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You're welcome! I feel your frustration, and believe me, I was beyond thrilled when I figured out a solution :)

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How can I add Journal pages, Bible Notes and also collage page? Do you have tutorial? Thanks for sharing

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Did it work? I have a planner that large too.

I'm glad it was helpful! Thank you for sharing your experience. 😊

Once you create the pdf, you will need to open it in an app that can mark up pdf files. Something like GoodNotes. That is where you enter all the info into your planner, add stickers, etc.

You're welcome! The links should still work, but to be safe, what I would do is make a copy of your presentation and play around with the copy to make sure nothing breaks before you make changes to the original.

I'm so happy it helped! I had the same issue with not being able to export. So frustrating! I was so thrilled to have figured it out! Adding slides after linking shouldn't mess things up. Keynote should adjust. You can check though, by inserting a slide into the middle, and then note the number of the slide that comes after the inserted slide, and then go to the place where you've created the link and make sure the right number is tied to it. Does that make sense?

I'm so glad you enjoy my tutorials! I'll have to look into the best way to create flashcards, then I will add it to my list of future tutorials.

@@PlannersbyChristine Yayyy! I'll stay tuned! ❤️

Hard to say. It's possible, but that seems like a lot more work. I'm assuming you created the planner in a different program. If you want to try it, I would still import the images of the master slide, the daily slide, the weekly slide, and the monthly slide into Master Slides in Keynote. If you give it a try, please let me know how it turns out!

You're welcome! I don't know for certain (I use an iPad Air 4), but I would think that it would and that GoodNotes or whatever app she uses would be able to adjust to the size. Still, to be certain, you could create one page of a planner, export it as a pdf, and have her open it on her ipad in whatever app she uses for pdf markup. If you wouldn't mind reporting back, that would be helpful for others who have the same question.

@@PlannersbyChristine I made a planner using powerpoint and chose letter size (8.5 x 11") instead of going by pixels and it fits perfectly on either ipad. When I originally made one using pixels to match my screen size, the resolution was too high and the pen sizes were all very thin. That doesn't seem to be a problem with letter sized. Hope this is helpful to anyone having issues with that.

@@sherrygervais8948 Interesting! Thank you for reporting back 😊

Thank you!

I'm so glad the videos are helpful! Yes, I will definitely make a video on how to create transparent stickers. Thank you for the suggestion!

@@PlannersbyChristine Thank you

Thank you! The reason there are more weekly spreads than you would expect is because it's an undated planner, so it's unknown which weeks overlap. In a dated planner, where you know exactly which dates are in which weeks and which ones overlap, you would only have 52.

Hi there! Yes, you have to go through and link every day. It’s tedious, but there are no shortcuts, unfortunately.

@@PlannersbyChristine thank you!! 😊

Yes, there are 2 separate presentations. The kind of change you're talking about though, like the look of a daily spread, I would make that change in the "Template" presentation, which is where I design the overall look of the commonly used slides, like the monthly, daily, and weekly spread and then export those to create the images that I then import into the presentation where all the slides and links are. It's a bit of extra work if I want to make a change, but it's worth it to keep the overall pdf file size significantly smaller. Does that make sense?

Thank you! As far as entering the day of the month, you can either write it in the cells on the monthly view or use a date dot-type sticker. With an undated planner, since you don’t know from year to year which days in the month view will need a corresponding daily spread, you create a daily spread for every box. This is why you end up with 35 daily spreads per month. Some will not be used, but you’ll have one linked to each box in the monthly spread. Does that make sense?

@@PlannersbyChristine Completely ! Thanks ! ;)

I have finally my own planner thanks to your tutorials. I have even managed to create my own stickers for the dates ! 😍

That's awesome!

Are you using GoodNotes? Do you have a lot of data in there? If so, that could be making GoodNotes lag.

@@PlannersbyChristine I think is my iPad. It’s an iPad Pro from 2017. When I check in Goodnotes the file with my iphone 12 pro it’s quite faster. So I guess it’s because I’m testing through an old device (I’ll buy a new iPad in few months)

I haven't tried this method, so I don’t know if it will work the way you think it will. If you try it, let me know what happens.

You're welcome! You can duplicate slides in batches, so it doesn't take too long. It's the linking of slides that is really time consuming.

@@PlannersbyChristine Yup that too😅

Yes, absolutely!

