cursor position

[Mark Hoover]

How can I display the numerical value of the cursor position in PowerPoint?
I can see an estimate of the general position on the x and y rulers, but
would like the exact numerical value. Thanks for any help.

 

[Mark Hoover]

Hello, Steve, thanks for helping out. I wanted a quick way to scale points
from some x-y graphs that I have scanned. The idea was to put the curspr at
location (0,0) on the graph, capture the local numerical (x,y) value, do the
same for another axis reference location, and then get other (x,y) values
from the graph. I can easily do this in CorelDraw because the numerical
cursor location is constantly displayed. Looks like I will have to stick
with doing the work in CorelDraw.

 

[Mark Hoover]

Thanks, Steve. I appreciate the help.

OK, makes sense to me.

One approach that might not be too crazed:

Draw, say a line originating at each point you want to measure.
Use a macro to list the coordinates of each line on the slide:

Sub ListLines()
Dim oSh As Shape
For Each oSh In ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange(1).Shapes
If oSh.Type = msoLine Then
Debug.Print "Line:"
Debug.Print vbTab & "Left:" & vbTab & CStr(oSh.Left)
Debug.Print vbTab & "Top:" & vbTab & CStr(oSh.Top)
End If
Next
End Sub







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