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[Marty]

Hello,
I have a PP presentation that has generic pictures and
arrows that show the flow, (input and output), of our
software program. What I would like to do is click on
different objects in the flow art (for lack of a better
term) and have a bubble pop-up with more information
about the object that was clicked. Can someone point me
in the right direction/documentation how I might be able
to achieve this? I know VBA well if that's the direction
you'd like to point me in.

thank you, Marty

 

[Bill Foley]

PPT 2002 and 2003 have Trigger Animations that you can set to show a text
box when an object is clicked. Which version are you using?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You can easily hide and show objects (your bubbles) with VBA and have
each shape in your "flow art" assigned a different procedure. Check out
examples 6-4 and 6-6 on my web site for simple examples of hiding and
showing objects. You could also have a simple MsgBox pop up with the
information, but hiding and showing bubbles might be better.

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

--David

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

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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