Disable in-place editing

[Guest]

How can I disable in-place editing in Powerpoint?
I want to force users to open embbedded object (outside activation) rather
that the double-click and the ENTER and the right-click/worksheet object/Edit.
Help!

 

[Echo S]

If the object is embedded, they'll need to update it inside PPT.

If it's linked, then you'd want to use the "outside activation."

So is your object linked or embedded?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

If the object is embedded, they'll need to update it inside PPT.

Not necessarily. You can generally either edit or open embedded stuff.
Edit lets you edit in-place, Open fires off an external instance of the app
that owns the embedded object and opens the object for editing.

But I don't think you can disable either; might be able to use VBA to remove
the undesired item from the popup menu, but that wouldn't help ...
doubleclicking will still in-place edit.

If it's linked, then you'd want to use the "outside activation."

So is your object linked or embedded?

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
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How can I disable in-place editing in Powerpoint?
I want to force users to open embbedded object (outside activation) rather
that the double-click and the ENTER and the right-click/worksheet object/Edit.
Help!