change text "a" to "b" with click in presentation mode

[paul]

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Hmm. It is really helpful to put your question in the body of the message
because with such little information, I'm only guessing what you want.

There are a number of ways to change text from one thing to another. Here
are some thoughts:

(1) Create a duplicate slide and then change the text on the second
slide. That way, anything that takes you to the next slide will appear
that you are only changing the text.

(2) If the text is in a text box, you can use an animation, either having
a new text box have the entrance effect appear over the old text box
(possibly having the old text box have an exit effect at the same time),
or using trigger animations if you want to click on something specific.
This is better than solution 1 if you have a lot of text you want to
change on a lot of different clicks.

(3) VBA can be used to change the actual text in the text box. That is
VBA can modify the text so that the original is really gone; it doesn't
just appear to be gone.

--David

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

 

[paul]

thanks for thorough answers to cryptic question. Yes I need to change the
actual text in the box. the first two solutions won't cut it. thanks I'll
read about VBA, unless you can outline the steps.
thank-you
paul

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

There are some examples that change text on my site:

http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

I've got to run now, so I can't point you to a specific example, but I
believe there is something in Chapter 6 examples that changes text.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/