Set a trigger on slide one that works for all slides?

[Guest]

I would like to do the equivalent of close captions by creating text boxes at
the bottom of each slide that only appear if I do something unique on slide
one. Yes, I could create a custom show with the close captions but it would
be "slicker" and more convenient if I could create a condition or set a
trigger on slide one that would allow the caption to appear on a slide only
if that trigger were clicked on slide one or, perhaps, by changing one thing
on the master slide before I ran the show.

This would be for a self-running kiosk, of course, because otherwise I could
simply create a trigger that would be clicking on the title or someting else
on each slide.

If we could have another placeholder text box on the master slide I could
just make the text the same color as the background if I didn't want the
captions, or a contrasting color if I did. Of course we can't add
placeholders on the masterslide.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...f-085c22c0d9a1&dg=microsoft.public.powerpoint

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

This would be pretty easy with a macro, but I don't think there is any
native functionality that would do this.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I guess I'll need to learn how to do a macro.
-Clark

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You can check out the Programming PowerPoint portion of the PowerPoint
FAQ for more information:

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

On my site, I have some examples that hide and show objects on slides but
not an object on every slide. The difficulty you will have is that you
don't have an extra placeholder, so you can't easily tell which shape to
hide and show on each slide. All the shapes will have to have some
identifying characteristic (you could give them the same name or put them
in the exact same location on the slide and use the coordinates to hide
them ...).

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

David,
Thanks so much. Sounds like a good way to get started. I appreciate the
suggestions and warnings.
Clark