Verification checks

[Cecil14]

Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a slide show
for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here goes.

During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document before
they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on the web so I need
to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them
up in the slide if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
all .pdf files.

Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by clicking a
check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed read the document.

That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.

Anthony

 

[Echo S]

Which version of PPT are you using?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and hyperlinks
for all of your navigation and to set the show to Kiosk Mode (Slide Show
menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at Kiosk). Then you can have a button
that says "I have read the document" that is linked to the next slide.

For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas (LiveWeb is
regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the Web site.

--David

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

 

[Cecil14]

2003

Which version of PPT are you using?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a slide show
for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here goes.

During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document before
they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on the web so I need
to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them
up in the slide if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
all .pdf files.

Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by clicking a
check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed read the document.

That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.

Anthony

 

[Cecil14]

I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it to only
advance by a button click if you want, right?

Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the document in
it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to the next
slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though. Can I do
that?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Kiosk mode should do what you want. For the Web page, I think you have
two options: linking to the Web page (takes you out of PowerPoint to the
Web), or using something like LiveWeb to add the functionality to want to
PowerPoint. You can check it out at:

http://www.mvps.org/skp/liveweb.htm

--David

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

 

[Echo S]

I was going to suggest that you link to the PDF -- or put it on the slide
itself as a bitmap -- and then animate in (using a trigger or a "animate
after previous" with a significant delay) the action setting button to get
to the next slide.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm for PDF into PPT. Although you
could also go the Live Web route as David's suggested.

 

[Cecil14]

Ok, guys. So far you rock. I've got the pages on the slides. Now all I
need are the buttons. Anybody have any pages with some sample code for some
validation checks and ways to link a button to a slide?

Thanks again,
Anthony

I was going to suggest that you link to the PDF -- or put it on the slide
itself as a bitmap -- and then animate in (using a trigger or a "animate
after previous" with a significant delay) the action setting button to get
to the next slide.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm for PDF into PPT. Although you
could also go the Live Web route as David's suggested.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it to only
advance by a button click if you want, right?

Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the document in
it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to the next
slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though. Can I do
that?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Do you really want to complicate things with code? Of course to get
exactly what you originally describe would require code, but you can
probably get close enough with ordinary buttons. Instead of a check box
to confirm that the user has read the material and a button to take them
on (only if the check box is checked), you can simplify your life
tremendously by just having two regular buttons, one labeled "I have read
the material" and one labeled I haven't read the material.

Let us know if you still want to do this with code.

--David

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

Ok, guys. So far you rock. I've got the pages on the slides. Now
all I need are the buttons. Anybody have any pages with some sample
code for some validation checks and ways to link a button to a slide?

Thanks again,
Anthony

I was going to suggest that you link to the PDF -- or put it on the
slide itself as a bitmap -- and then animate in (using a trigger or a
"animate after previous" with a significant delay) the action setting
button to get to the next slide.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm for PDF into PPT.
Although you could also go the Live Web route as David's suggested.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it
to only
advance by a button click if you want, right?

Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the
document in
it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to
the next
slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though.
Can I do
that?

:

For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and
hyperlinks for all of your navigation and to set the show to
Kiosk Mode (Slide Show menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at
Kiosk). Then you can have a button that says "I have read the
document" that is linked to the next slide.

For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas
(LiveWeb is regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the
Web site.

--David

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

"=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <[email protected]>
wrote in
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create
a slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so
here goes.

During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a
document before they can move to the next slide. The documents
are out on the web so I need to be able to link them to the
slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them up in the slide
if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
all .pdf files.

Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide
by clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have
indeed read the document.

That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.

Anthony

 

[Cecil14]

I suppose I don't really need a check box, I could make the button say I have
read it and link to the next slide. If that doesn't go with the boss then I
can change it.

I do need something at the beginning that makes sure the user has typed in
their name before they start the slide show. A text box then a button that
checks to make sure there is something in the box?

Do you really want to complicate things with code? Of course to get
exactly what you originally describe would require code, but you can
probably get close enough with ordinary buttons. Instead of a check box
to confirm that the user has read the material and a button to take them
on (only if the check box is checked), you can simplify your life
tremendously by just having two regular buttons, one labeled "I have read
the material" and one labeled I haven't read the material.

Let us know if you still want to do this with code.

--David

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

Ok, guys. So far you rock. I've got the pages on the slides. Now
all I need are the buttons. Anybody have any pages with some sample
code for some validation checks and ways to link a button to a slide?

Thanks again,
Anthony

I was going to suggest that you link to the PDF -- or put it on the
slide itself as a bitmap -- and then animate in (using a trigger or a
"animate after previous" with a significant delay) the action setting
button to get to the next slide.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm for PDF into PPT.
Although you could also go the Live Web route as David's suggested.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it
to
only
advance by a button click if you want, right?

Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the
document
in
it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to
the
next
slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though.
Can I
do
that?

:

For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and
hyperlinks for all of your navigation and to set the show to
Kiosk Mode (Slide Show menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at
Kiosk). Then you can have a button that says "I have read the
document" that is linked to the next slide.

