Add text during presentation

[Chad]

Is there a way to add text to a slide while in the presentation? One of my
slides asks the audience the question, "What kinds of things are important
for a good phone presence?" I would then like to add the audience's comments
to the slide...but without having to exit the presnetation.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

One way to do this can be found at my Web site at Example 6.7:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

Just click on "Examples by Chapter" and "Chapter 6" to find it. This
requires VBA.

You might be able to get away with a just putting a text box from the
Control Toolbox up. This could allow you type text onto the slide.

--David

David Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Education_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Chad]

Thank you David. I had just previously found another post that answered my
question. I downloaded some macro that allows me to include a note box that
I can type in during the presentation. (ack, I dont remember the exact post).

Thanks!

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

As David ahs pointed out, you can add a text box from the Control Toolbox.
Right click on a toolbar, select the Visual Basic toolbar, the Control
Toolbox button, then a text box. Draw it on the screen, right click on it,
Properties, and look for "MultiLine". Set that to true. That will allow you
to hit the enter key for a new line of text. You now have a text box you can
write in during a slideshow, and you don't have to muck with code.

--

Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com
Australia

Please, tell us your:
PowerPoint version,
If you are using vba, or
Anything else relevant!

 

[Wicked Wizard]

One way to do this can be found at my Web site at Example 6.7:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

Just click on "Examples by Chapter" and "Chapter 6" to find it. This
requires VBA.

You might be able to get away with a just putting a text box from the
Control Toolbox up. This could allow you type text onto the slide.

--David

David Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Education_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Bill Foley]

Another option if you don't have anything in the Notes pages is to
right-click your slide while in Slide Show Mode and click "Speaker Notes".
Requires no code and is unique to that slide. It can also be saved with
your presentation when done.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Hey, Steve! Is all this stuff in the FAQ? So far, we have three unique
and useful ways to add text during a presentation. It seems like it would
make a good FAQ page.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/