Real Time Changes

[Justin]

I am creating a presentation for a seminar I am putting on. My presentation
is based mostly around questions I ask attendees. While I have my
presentation going, I want to be able to type in the answers I get from the
attendees. Example: Power Point Presentation is running. I ask the group,
What are your goals for said project. One attendant replies, "It should be
completed in a month." I want to be able to add "One month from today
deadline." to the presentation without going back into the editing portion
because I do not want to see toolbars. Is this possible?

If it is not you can just type no. Thanks JP

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Radical thought: Don't use PPT for this type of presentation. Me, I would
use OneNote. Set the information up as a piece of stationery with large
enough fonts that the group can see the questions, then fill in the fields
as they come up. If there are questions, you can add them and the answers
easily.
Just my two cents... It goes along with the idea of "the right tool for the
right job"....
--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You can do what you want. Several options are outlined here:

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

--David

David Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/Powerful PowerPoint/

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

David has the VBA solution detailed. The somewhat simpler, non-VBA solution
depends on your computer having 'extended desktop' video capabilities.
Basically setup up your computer to have the projector image (your second
monitor) as the extended desktop. Go into PPT (SLIDE SHOW >> SETUP SHOW) and
have the slide show display on the secondary monitor. Run the show and the
audience will see the presentation, you will see the edit view of PPT. To
add an answer, click on the text box (on the laptop monitor) and type your
answer - the text will show up live on the presentation screen.

Be sure to practice this before the seminar as there are a number of
pitfalls (like ending show prematurely, having to click on secondary monitor
to resume slideshow mode, etc.).

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
www.tlccreative.com
troy at tlccreative dot com
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