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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / July 2005Click and Drag during presentation?
I want to have a diagram on a slide with the labels around in - in the wrong order. Students then click on a label and drag it to the correct place. In any order. Is this possible? BTW ... PPT2004, but will be running it either under PPT2000 or the windows pptviewer software. Thanks Hi, While the presentation is running it can not be done. But if the presentation is in editing mode then you could do it. An interesting idea, though. The powerpoint development team might see your post and come up with a way to do it in a future version of powerpoint. -Jim  SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> > I want to have a diagram on a slide with the labels around in - in the wrong > order. Students then click on a label and drag it to the correct place. In [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > An interesting idea, though. The powerpoint development team might see > your post and come up with a way to do it in a future version of powerpoint. Actually, it probably can be done. Not in the viewer, but in PPT. Shyam and I helped a guy at PPTLive do almost exactly this. You don't even want to *think* about how insanely complex it is to do, though. Think of a grid of vertical and horizontal rectangles, each assigned a mouseover action setting. The mouseover runs a macro that figures out which vertical and horizontal rectangle the mouse just passed and thereby "locates" the mouse cursor. I don't recall exactly how we got it to pick up and put down shapes, once the "where" part was solved, the rest was simpler. Not something you'd do for a little casual fun. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ >> Hi, >> >> While the presentation is running it can not be done. But if the >> presentation is in editing mode then you could do it. We thought of that! > You don't even want to *think* about how insanely complex it is to do, though. > > Think of a grid of vertical and horizontal rectangles, each assigned a > mouseover action setting. The mouseover runs a macro that figures out which > vertical and horizontal rectangle the mouse just passed and thereby "locates" > the mouse cursor. GULP! > Not something you'd do for a little casual fun. Or even "at all" - our network manager is paranoid about macros; they ar all disabled. Thanks anyway. Now, I think this is possible in html.. If you can't use macros, you're missing out on a lot of really cool educational stuff. Look at my Web site: http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/ There is a pointer to a dragging function in the More Tricks section (trick #8), and trick #5 is not as sophisticated, but it allows some movement of objects as well. However, this (and everything else at my site) requires macros. I don't think that you can do what you want with simple HTML; you'll probably need JavaScript to get it to work. --David SignatureDavid 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/ >> In article <e15VklwiFHA.3012@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, Jim Gordon MVP >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Now, I think this is possible in html.. > If you can't use macros, you're missing out on a lot of really cool > educational stuff. Look at my Web site: Will do! Then I'll talk to the bosses! However, I wouldn't hold my breath. At the moment it takes three PCs on average to print a file over our network! > http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/ Visiting and bookmarking! > I don't think that you can do what you want with simple HTML; you'll > probably need JavaScript to get it to work. 'S right. I have a "tutorial" from a magazine. OK... copy the files and alter the gfx tags! Thanks. SignatureM |
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