In PowerPoint is there a way of setting up a mouse over function

[Guest]

I would like to set up a text button (actually several) on a master page so
that when you mouse over it - an image occurs in a different place on the
slide, the same as what you see on many web pages. Is this possible? I'm
familiar with the normal mouse over/down actions but they don't allow you to
affect another object.
Thanks in advance

 

[Guest]

You can use mouse click to trigger animations

With mouse over you will need to hyperlink to duplicate slides that have the
new image included
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[Luc]

Pfx,
You can activate another object by clicking on another one. Select the
image, apply an entrance effect using the custom animation task pane. Double
click the effect on the time setting tab, choose the object on your slide
that should trigger the image in the list.

If you want to use a mouse-over (sort of) you could make two slides one
without the picture and one with. On the slide without the picture,
rightclick the object you want the mouse over on, choose action settings -
choose second tab in the dialog - choose link to 'next slide' .
No quite what you were looking for, but close.

 

[Guest]

Thanks John and Luc,

Yes I use the duplicate slide workaround and it does a good job of tricking
the viewer into thinking they are getting a mouseover/swap image effect. The
problem I'm having at the moment is that I am putting these buttons on a
master slide and can't access them when I use the Action command. The only
slides that I can see are the ones in the actual presentation. The Action
command seems to apply only to the Show slides and doesn't let you get at the
Master slides. Any thoughts.
Thanks again

 

[Guest]

Sorry I dont understand what youre saying.

You can definitely put buttons / shapes on the slide master and apply action
settings which will work on all slides.

You can also copy/paste buttons retaining their actions.

Get back if Ive got the problem wrong
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist

 

[Luc]

Am i understanding correctly when you say you want to put action buttons on
the master that will let you mouse over and show a picture. As John said
this will affect all of your slides, unless you make two masters (give them
a distinctive name) and apply the button only to one of the masters.
Now everytime you need to mouse-over to show a picture, apply the master
with the button to the first slide which will bring you to the duplicate
slide.

 

[Guest]

Penny drops (maybe)

Are you trying to put the button on the master and asign different actions
to it on different slides??

You cant! You can use the cut and paste method (which will ensure that the
buttons look the same and are placed in the same place) - and then edit the
action settings
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist

 

[Guest]

Hi John and Luc,

Just to clarify, I want to put a series of buttons on a master slide so that
when I mouse over a button a label/text box will appear in another place on
the master slide that will explain what the button relates to. This is
basically a navigator that will allow the user to move from one presentation
to another presentation. For example the Master slide will have the buttons
M, P, P, F, T, M. When each is moused over it will display its companion
label from one of the following: Metro, Projects, Process, Finishes,
Technical, Misc. If any of these buttons are clicked, it will activate the
relevant presentation already sitting in the background. Being a Master slide
I want these buttons to be visible on all of the 'Show' slides and I will be
duplicating these buttons on the Master slides of the other presentations so
that the user can move freely around regardless of which slide of any of the
six presentations they happen to be on.
With respect to the workaround of using duplicate slides with the changed
images, this works well with the normal 'Show' slides, ie you can use the
Action function to move to another slide using MouseOver or Click. However,
this functionality does not seem to let you move from one Master slide to
another Master slide. When you use the Hyperlink function it only displays
the Show slides and does not give you access to the alternate Master slides
that I would like to link to.
I hope this explains things better and I appreciate your assistance in this.
Regards
Chris

 

[Luc]

pfx,

Let's give it another shot.



"Just to clarify, I want to put a series of buttons on a master slide so
that when I mouse over a button a label/text box will appear in another
place on the master slide that will explain what the button relates to.
This is basically a navigator that will allow the user to move from one
presentation to another presentation. For example the Master slide will have
the buttons M, P, P, F, T, M. When each is moused over it will display its
companion label from one of the following: Metro, Projects, Process,
Finishes, Technical, Misc."



If you want to display text when mousing over a button of the master slide
you could do the following on the master, draw a rectangle or any other
shape, choose Insert - Hyperlink - browse to the presentation you want to
hyperlink to, now click on the screen tip button, top of the dialog and type
the text you want to be appearing when you mouse over it. Repeat the process
for the other buttons.



"If any of these buttons are clicked, it will activate the relevant
presentation already sitting in the background. Being a Master slide I want
these buttons to be visible on all of the 'Show' slides and I will be
duplicating these buttons on the Master slides of the other presentations so
that the user can move freely around regardless of which slide of any of the
six presentations they happen to be on."



As these buttons are on the master of all the presentations (as you claim),
they will allow the user to freely move from one presentation to the other
and back. Yes, but when you jump from one presentation to the other using
your buttons it will bring you back to the beginning of the presentation and
not to the slide last viewed. Can't test it here but that is what will
happen I think.

