I usually have a line or a box off the slide and delay it's entry for the
amount of time I want before going to the next slide
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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]
| Is there a way that I can place a delay before the next slide without
using
| the input box as is used in the demo (scene below), forinstance just put
| something after the Case command or something, or before the go to slide
| portion. All other things are working well though!
|
| "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
|
| > Example 8.5 on my site covers delays:
| >
| >
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
| >
| > Click on "Examples by Chapter" and "Chapter 8." Just write the Wait
| > procedure from the example, but set it to 2 seconds instead of 5. Then
| > stick the word Wait in the code before the lines that jump.
| >
| > --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/
| >
| > | >
| > > Thanks a lot David, your soultion did what i wanted it to do. I am
| > > new to the whole programming world, and wouldn't have gotten to that
| > > on my own. I was curious as to how you would add a time delay before
| > > it responded to the input, for instance
| > > after typing dog, the screen remains that way for 2 secondds and then
| > > proceeds on to its designated slide. Also I was just curious if
| > > activeX uses its own coling language or is it just a set programming
| > > code. Thanks for your help!!
| > > ~Jon
| > > "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
| > >
| > >> Can you create a text box with the control tool box, double click on
| > >> it to get into the TextBox1_Change macro and type something like:
| > >>
| > >> Select Case TextBox1.Text
| > >> Case "dog"
| > >> ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 5
| > >> Case "cat"
| > >> ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 6
| > >> Case "cow"
| > >> ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 6
| > >> End Select
| > >>
| > >> --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/
| > >>
| > >> | > >>
| > >> > That's similar...except rather than selecting the slide from a list
| > >> > or drropdown, I'd like to be able to type it in......similar to a
| > >> > password type of idea. Thanks forthe site though.
| > >> >
| > >> > "Chirag" wrote:
| > >> >
| > >> >> Visit the following link for a similar (if not the same) feature:
| > >> >> Use Slide Navigator on PowerPoint slides
| > >> >>
http://officeone.mvps.org/protools/protools_slide_navigator.html
| > >> >>
| > >> >> - Chirag
| > >> >>
| > >> >> PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
| > >> >>
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html
| > >> >>
| > >> >> | > >> >> >I want to create a presentation in which I can use the Text box
| > >> >> >control
| > >> >> > object to navigate the user to other slides.WHat I'm trying to
| > >> >> > do is to have
| > >> >> > the box on the first slide, and then assign a prompt to each
| > >> >> > subsequent slide
| > >> >> > sodepending on what is input it will determine which slide is
| > >> >> > next.
| > >> >> > For instance if I named the forth slide Dog, I would want to be
| > >> >> > able to enter a
| > >> >> > word into the text box (in this case probably the word "dog"),
| > >> >> > execute that
| > >> >> > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at
| > >> >> > all possible.
| > >> >>
| > >> >>
| > >> >>
| > >> >
| > >>
| > >>
| >
| >