I'm so glad it was helpful! It is possible to copy and paste, but you'll want to make sure none of the links break. It's also imperative that the slide numbers are exactly the same between the two presentations. Even if you do create the links manually, you'll want to do it on a computer if at all possible because it is a lot faster to use Command-K to bring up the screen where you enter the slide number rather than scrolling down to the right slide number like you have to do on an iPad. But you have to use the tools you have. Another option, and something I do when I create multiple planners that have the same base elements (like the same monthly, weekly, and daily spreads, but not all the extras), is to do all the links in one of the presentations, then make a copy of the presentation and then either add or subtract the extra spreads (like an all-in-one planner vs a minimalist planner). This is one reason I put all the monthly, weekly, and daily spreads first, and then add any extras after that. Does that make sense? Please let me know if you have any other questions!

@@PlannersbyChristine thanks for responding. When i mentioned copy and paste i meant copy and paste the links from the calendar for each day to other days in a different calender monthly template but within the same presentation. Am i making sense? Or do i have to manually link the days in each calendar month to the respective daily page templates?

@@Thehouseoftatum Do you mean, like, 2 January calendars? If so, then I would just copy the entire calendar. If it's for 2 different months, then that wouldn't work because you'd have two different dates tied to the same daily spread. So, yes, you have to manually link the days in each calendar month to their respective daily spreads. It's definitely time consuming -- the most time consuming part of creating a planner.

@@PlannersbyChristine ohh i meant 2 different months. Ok. Wow it amazes me how many purple ate making multiple planners that's a lot lol. Thanks for your time

@@Thehouseoftatum You're welcome! Let me know if you have more questions.

Did you toggle the control in the top right corner? If GoodNotes is set to allow you to write in the planner, then you either need to long-press the link to activate it, or toggle off the ability to write in the planner. Let me know if you still need help.

Do you not have that option? If you do, then please be more specific on what is happening.

You'll need to create the links in the presentation from which you'll be creating your pdf file (the second presentation) rather than from the presentation where you made the images (the template presentation). Let me know if you need further help.

I'm not clear on exactly what you did, so I can't really answer your question. I just filmed an updated tutorial that will be on KZfaq in a few days. Maybe it will help.

I ended up figuring it out . The question I have now is. In my Budget Planner, each month has the same set of pages. For example, January has (Index, Calendar, Monthly & Paycheck Budget, Sinking Funds, Denominations, & Update Sheet), per each month. When you duplicate the pages, should I duplicate them per month(in order with the included pages per month) , or duplicate them by just duplicating individual sheets? That may sound confusing.

I think I understand your question. It's really just a personal preference thing. Some people like to be able to swipe within their planner and access everything tied to that month close together. That would be one reason to group the pages by month. Does that answer your question?

Make sure you don't use the Compress File Size option within Keynote before exporting, because that will affect the quality of the image. If you didn't do that and that's not the issue, try only exporting the background image, like the stacked pages and rings, as a flattened image, and then import that into your main Keynote file. Once you've imported the base image into your main Keynote file, then build out the different pages, like monthly spread, weekly spread, daily spread, in your Master slides (aka Edit Slide Layout). You could go into the other Keynote file, the one where you already built out those slides, and copy the spreads (excluding the stacked pages and rings), and then paste it into your main Keynote file (to save you from having to completely rebuild those layouts). Does this make sense? Please let me know how that goes.

@@PlannersbyChristine Thank you. I did try this and for some reason, I started my first few slides and it’s already at 2MB. I think the images are being saved with the original MB size. It’s still a picture in my photos but it’s now a large file size picture.

Did you use Master Slides (now called Slide Layout)? If so, you should be able to replace those with images. And you may only have to use the flattened images on slides that you used a lot of. For example, in a daily spread where there are potentially 365 copies of it, you'd want to use a flattened image for that Master Slide. As far as links, since I don't know what your setup is, it's hard to say exactly, but every link has to have something to tie it to the page. However, if you used Master Slides, then you would have already done this. Maybe you can give me more info on what you've specifically done.

@@PlannersbyChristine So my link work on every page except one once I export it out of Goodnotes. It work in Goodnotes but once I export it from Goodnotes, pdf editable it doesn’t work anymore.

@@jasminejoyner9176 Do you mean it works when you export it from Keynote and into GoodNotes? If you make changes to it once it's in GoodNotes, like deleting pages that have links, that will break the links.

@@PlannersbyChristine no m’am. I don’t make any changes I just export again from Good notes to make sure it’s working. But once I export it, the page of links doesn’t work.

@@jasminejoyner9176 The tutorial shows you how to create the planner in Keynote and export it as a pdf. Once you've exported the pdf from Keynote and then import it into GoodNotes, it is beyond the scope of the tutorial. However, I do want to try to help you, but I'm not sure I'm understanding exactly what steps you're taking. What I think you're saying is that you create the planner in Keynote, export it as a pdf, import it into GoodNotes, at which point the links are working properly. At that point you export it out of GoodNotes and then the links are not working. Is that correct? If so, I don't know what happens in GoodNotes to break the links. Perhaps you can reach out to the support people at GoodNotes and see if they might know. One thought, when you export it out of GoodNotes, are you choosing pdf as the file type?

