need IDIOT proof instructions to create macros in PowerPoint.

[Guest]

Have tried the PowerPoint Help to create macros in PowerPoint but couldn't
get them to work . How do you actually record a macro? I know the bit about
right click object etc. click action settings run macro but it doesn't work.
I'm clearly missing out a step or TEN!!
Thanks Theresa

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[Bill Foley]

These links will get you started:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00033.htm

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/#name_PROGRAMMING_POWERPOINT

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

To record a macro:

First, make the Visual Basic toolbar visible: choose View, Toolbars and put a check next to
Visual Basic.

On the VB toolbar, there's a Record Macro button. Click it to start recording; when you do
that, another little toolbar appears; you can use it to pause or stop the recording. Hint:
DON'T click the X in the upper right corner of this toolbar to make it go away. It'll go
away on its own when you click Stop.

The macro recorder won't record everything you do, and it'll record some stuff you might not
want it to. Most macros need editing to turn them into anything useful. To see what it's
recorded, press Alt+F11 or click the Visual Basic Editor button on the VB toolbar.

Another hint: if you're recording changes to a shape, select it first, THEN start recording.
The resulting macro will work with whatever's currently selected if you do that.

If you start recording, THEN select something, your macro will only work with whatever shape
you selected, as it'll have recorded the act of selection. Not useful by and large.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Steve . I'll have a go. The problem though is I don't actually know
what I should be recording. I have been doing a lot of reading today on
macros and I gather I have to input a code!!!!??. I don't know about codes
and how to write them. Think I might be out of my depth here. I want to set
up a drag and drop macro in a slide show so that I can click on an object (
picture, piece of text etc. )-drag it-then drop it elsewhere on the slide. Do
you know what I mean?Thanks Theresa

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the links, Bill. Will have a go but as I said to Steve I could
well be out of my depth here.Theresa

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks, Steve . I'll have a go. The problem though is I don't actually know
what I should be recording. I have been doing a lot of reading today on
macros and I gather I have to input a code!!!!??. I don't know about codes
and how to write them. Think I might be out of my depth here. I want to set
up a drag and drop macro in a slide show so that I can click on an object (
picture, piece of text etc. )-drag it-then drop it elsewhere on the slide. Do
you know what I mean?Thanks Theresa

During a slide show? Yes, I do know what you mean, and I'm glad you mentioned it first.

The macro recorder won't help you at all here (it doesnt' record things that happen in slide
shows) and getting this to work is far more complicated than you might imagine. Getting it to to
work is an advanced project. There's a very bright fellow associated with some of our German
MVPs who's gotten this working.

Ute, Pia ... can you point Theresa at the site?

 

[Chirag]

There is one example of pick and drop at the following link:
Move Shape using Mouse during Slide Show
http://officeone.mvps.org/vba/mousemove_shape.html

The demo presentation there shows you the complete thing and it is pretty
easy to modify for more shapes as well.

- Chirag

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

 

[Guest]

Thank you Chirag and everyone else who has tried to help me on this one. It
truly is way beyond my skill and experience. I have found the example from
the German couple thanks to Joe dale on Isle of Wigh, England. I can use
this to create the type of drag n drop activites I 'd like for my pupils. It
certainly is a much more compicated procedure than I had imagined.I just
wanted to know how to do it myself but I now have to admit that you can't do
everything!! tHanks again everyone. Best wishes, Theresa