Get cell value action
- Updated: 2025/08/01
The Get cell value action in the Apple Keynote package enables you to retrieve the content from a specific cell within a table on a Keynote slide. By specifying the table title and the cell address, this action allows you to read the value stored in that cell.
Settings
- Use the Session name field to select one of the following
options:
- Session name: Enter the name of the session used
to open the presentation with the Open
action.
(Optional) Click the Insert a value icon to select an existing variable that you have used to store the default session name.
- Variable: Enter the name of the variable that you have used to store the session name.
- Session name: Enter the name of the session used
to open the presentation with the Open
action.
- In the field, specify the name of the table from where you want to retrieve the data.
- In the field, specify the address of the cell from where you to retrieve the data.
- From the Select value to capture option, choose to read either the
visible text or value of the cell.
For example, if the cell has 70% as cell content, the Cell value option will read the value as 0.7 ignoring the % format whereas the Visible text option will read the content as 70%.
- In the Store cell data field, store the retrieved value in a string variable.