dragging objects in a slideshow plus cursoring

[Guest]

1. During a slideshow presentation, is it possible to have draggable items on
screen?

I'm constructing a lesson for apprentice electricians and would like them to
be able to move clips around on screen so they can make connections at
different test points.

2. In VBA, can you get the coordinates of the cursor so I can detect where
the students are pointing at any time?

Cheerio,
Helmut

 

[Chirag]

For 1, look at http://officeone.mvps.org/vba/mousemove_shape.html for a
sample project with VBA that allows you to pick and drop shapes during slide
shows.

For 2, you need to use GetCursorPos() Windows API. You might also want to
look at using the screen coordinates with the following VBA code snippets to
get the shape under the mouse pointer:
http://officeone.mvps.org/vba/positioning_using_pixels.html
http://officeone.mvps.org/vba/activate_shape.html

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

 

[Guest]

Chirag,

Brilliant!!! Just what the project needs. Thanks for your skilful navigation
to a solution.

Gratefully,
Helmut

 

[Ute Simon]

1. During a slideshow presentation, is it possible to have draggable items

on
screen?

Hi Helmut,

a programmer of the PowerPoint-User Team has developed a makro solution,
too. Unfortunately, this is not available for download at the moment while
our website www.ppt-user.de is relaunched. Drop me a line at us "at"
ppt-user.de and I'll mail it to you.

Best regards,
Ute