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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / February 2006Accelerator in powerpoint
I have designed a powerpont where i want certain parts to be displayed with the press of a keyboard. for example on a family feud type game there is the top 5 answers and I want the host to be able to press 1 for the number one answer, 2 for the second answer and so on. I can get it to work in excel no problem using the accelerator function with macro's but I can not get it to work in powerpoint. can someone shed some light? thanks. You probably want to use animation triggers. Alternatively, you can borrow someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For example, see: http://www.pttinc.com/ppgame.htm --David  SignatureDavid 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/ > I have designed a powerpont where i want certain parts to be displayed > with the press of a keyboard. for example on a family feud type game [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > macro's but I can not get it to work in powerpoint. can someone shed > some light? thanks. what is an animation trigger? I have never used one before? I have the game complete but that is the one thing that we would like to use that is stopping us from launching >You probably want to use animation triggers. Alternatively, you can borrow >someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For example, see: In PowerPoint 2002 and above, you can click on an object to trigger an animation of another object. Rather than typing 1, you would be able to click on the box marked 1 and have the answer appear (or the box marked 1 disappear). To try it out, create two shapes. For one of the shapes, create an entrance animation (right-click on it, choose custom animation, and ...). In the list of shapes with animations (on the right side of your screen), click on the shape you just animated. Click on the pull down menu triangle next to the shape name and choose Timing. Click on Triggers and choose the other shape to trigger the animation. Now when you go to Slide Show view, you will see one shape. Click on it, and the other shape should appear. --David SignatureDavid 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/ > what is an animation trigger? I have never used one before? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>borrow someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For example, >>see: I guess I should have explained myself better off the start. We have the game designed it works perfectly off the press and action through macro sequence. what we want thou is for it to seem like the real game show where the class would give an answer and we would have a list of the answers that we have hidden in front of us. What we are trying to accomplish is that we do not want to see the mouse moving around but rather it do the whole "and the survey says..." and by us pressing a key on the keyboard open the answer that corresponds with the answer that they gave us. What you have written has trained me on a new aspect but this would mean them moving the mouse around the screen and that is what we are trying to avoid. I know in excel you set the property to what ever you want ie "1" then when you have the macro running you press ALT + 1 to make it work. This is what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks for the help. >In PowerPoint 2002 and above, you can click on an object to trigger an >animation of another object. Rather than typing 1, you would be able to [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>>borrow someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For example, >>>see: scratch that I do know what an animation trigger is just never used it in that capacity before. Does the Macro accelerator not work in PPT? >what is an animation trigger? I have never used one before? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>You probably want to use animation triggers. Alternatively, you can borrow >>someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For example, see: I'm not familiar with the Macro Accelerator. I'm guessing it is not available in PPT, but I could be wrong. --David SignatureDavid 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/ > scratch that I do know what an animation trigger is just never used > it in that capacity before. Does the Macro accelerator not work in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >>>borrow someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For example, >>>see: I guess I should have explained myself better off the start. We have the game designed it works perfectly off the press and action through macro sequence. what we want thou is for it to seem like the real game show where the class would give an answer and we would have a list of the answers that we have hidden in front of us. What we are trying to accomplish is that we do not want to see the mouse moving around but rather it do the whole "and the survey says..." and by us pressing a key on the keyboard open the answer that corresponds with the answer that they gave us. What you have written has trained me on a new aspect but this would mean them moving the mouse around the screen and that is what we are trying to avoid. I know in excel you set the property to what ever you want ie "1" then when you have the macro running you press ALT + 1 to make it work. This is what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks for the help. >I'm not familiar with the Macro Accelerator. I'm guessing it is not >available in PPT, but I could be wrong. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>>>borrow someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For example, >>>>see: Are you distributing this, or are you using it yourself on computers you control? I think what you want can be accomplished with an add-in, but an add-in must be installed on every computer that uses it, so it is awkward for distribution but wonderful on computers you control. --David SignatureDavid 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/ > I guess I should have explained myself better off the start. We have > the game designed it works perfectly off the press and action through [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>>>>borrow someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For >>>>>example, see: it would be on three computers. >Are you distributing this, or are you using it yourself on computers you >control? I think what you want can be accomplished with an add-in, but an [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>>>>>borrow someone else's PowerPoint version of Family Feud. For >>>>>>example, see: Can't use the number keys. PowerPoint maps these as "jump to slide #". Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com >I have designed a powerpont where i want certain parts to be displayed with > the press of a keyboard. for example on a family feud type game there is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > to > work in powerpoint. can someone shed some light? thanks. Can an add-in trap keystrokes, possibly even the number keys, but some other keys if not, to trigger a macro? --David SignatureDavid 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/ > Can't use the number keys. PowerPoint maps these as "jump to slide > #". [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> it to >> work in powerpoint. can someone shed some light? thanks. I've played around with trapping key stokes (via an add in) and if I try to grab the keys PPT already has mapped, total failure and error messages... Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com > Can an add-in trap keystrokes, possibly even the number keys, but some > other keys if not, to trigger a macro? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>> it to >>> work in powerpoint. can someone shed some light? thanks. > Can an add-in trap keystrokes, possibly even the number keys, but some > other keys if not, to trigger a macro? Normally, no, but Chirag's worked out a way of making it happen with his shortcut manager add-in and if memory serves ... oh, shoot, it seldom does ... hold on ... ah. It *did* serve: http://officeone.mvps.org/ppsctmgr/ppsctmgr.html and at the bottom of the page there's a link for those who want to purchase the code for their own addins. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Can we use letters ie.. a,b,c,d,e >Can't use the number keys. PowerPoint maps these as "jump to slide #". > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> to >> work in powerpoint. can someone shed some light? thanks. You can use any keys that PPT does NOT already have mapped. Look at the "keyboard shortcuts" in help to get a list. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com > Can we use letters ie.. a,b,c,d,e > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>> to >>> work in powerpoint. can someone shed some light? thanks. k kewl, but they only way to get this to run is to use a add in? it will not allow the feature to work without it? >You can use any keys that PPT does NOT already have mapped. Look at the >"keyboard shortcuts" in help to get a list. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>>> to >>>> work in powerpoint. can someone shed some light? thanks. |
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