Can you rename objects in Powerpoint (ex. rename 'Rectangle 9' to.

[Guest]

I am giving live presentations with animation. Sometimes the 'Next' object
information while giving the demo shows 'rectangle 5', for example. I'd like
the object to be called 'absentee name', so that when i click for the
animation to go, I'm prepared for what's coming up. If a text box says
'Hello', the 'Next' during presenting says 'Hello', instead of Textbox1. Is
there a way to rename graphic objects?

 

[Guest]

Yes, an easy way thanks to Steve Rindsberg PPTools Extraordinaire:

Get the PPT2HTML demo: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00004.htm
The free accessibility toolbar includes the ability to rename objects
because those names are what screen readers read aloud.

Glenna

 

[Guest]

Glenna,

Thanks for your response. I'm not sure I want to convert my PPT to HTML,
but I downloaded the demo and will see how it looks.

Thanks again,

Jerry

 

[Guest]

You don't have to. Once you install it, click on the Accessibility Assistant
icon on the PPT2HTML toolbar and it will pop up. you can easily rename
items, change the order, make object visible/invisible and wuite a few other
nifty tricks that help make a presentation accessible for blind folks. Lucky
you that it also fits your need.

Glenna

 

[Guest]

Ah, I got you. I can keep it in .ppt format but the toolbar has some extra
cool power features that are unavailable in PPT. Sounds good to me! Now if
I can:

1. Stop sounding like a Microsoft commercial
2. Fork out the $69.

I'll let you know!

Thanks again!

-Jerry

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Ah, I got you. I can keep it in .ppt format but the toolbar has some extra
cool power features that are unavailable in PPT. Sounds good to me! Now if
I can:

1. Stop sounding like a Microsoft commercial
2. Fork out the $69.

Jerry, if you don't need to convert to HTML, you don't need to spend a
penny. And speaking for the guy who wrote the thing (and I know he won't
mind 'cause he's me) please DON'T buy it if all you need is the renaming
feature. It's a freebie, our little gift to the PPT community. Glenna said
she'd break my face if I didn't, so I was DELIGHTED to do it. ;-)

Seriously, the demo should be all you need; use it in good health and full
wallet.

 

[Guest]

Steve,

Thank you for the clarification, and thank you for writing the tool. I know
how you were feeling when you created it! I did rename an object, but
when I ran the slides, I still got 'rectangle x' as the next object. Maybe I
didn't do something right, but I'll keep dabbling til I figure it out. I
haven't checked for any documentation yet but as things move along I'll check
in from time to time.

-Jerry

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve,

Thank you for the clarification, and thank you for writing the tool. I know
how you were feeling when you created it!

What? You've crossed Glenna? Bad idea. Don't mess with her!

(Somebody stop me ... SHE knows I'm just kidding but for those of you who don't,
Glenna's the kind of person you like to do this kind of stuff for because she
wouldn't ask if it werent' the right thing to do. Couldn't ask for a nicer
collaborator).

I did rename an object, but
when I ran the slides, I still got 'rectangle x' as the next object.

PPT is a bit weird in the head. It gives shapes names for you and lets you
rename them using code. But the name isn't the name. Does that make sense? No?
Good. It shouldn't. But it's how PPT works. It has an internal name for
things and may also have a name that we attach to the same things. In the
animation dialogs, it tends to show what it considers the real name, the one IT
handed out at the shape's birth.

Sigh.

If you add a little text to the shape, PPT shows you the name AND the text. Than
can help distinguish one shape from another.

Maybe I

 

[Guest]

Jerry, if you don't need to convert to HTML, you don't need to spend a

penny. And speaking for the guy who wrote the thing (and I know he won't
mind 'cause he's me) please DON'T buy it if all you need is the renaming
feature. It's a freebie, our little gift to the PPT community. Glenna said
she'd break my face if I didn't, so I was DELIGHTED to do it. ;-)

He lies like a hair on a biscuit! That was my evil twin Glen Millar that
said that. I said I'd break his fingers and toes if he didn't include the
chart data. I'm meaner than Glen.

 

[Guest]

(Somebody stop me ... SHE knows I'm just kidding but for those of you who don't,
Glenna's the kind of person you like to do this kind of stuff for because she
wouldn't ask if it werent' the right thing to do. Couldn't ask for a nicer
collaborator).

Ah man, there goes my mean reputation...

PPT is a bit weird in the head. It gives shapes names for you and lets you
rename them using code. But the name isn't the name. Does that make sense? No?
Good. It shouldn't. But it's how PPT works. It has an internal name for
things and may also have a name that we attach to the same things. In the
animation dialogs, it tends to show what it considers the real name, the one IT
handed out at the shape's birth.

Sigh.

If you add a little text to the shape, PPT shows you the name AND the text. Than
can help distinguish one shape from another.

Yeah, unfortunately the renaming doesn't show in the animation dialog boxes
which is what I think he needs. Dang. But he can add the text and make it
"invisible" by making it the same color as the the autoshape fill.

Glenna

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

He lies like a hair on a biscuit! That was my evil twin Glen Millar that
said that. I said I'd break his fingers and toes if he didn't include the
chart data. I'm meaner than Glen.

Must be them extra Ns