How to make text scroll automatically in word or powerpoint

[billca3]

I want to have text scroll up the page as I read it for a presentation. This
could be in Word, Powerpoint, etc. No article I have read yet has addressed
this function. In other words, I insert a Word document into Powerpoint (or
leave it in Word), I hit a key, and it starts to scroll up so I can read it
as I go. It would be best if speed could be varied. Haven't found the answer.
Does anyone know? Thank you.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I want to have text scroll up the page as I read it for a presentation. This
could be in Word, Powerpoint, etc. No article I have read yet has addressed
this function. In other words, I insert a Word document into Powerpoint (or
leave it in Word), I hit a key, and it starts to scroll up so I can read it
as I go. It would be best if speed could be varied. Haven't found the answer.
Does anyone know? Thank you.

There is an autoscroll feature in Word, but I think it's useless because its
minimum speed is still far too fast for reading aloud.

If you want to try it, here's how. If your mouse has a clickable scroll wheel in
the center, press down on it. If you don't have a wheel mouse, you can assign a
toolbar button or a keyboard shortcut to the AutoScroll command, which is in the
All Commands category of the Customize dialog; see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm or
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm for
instructions.

Either way, once AutoScroll is turned on, drag the mouse downward slightly. The
farther down you drag, the faster the scroll goes. Moving it above center
scrolls upward. The Esc key or a mouse click turns it off.

I don't see any point in scrolling PowerPoint slides, even if it's possible. But
you can go from slide to slide with the Page Up/Down keys and (in slide show
view) with the arrow keys.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

billca3 was telling us:
billca3 nous racontait que :

I want to have text scroll up the page as I read it for a
presentation. This could be in Word, Powerpoint, etc. No article I
have read yet has addressed this function. In other words, I insert a
Word document into Powerpoint (or leave it in Word), I hit a key, and
it starts to scroll up so I can read it as I go. It would be best if
speed could be varied. Haven't found the answer. Does anyone know?
Thank you.

You would need a macro for this, is this something you want to do? (Install
a macro, that is.)

 

[billca3]

billca3 was telling us:
billca3 nous racontait que :


You would need a macro for this, is this something you want to do? (Install
a macro, that is.)

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______________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil
Montreal, Canada

Merci Beaucoup Jean-Guy:

J'ai "In Design C3" avec Adobe complet est macro communication, donc ce ne
pas problem probablement. Si c'est vrai, comment faire l'effet? Pardonnez moi
pour le Francaise de l'enfant (actuallement, l'enfant aient le Francaise tres
meilleur!)
billca3

 

[billca3]

There is an autoscroll feature in Word, but I think it's useless because its
minimum speed is still far too fast for reading aloud.

If you want to try it, here's how. If your mouse has a clickable scroll wheel in
the center, press down on it. If you don't have a wheel mouse, you can assign a
toolbar button or a keyboard shortcut to the AutoScroll command, which is in the
All Commands category of the Customize dialog; see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm or
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm for
instructions.

Either way, once AutoScroll is turned on, drag the mouse downward slightly. The
farther down you drag, the faster the scroll goes. Moving it above center
scrolls upward. The Esc key or a mouse click turns it off.

I don't see any point in scrolling PowerPoint slides, even if it's possible. But
you can go from slide to slide with the Page Up/Down keys and (in slide show
view) with the arrow keys.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Thank you Jay for your thorough response. I will try that approach. I do (as
usual) though, have one small suggestion for Microsoft forum protocol though.
Many times, a black or white (this post helped or not) answer is simply not
true. How can one evaluate those answers if a response was partially helpful,
or helpful in a certain respect or not in another? How about a "partially
helpful" response possibility. Also, for official Microsoft replies, I don't
know if this is used, but the only way to really know what happened is with
verbatim comments, such as this one. Just a thought. Thanks again for your
help. Billca3