Text box with scroll Bar feature

[scubasky]

How do you make the scroll bar, link to a text box?? I need to add text in a
small area but, it has more text in it than you would be able to see unless
there is a scroll bar, I know how to open the scroll bar feature but what to
do after that???

 

[Bill Dilworth]

The easiest way to make a textbox with a scrollbar in PowerPoint is a little
convoluted, so follow along closely.

1) Open your presentation and navigate to the slide where you want this
textbox.

2) Click the following: View => Toolbars => Control toolbox => Textbox
(note: this is not the same as the textbox created by the insert method)

3) Draw the textbox placement on the slide.

4) Right click on the new textbox and select Properties.

5) Change the following properties to these new values.
EnterKeyBehavior = True
Locked = False
MultiLine = True
Scrollbars = 2-fmScrollBarsVertical
WordWrap = True

6) Now, start the presentation and type the text into the textbox. The
scrollbars will appear when you exceed the height of the textbox.

7) Escape out of the show.

8) Right click the textbox and reopen properties (if it isn't still open

9) Change Locked = True

The textbox should now appear and have unchangeable text, but an active
scrollbar. Close enough?

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Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
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[scubasky]

thanks Bill, it will work close enough.

The easiest way to make a textbox with a scrollbar in PowerPoint is a little
convoluted, so follow along closely.

1) Open your presentation and navigate to the slide where you want this
textbox.

2) Click the following: View => Toolbars => Control toolbox => Textbox
(note: this is not the same as the textbox created by the insert method)

3) Draw the textbox placement on the slide.

4) Right click on the new textbox and select Properties.

5) Change the following properties to these new values.
EnterKeyBehavior = True
Locked = False
MultiLine = True
Scrollbars = 2-fmScrollBarsVertical
WordWrap = True

6) Now, start the presentation and type the text into the textbox. The
scrollbars will appear when you exceed the height of the textbox.

7) Escape out of the show.

8) Right click the textbox and reopen properties (if it isn't still open

9) Change Locked = True

The textbox should now appear and have unchangeable text, but an active
scrollbar. Close enough?

--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
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