Shift arrow-key your way over it) and call up Insert > URL....
Here's the catch: You MUST
also select the empty space in front of the link-text, that's the spot containing the link-information (otherwise the dialog will come up empty)
Relative syntax (..\OneDirUp\) is always
relative to the current keynote file .knt and not to the keynote program exe. Be warned that this also holds true for the favorites sidebar: links you make relative in the favorites sidebar will work only if you happen to sit in the very same .knt file that was open when you created the link. This is very unfortunate, imo, and there is no way around it, no drive-letter placeholder I am aware of.
Not portable (paths always hardwired with drive letter):
- re-opening files via the built-in file manager or via recent files
- virtual nodes (nodes that refer to an external text or rtf file)