How to create a "search" button in a slide show

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Didier Rousselle - 24 Dec 2007 15:56 GMT

I want to create a knowledge database in PowerPoint. I will use several entry
gates, some through hyperlinks created on on menu names located in the slide
show and directing the user to these menu after hitting the menu names. Next
to these menu names, I was wondering whether the knowledge data base user
could, without entering the edit mode (and therefore still whine in slide
show mode), click on a "search" button and enter the name of a topic he is
interested in.

Many thanks for your response.

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Bill Dilworth - 25 Dec 2007 05:00 GMT

Yes, but ...

There are much better tools for doing database work, really. PowerPoint is
a presentation software, and is not the most stable when it comes to keeping
data safe.

It is not a native function, so you will need to build the tool from the
ground up using VBA or other code. This means each function and field will
need to be defined, designed, coded, and debugged. This is not a small
project.

VBA does not work in the viewer, on machines without its software support
code installed, or on an user with Macro Security set to High or above.

If you do all this and run it on the right machine, it can be done.
However, I fear that the Wow factor with be somewhat less than the Oww
factor.

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>I want to create a knowledge database in PowerPoint. I will use several
>entry
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> Many thanks for your response.

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rangana - 26 Dec 2007 03:16 GMT

hi didier,

I am uncertain with this suggestion, but i'm hoping this will help. Why not
insert an input box and search button in your slide show then do work out
with the codes.
For example, if the user will key in "love" and love was in the 78th slide,
then the search button will navigate the user to the 78th slide. To insert an
input box and a search button, follow these steps: On the menu bar, click
View -> Toolbars then check the "Control Toolbox". In the control toolbox,
click the "textbox" button and insert it in your slide then click the
"command button". Please post back for whatever help I can offer.

thanks.

> I want to create a knowledge database in PowerPoint. I will use several entry
> gates, some through hyperlinks created on on menu names located in the slide
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> Many thanks for your response.

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