Custom Place Holders in XP

[A Smyers]

I need to create my own custom place holders in PPT for students to be able
to click and fill in information. I have created a custom template for
Kindergarten students. I am trying to prevent them from having to click,
highlight and type their name. I want the box to say, "click here to add
your name" Then, when they click on it, they type their name and the
directions disappear. Can this be done?

I would also like to be able to edit the place holder text that MS has .
For example, on a title slide where it says, "Click to add title" I would
like to be able to change the directions. Can that be done?

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

You can't customise placeholders, or even add new ones. And you can't change
the text.

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[Bill Dilworth]

Sure, you can do that, but you might want to change your terminology.

In PowerPoint, the term placeholders has a very special meaning. It is an
item on a master slide that will set aside a section for use as a title,
page number text, etc. Glen is right, these can not be added.

What I think you might want is a box, that when clicked, takes the focus to
a 'textbox' where the user (child) can type his name. This can be done
using a couple of different methods.

The simplest would be to "click here to get started" that takes the user to
a slide where a textbox is. (One of the characteristics of a text box is
that it appears on top of all shapes, text and graphics.) The text from the
text box will have to be retrieved using VBA, and is a little complicated if
you are not familiar with Visual Basic.

You can also use a simple input box from vba, a user form, or even a
complicated build by clicking routine.

To get you started, you may want to look at some of this. If it all looks
Greek (the r is optional), than post back and we may be able to help the
kids out a bit.
**How do I USE this VBA stuff in PowerPoint?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00033.htm





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