For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas
(LiveWeb is regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the
Web site.

--David

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

"=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <[email protected]>
wrote in
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create
a slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so
here goes.

During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a
document before they can move to the next slide. The documents
are out on the web so I need to be able to link them to the
slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them up in the slide
if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
all .pdf files.

Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide
by clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have
indeed read the document.

That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.

Anthony

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Aha. Then you will need to use VBA in some form. Look at Example 5.3 on
my site:

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

Click on Examples by Chapter and Chapter 5. That has the user type a
name in box that pops up and keeps asking until something is typed in
that box.

--David

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

 

[Cecil14]

Yes, it will be strictly in PPT the program. As far as validating, that's my
thinking on it. As long as there's something that says I read it we should be
good.

I suppose I don't really need a check box, I could make the button say I have
read it and link to the next slide. If that doesn't go with the boss then I
can change it.

And either way, if they're going to lie about it, they're going to lie about it.
You can't validate that in code, so may as well keep it simple.

I do need something at the beginning that makes sure the user has typed in
their name before they start the slide show. A text box then a button that
checks to make sure there is something in the box?

Before going there, are you planning on showing this in PowerPoint itself, and
only there, or will it be viewed in the viewer or on the web? Code will only
work in PPT, the real thing, full up, accept no substitutes.

Do you really want to complicate things with code? Of course to get
exactly what you originally describe would require code, but you can
probably get close enough with ordinary buttons. Instead of a check box
to confirm that the user has read the material and a button to take them
on (only if the check box is checked), you can simplify your life
tremendously by just having two regular buttons, one labeled "I have read
the material" and one labeled I haven't read the material.

Let us know if you still want to do this with code.

--David

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


Ok, guys. So far you rock. I've got the pages on the slides. Now
all I need are the buttons. Anybody have any pages with some sample
code for some validation checks and ways to link a button to a slide?

Thanks again,
Anthony

:

I was going to suggest that you link to the PDF -- or put it on the
slide itself as a bitmap -- and then animate in (using a trigger or a
"animate after previous" with a significant delay) the action setting
button to get to the next slide.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm for PDF into PPT.
Although you could also go the Live Web route as David's suggested.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it
to
only
advance by a button click if you want, right?

Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the
document
in
it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to
the
next
slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though.
Can I
do
that?

:

For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and
hyperlinks for all of your navigation and to set the show to
Kiosk Mode (Slide Show menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at
Kiosk). Then you can have a button that says "I have read the
document" that is linked to the next slide.

For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas
(LiveWeb is regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the
Web site.

--David

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

"=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <[email protected]>
wrote in
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create
a slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so
here goes.

During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a
document before they can move to the next slide. The documents
are out on the web so I need to be able to link them to the
slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them up in the slide
if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
all .pdf files.

Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide
by clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have
indeed read the document.

That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.

Anthony

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PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

 

[Bill Foley]

I have a CBT sample on the following page. It has a UserForm that opens
getting information from the user. It can even send an e-mail upon
completion or update an Access database upon completion. If you think it
might serve your needs, holler back and I will work with you off-line to get
the code you need.

http://www.pttinc.com/cbt_development.html

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/

I suppose I don't really need a check box, I could make the button say I have
read it and link to the next slide. If that doesn't go with the boss then I
can change it.

I do need something at the beginning that makes sure the user has typed in
their name before they start the slide show. A text box then a button that
checks to make sure there is something in the box?

Do you really want to complicate things with code? Of course to get
exactly what you originally describe would require code, but you can
probably get close enough with ordinary buttons. Instead of a check box
to confirm that the user has read the material and a button to take them
on (only if the check box is checked), you can simplify your life
tremendously by just having two regular buttons, one labeled "I have read
the material" and one labeled I haven't read the material.

Let us know if you still want to do this with code.

--David

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

Ok, guys. So far you rock. I've got the pages on the slides. Now
all I need are the buttons. Anybody have any pages with some sample
code for some validation checks and ways to link a button to a slide?

Thanks again,
Anthony

:

I was going to suggest that you link to the PDF -- or put it on the
slide itself as a bitmap -- and then animate in (using a trigger or a
"animate after previous" with a significant delay) the action setting
button to get to the next slide.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm for PDF into PPT.
Although you could also go the Live Web route as David's suggested.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it
to
only
advance by a button click if you want, right?

Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the
document
in
it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to
the
next
slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though.
Can I
do
that?

:

For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and
hyperlinks for all of your navigation and to set the show to
Kiosk Mode (Slide Show menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at
Kiosk). Then you can have a button that says "I have read the
document" that is linked to the next slide.

For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas
(LiveWeb is regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the
Web site.

--David

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

"=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <[email protected]>
wrote in
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create
a slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so
here goes.

During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a
document before they can move to the next slide. The documents
are out on the web so I need to be able to link them to the
slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them up in the slide
if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
all .pdf files.

Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide
by clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have
indeed read the document.

That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.

Anthony