Hmm. Not sure why that would happen as you're just exporting from Keynote as an image. What kind of iPad do you have? Also, is the image blurry when it initially comes out of Keynote? Or does it just look blurry once you bring it in to the new Keynote presentation? Or, at what point is it first blurry?

iPad Pro 12.9 and the image is blurry in camera roll

​@@zuniaberrydesigns6664 I assume you're exporting in high quality jpeg. One thing to try is, after you choose to export as an image, rather than saving it to your camera roll, save it to your files. And then on the new Keynote presentation, instead of bringing it in as an image in your Master Slides, choose to import and then navigate to where you saved those image files and bring them in one at a time. Let me know if that works!

@@zuniaberrydesigns6664 I just thought of something else. When you were initially creating your presentation, did you choose to reduce the file size before you ever exported the image? Just a thought that this could be the reason. Maybe try creating a very basic master slide and try exporting it and don't reduce the file size and see if it exports as an image clearly.

@@PlannersbyChristine yes this is exactly what I did. The file size was too small and that is why the picture resolution was blurry.

Are you using the PDF in GoodNotes? If so, have you toggled off the option to write? That needs to be toggled off to be able to use the links. If it's not toggled off, you need to long-press to get the option to use a link.

@@PlannersbyChristine Hi, how to i toggle off the option to write? sorry first time using an ipad and goodnotes. i dont know anything

@@allissastone6291 This video shows you how. Go to the 4 minute 30 second point. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8xieZiL3dK1Z58.html :)

That is completely false. If you create the links to the monthly tabs in your master slide (Edit Slide Layout slide), and then use the master slide as the base for your other slides, the links on the monthly tabs will work. I have created multiple planners that I sell on my Etsy shop and all the links work and it did not take hundreds of hours to create the links. Have you tried creating the links in a master slide?

@@PlannersbyChristine ty for the reply. I have seen 2-3 videos about this including yours and when i add the links to the slide layout then they still do not work also one other youtuber said that when you export it as pdf links will still work but again when i export it they did not work in pdf. The only they work is when i go to each and every slide and add links separately which is inconvenient if you think that a planner like this has 100 of pages.

I'm sorry you're having this issue. One suggestion is to make sure the box to which you're tying the link is large enough and/or in the right place. If it's too small or not covering the whole tab, it may be that your stylus isn't tapping the right spot. Other than that, I'm not sure what could be going wrong. If you figure it out, please let me know as it might help others who have the same issue.

I'm facing the exact same issue :( have you found a solution yet?

@@spanktb yes i did it on my ipad cause it does not work on laptop secondly when you want to test the links press the play button of the presentation otherwise they do not work. If you use goodnotes to use the links you need to press the middle button in the top right of goodnotes (when your are in edit mode with apple pencil you cannot use the links)

There were some other people who had this issue, and it turned out they had reduced the file size within Keynote before exporting. If this is what you did, I don't know how to undo that. Perhaps try creating a brand-new Keynote presentation and create one of the slides and don't reduce the file size, and then export it and see if it comes out clear.

@@PlannersbyChristine Thanks, I haven’t reduced the file size and originally made my digital planner on my iPad, does it do it automatically make the file smaller? If so, how do you make sure it doesn’t reduce file size in the future?

@@kaylassweettreats1 It does not automatically reduce the file size. You have to choose that. Did you save the images to your camera roll? If so, try saving them as files instead and see if that makes a difference. Also, what kind of iPad do you have?

@@PlannersbyChristine I have only saved them to my files and it still happens and I have the iPad 6th generation

@@kaylassweettreats1 OK. Try saving them to your camera roll. Also, what is the typical file size of the ones you saved in your files?

I have no idea why. Do you have access to a computer where you can open the presentation in icloud and try exporting as an image from there? Please let me know if that works or not.

I just thought of something else. When you were initially creating your presentation, did you choose to reduce the file size before you ever exported the image? Just a thought that this could be the reason. Maybe try creating a very basic master slide and try exporting it and don't reduce the file size and see if it exports as an image clearly.

Because it’s an undated planner, you have to account for any one of the 35 boxes in every month being tied to a daily spread (35 x 12 = 420), and every one of the 5 weeks in every month being tied to a weekly spread. Does that make sense?

I’m having issues too, my text is fuzzy! My file size was just the same, hoping Christine will spot my question in the comments. I’m wondering if it’s the difference between the keynote version she uses in this tutorial and the current version in 2024! Just a thought. But I did notice the size wasn’t much smaller, mine went from 214k to 200k! Though it was just a simple page template to try it out. 😊 🤞🏻