 

[Guest]

I was just about to type just that!!!!

John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist

 

[Guest]

Wouldnt it be simpler to have a series of custom shows within one
presentation (they can have different masters if need be)

Have a menu slide with the navigation buttons each hyperlinked to a custom
show, with a screen tip as above and "show & return" ticked

In each slide of the custom shows add a "end show" button.

you can navigate to ant custom show and either play it through or click "end
show" on any slide - either of these action will take you back to the menu.
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Did that answer the question / help?
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist

 

[Guest]

Hi Luc,
Yes I think you've got a good understanding of what I'm trying to do. I had
tried the screen tool tip route and it does work. Some points I found with it
though are that there is a bit of a delay before the tool tip displays, you
can't control its position and the size/colour/background of the text is
completely dependent on the settings of the computer the presentation is
being played on. This particular presentation will be used by sales people
who I will never meet so I have no control how the tool tips will display.
The tool tip settings are governed by a submenu in the Appearance Tab under
the Display Properties dialogue box by right clicking the desktop.

I'm fine with moving between linked presentations.

In one of your previous posts you mentioned giving the master pages names.
Is there any special advantage in doing this?

Just to recap, all I'm trying to do is set up a mouseover event on a button
object that is placed on a master page, which will trigger the appearance of
a text box at a different position on the same Master page. I just haven't
come up with a workaround yet to achieve this.

Thanks again for your help

 

[Luc]

John,
I must be a mindreader then.

 

[Luc]

Hello again,
"In one of your previous posts you mentioned giving the master pages names.
Is there any special advantage in doing this?"

Sure is:
You can apply a totally different lay-out to certain slides in your
presentation if need be.
If you give the masters a name, that name will show up in the taskpane under
the section 'Used in this presentation'. When you hover over the thumbnail
you will see which slides the master has been applied to.
Now if there is not much difference between the masters it is difficult to
judge which one you must apply. When you give it a good name if will show up
and help you distinguish between them.

 

[Guest]

Hi Luc,

What does MVP stand for after your name - is it something like Microsoft xxx
Professional. Do you work for Microsoft? You've been very helpful.

Another tack. With the standard mouseover action, is there anyway of
changing the parameters here, ie the length of time the mouseover effect
occurs, incorporate a mouseout event, change the colour of the mouseover
effect. I've just started dipping my toe in the Visual Basic pond and
wondered if the mouseover parameters could be edited here.

Thanks

PFX

 

[Guest]

PFX,

Once you introduce VBA, it's a whole new ball game. First, you need to be
sure that your salespeople are running this with the full version of
PowerPoint and not the Viewer. Then, you need to get them to set their macro
security to Low or Medium (probably Low so they don't keep getting asked if
they want to Enable macros). If you can pull this off (and it is no small
feat in most organizations), then you could do everything you want in VBA.

A mouse over could be used to trigger a VBA script for hiding and showing of
elements on the slide (or even on another slide or even on the slide master).
The VBA can deal with your navigation. If VBA is feasible, it is likely to
simplify the whole process, but that is a big IF.

For information about what an MVP is, check out:

What and Who are MVPs?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00094.htm

However, this information doesn't include everyone, but it will give you a
good overview of the MVP program.

David Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

Hi David,

Thanks for taking an interest in my little pursuit. In response to your
questions, the sales people will be using the latest full version of
PowerPoint and I could include instructions on the first slide about changing
security levels etc. I'm ready to take the plunge into VBA if you're willing
to point me in the right direction. I have already done some searching on the
net and only came up with a few basics. Is there a cache of VBA secrets for
PowerPoint hiding somewhere out there?
Regards
PFX

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, there isn't a real cache of VBA secrets hidden anywhere. The
best you are going to do is probably to go to the PPT FAQ
(http://www.pptfaq.com/) and click on the "Programming PowerPoint" link. If
you're looking for a book, mine is, unfortunately, the only one (go to
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/) that covers VBA in PowerPoint. The
examples are all for an education environment, but I think many of the skills
covered will be useful to you. You can look at all of the examples on my Web
site and try them out for free. The book explains the examples.

David Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

Thanks David,

Appreciate the website tip and I'll have a good look at your book.

Best Regards

Chris

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Unfortunately, there isn't a real cache of VBA secrets hidden anywhere. The
best you are going to do is probably to go to the PPT FAQ
(http://www.pptfaq.com/) and click on the "Programming PowerPoint" link. If
you're looking for a book, mine is, unfortunately, the only one (go to
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/) that covers VBA in PowerPoint.

Ahem. You do your site an injustice, sir. You fail to mention the wealth of
examples there.