How to change the frame color in Keynote

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In Keynote, when adding a frame stroke, it is possible to change the background color.
However I am not seeing any way to change the actual color of the frame border (which always stays white).

Any advice for doing so?

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While you can't change the color of a picture frame, you CAN use line instead. It has the standard color well for setting the color; you can use any width for the line. 24 px looks similar to the basic picture frame. And you can use various line styles for the edge. This is substantially easier than the double box method.

In addition, you can do this on a template with those media replacement place holders, and it will be done in descendent masters.

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The following works for me:

set thisFile to "/Users/danielbeck/Downloads/test.key"
tell application "System Events"
    tell application "Keynote"
        activate
        open thisFile
    end tell
    tell process "Keynote"
        click menu item "Export…" of menu of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
    end tell
end tell

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activate makes the application frontmost, AFAICT.
GUI scripting requires the process of application "System Events", not the application of the same name.
You need to enter the actual ellipsis character … (Opt-; on International layout) instead of the HTML entity.

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I don't think that it's possible. Each of the Keynote masters are pretty different items, with completely different fonts, objects, etc. It's a failing of the system.

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