Why 'object action' is disabled in mouse-click / mouse-over?

[Guest]

I can't seem to find object action defined in the PowerPoint 2003 Help. I'm
trying to see what options I have for ' Action Settings ' for ' Auto Shape '.
I'd like to be able to click on a button in my slideshow and have a slice of
an image "light up" (highlight). But when I go to Action Settings for my
"button", ' Run Macro ' and ' Object Action ' are greyed out. Any ideas why?
And advice on how to show a hidden image on mouseover? Thanks in advance!

 

[Austin Myers]

I can't seem to find object action defined in the PowerPoint 2003 Help. I'm
trying to see what options I have for ' Action Settings ' for ' Auto Shape
'.
I'd like to be able to click on a button in my slideshow and have a slice
of
an image "light up" (highlight). But when I go to Action Settings for my
"button", ' Run Macro ' and ' Object Action ' are greyed out. Any ideas
why?
And advice on how to show a hidden image on mouseover? Thanks in advance!

Do you have a macro? If not then there is no way to use it and it is greyed
out. Object actions refer to OLE objects, not PPT drawing objects.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I can't seem to find object action defined in the PowerPoint 2003 Help. I'm
trying to see what options I have for ' Action Settings ' for ' Auto Shape '.
I'd like to be able to click on a button in my slideshow and have a slice of
an image "light up" (highlight). But when I go to Action Settings for my
"button", ' Run Macro ' and ' Object Action ' are greyed out. Any ideas why?

Yes. Unless you've already included macros in your PPT file, there are no
macros to assign to actions, so PPT doesn't tempt you ... it just grays that
option out.

Object Actions only apply to OLE Objects (stuff you've brought in via Insert
Ojbect or copy/paste from an app that creates OLE objects, like Excel, Word,
MSGraph, etc.).

And advice on how to show a hidden image on mouseover? Thanks in advance!

Does it need to be on mouseover, or can it happen on clicking something else?