Inserting text whilst in a PPoint show

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miiik - 10 Feb 2007 19:54 GMT

Whilst running a powerpoint presentation I want to be able to move my cursor
to a box on the screen and then type in a reference number without having to
close down the presentation, edit and open it up again. I think I can do
this using a text box on the slide master but cannot seem to get it to work.
Can anyone assist?
I am running Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003 (11.6564.6568) SP2

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Rae Drysdale - 10 Feb 2007 20:24 GMT

You need to insert a text box via the Control Toolbar not the Drawing Toolbar
and you can do this on any slide. This function does not work in Presenter
View.

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Rae Drysdale

> Whilst running a powerpoint presentation I want to be able to move my cursor
> to a box on the screen and then type in a reference number without having to
> close down the presentation, edit and open it up again. I think I can do
> this using a text box on the slide master but cannot seem to get it to work.
> Can anyone assist?
> I am running Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003 (11.6564.6568) SP2

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miiik - 10 Feb 2007 21:16 GMT

Hi

None of these options worked. I want to have the box appear mid way thorugh
a presentation and then insert text in the box and have the box remain in
the backgorund for the duration of the show.

ie. say at slide 5 the text appears 'todays speaker is' and there is a box
below in which you can type a name (whilst the presenation is running) and
then the name box remains in the same place for the duraction of the rest of
the presentation.

> You need to insert a text box via the Control Toolbar not the Drawing
> Toolbar
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>> Can anyone assist?
>> I am running Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003 (11.6564.6568) SP2

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Rae Drysdale - 10 Feb 2007 22:00 GMT

You will need to have 2 master slides to accomplish this. See the help files
for multiple masters if you're not familiar with setting this up. If you have
2 different designs it's easier to see how this works.

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Rae Drysdale

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> >> Can anyone assist?
> >> I am running Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003 (11.6564.6568) SP2

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John Wilson - 11 Feb 2007 05:40 GMT

With the SLIDE MASTER
Add a normal text box from the drawing menu, add text "Today's Speaker
is..." (not in one of the placeholders)

Below it add a text box from the control Tool box. If you want to adjust the
font right click > properties and change font and forecolor.

This should do exactly what you need

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> Hi
>
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> >> Can anyone assist?
> >> I am running Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003 (11.6564.6568) SP2

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miiik - 11 Feb 2007 10:36 GMT

I think the problem is with ActiveX as your suggestion works on one PC but
not the other. The one it does not work on comes up with an error message
'An error occurred during creation of an ActiveX control.' Any suggestions

Thanks

> You need to insert a text box via the Control Toolbar not the Drawing
> Toolbar
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>> Can anyone assist?
>> I am running Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003 (11.6564.6568) SP2

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Austin Myers - 10 Feb 2007 20:36 GMT

The easy way...

Create a blank "Notepad" document and save it in the same folder where you
have the presentation. In PowerPoint insert it as an Object > From File.
Does that do what you want?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

> Whilst running a powerpoint presentation I want to be able to move my
> cursor to a box on the screen and then type in a reference number without
> having to close down the presentation, edit and open it up again. I think
> I can do this using a text box on the slide master but cannot seem to get
> it to work. Can anyone assist?
> I am running Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003 (11.6564.6568) SP2

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