ActiveX Text box on mouse over

[hgoslin]

Hi
I'm a newbie when it comes to ActiveX and PowerPoint. I need to create
a presentation that when the presenter moves the mouse over a bullet
point, a text box appears with more detail.
1. How do I create the trigger that causes the text box to appear when
there is a mouse over action over a particular bullet point?
2. There may be a number of bullet points on the slide that would each
have their own text box to be displayed.
Thanks
Heather

 

[Guest]

Try this

Place a 99% transparent shape over each hot spot. Right click shape >
hyperlink. Choose place in this document > the slide you are on. Click the
screentips button and type in the text. Run the show and see if it does what
you want
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John Wilson
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[hgoslin]

Thanks John - This is working and should provide the information
required. The original brief that I was given, required a scroll bar
in the information screen - that is why I had gone with an ActiveX text
box, however this should suffice. Sometimes the solutions are far
simpler than you imagine.

Thanks Again
Heather

 

[Guest]

If you want activx boxes it can be done!

Make the original slide then produce several duplicate slides on each dup
put the relevant activx box & text for one bullet point.

Make a custom show of each activx slide with appropriate name and then use a
mouse over hyperlink to custom shows (tick show & return)
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
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[hgoslin]

Hi John
Apologies for gettting back so late, this would appear to be the
solution I need.
Regards
Heather