screen capture into Keynote

Question

Is there some utility or Service that will allow me to screen capture from a window or rubber band directly into Keynote without first storing the document in a file?

I would like to do this with the "Services" command, if possible.

One way to do this would be to make the screen shot happen, then put the screen shot on the pasteboard, then do a paste command. But I am not familiar with the approach. Thanks!

Solution

Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+4 will give you a magical pointer; you click-drag rectangle; the rectangle will then be screenshotted directly to the clipboard; switch to keynote and do Cmd+v to paste. rinse and repeat.

Comments

[vy32]

Hi; I edited the question to make it clear that I don't want to store the screenshot in a file first. I have to make hundreds of screen shots. There should be a way to do this with services or some kind of applescript or macro.

[vy32]

see comment to question above.

[vy32]

Very cool. I wish I could do it completely within Grab, but this is great. Is there anywhere that this is documented?

[Rich Bradshaw]

Add a control press to all of those.

[WestCoastProjects]

None of these are working in Mavericks 10.9

[WestCoastProjects]

Does not work on Keynote 6.2.2 on mavericks 10.9