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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006Navigating with a Text Box Control Object
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. 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 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at all > possible. 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. > Visit the following link for a similar (if not the same) feature: > Use Slide Navigator on PowerPoint slides [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at all > > possible. 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  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/ > 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 [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at all >> > possible. 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 > 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: [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >> > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at all > >> > possible. Oh and one more question, Is there a way to have the text box control object start blank whenever that slide is viewed, because currently if i reroute a slide back to my inital text box slide, the last entry still reamins inserted. Off the top of my head, I think you would want TextBox1.Text = "" to go just before you jump to another slide. --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/ > Oh and one more question, > Is there a way to have the text box control object start blank > whenever that slide is viewed, because currently if i reroute a slide > back to my inital text box slide, the last entry still reamins > inserted. > Oh and one more question, > Is there a way to have the text box control object start blank whenever that > slide is viewed, because currently if i reroute a slide back to my inital > text box slide, the last entry still reamins inserted. > Select Case TextBox1.Text > Case "dog" [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 6 > End Select after this add: TextBox1.Text = "" ' to clear the contents That'll clear the text box when you leave the slide rather than when you come back, but empty's empty, right? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ This Command works almost too well, because it forces the text box to always remain empty, and will not allow me to enter text at all. I can click on it and the cusor begins to flash, however no characters will show up. But you were right it doesn't matter if the slide clears after advanceing or when returning. > > Oh and one more question, > > Is there a way to have the text box control object start blank whenever that [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ Yes, Steve's code will do that to you. You actually need to put the added line in each section of the case statement because you only want the text cleared after a correct word is entered. If you put it at the end of the TextBox1_Change procedure, it will happen every time anything changes in the text box (type a character and immediately clear a character). You never have a chance to a whole word. --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/ > This Command works almost too well, because it forces the text box to > always remain empty, and will not allow me to enter text at all. I [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> PPTools: www.pptools.com >> ================================================ > This Command works almost too well, because it forces the text box to always > remain empty, and will not allow me to enter text at all. I can click on it > and the cusor begins to flash, however no characters will show up. But you > were right it doesn't matter if the slide clears after advanceing or when > returning. Kind of like Microsoft Security improvements. They don't make things any more secure, they just keep you from doing the things that let insecurities creep in! Only here we fess up and fix. ;-) Forgot that this was in the change event, so > > > Select Case TextBox1.Text > > > Case "dog" TextBox1.Text = "" > > > ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 5 > > > Case "cat" TextBox1.Text = "" > > > ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 6 and so on. That way it only blanks if something *triggers* a go to slide response. > > > Case "cow" > > > ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 6 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ 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 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/ > 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 [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >> >> > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at >> >> > all possible. 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! > Example 8.5 on my site covers delays: > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > >> >> > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at > >> >> > all possible. 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 Signature<>Please post all follow-up questions/replies to the newsgroup<> <><>Email unless specifically requested will not be opened<><> <><><>Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are Using<><><> <><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This Newsgroup<><><> 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 [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] | > >> >> > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is at | > >> >> > all possible. No input or msg boxes are necessary. You want to use the Wait procedure in the example. If you include the Wait procedure in your module, you can put the word Wait in your code wherever you want to wait: Case "dog" Wait ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide 5 --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/ > 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 [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] >> >> >> > and be directed to slide 5. I am not really sure if this is >> >> >> > at all possible.
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