Realtime interactivity?

[Stugrad98]

Hi,

Does anyone here know a way, possibly through a plug-in, that I could make my
Powerpoint presentation interactive in real-time? By that I mean I would be
able to drag and drop and move images while the PowerPoint presentation is
running ... or type in text in a textbox while the presentation is running,
edit that text, etc.. Thank you.

-Stu

 

[Guest]

There are a number of things you can do. I'm not sure if any of them do
exactly what you want, but they all do some of what you want.

1. Presenter mode allows you to manipulate your slide show in Normal/Edit
view while displaying the show in Slide Show view. Basically, you can be
working behind the scenes (dragging objects, typing in text boxes, etc.)
while your audience is seeing a normal-looking presentation. This requires
the appropriate video card on your computer to support dual monitors.

2. The control tool box will let you add text boxes that you can type in on
the screen during the Slide Show.

3. VBA will allow you to do many interactive things, such as change the
contents of text boxes, move objects, and hide/show objects, during the Slide
Show. Dragging and typing directly into text boxes are not possible (or at
least not easy), but you can get some of the interactivity you want. You
might want to look at some of the examples on my Web site that use VBA:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

--David

David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/