Can I create a text field that is editable during a show?

[jonny]

I want to be able to edit text in one text box during a Powerpoint show.
Is there any way of doing this without stopping the show and changing the
text in edit mode?

Ta.

 

[Michael Koerner]

Cannot edit in Slideshow mode. Sorry

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|I want to be able to edit text in one text box during a Powerpoint show.
| Is there any way of doing this without stopping the show and changing the
| text in edit mode?
|
| Ta.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

This might help:

Adding or entering text during a show
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00701.htm

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[Bill Dilworth]

Hi Johnny,

You can have a textbox that you can enter text into during a show, but it
will be a Control Textbox, not a normal textbox.

To insert this, while in the Edit mode of PowerPoint, click on View =>
Toolbars => Control Toolbox => Toolbars (name will show on mouse over), then
click and drag the textbox to the desired position/size.

This Control Textbox is very different than the type of textbox you are used
to using in PowerPoint. It will not auto wrap, unless the properties are
set to multi-line (not the default). Manual line breaks require Ctl+Enter
or Shift+Enter.

Is this what you were looking for?


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[Paul]

Johnny

Not only can you edit text in a text box in a presentation, you can also
pull data in to the text box from another source such as a database or
spreadsheet during the presentation.

I've created a number of interactive safety presentations with a quiz at the
end with multiple choice, sequence selection and editable text boxes, then
tally results asking for a name etc and send them on to a spreadsheet, text
file or Access database table.

PPT has VBA behind it and if you can program in Access, Excel or Word you
can do the same with PPT. Just set the correct references and have an
understanding of the object model you want to manipulate.

Paul