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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / December 2006actions, keyboard shortcuts
I am making a powerpoint book that a student with a physical disability will use with an alternate keyboard. To read the text they need to click on the words an a action plays the text with background sounds. I need to assign a keyboard shortcut to that action so when they press that button on the alternate keyboard the sound will play. Is there any way of doing this? I didn't want the sound to play as soon as they turned the page because I want them to try to read it themselves first, then they can hear it being read. Any suggestions? > I am making a powerpoint book that a student with a physical disability > will use with an alternate keyboard. To read the text they need to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > turned the page because I want them to try to read it themselves first, > then they can hear it being read. Are there a lot of action keys on each slide or just one? The visual feedback for this is minimal at best, but if there are shapes with an action setting on the slide, you can use tab to move a (hard to see) highlight from one to the next then press Enter to trigger the highlighted one. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ When I tab it just goes to the next page. There is 1 action on each page. > > I am making a powerpoint book that a student with a physical disability > > will use with an alternate keyboard. To read the text they need to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > When I tab it just goes to the next page. There is 1 action on each > page. If pressing any key sends it to the next page, you may want to put the presentation in kiosk mode instead (then only clicks on navigational buttons will move things along, but you can tab from one of those to the next then press ENTER to simulate a mouseclick from the keyboard). > > > I am making a powerpoint book that a student with a physical disability > > > will use with an alternate keyboard. To read the text they need to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ In the kiosk mode only the mouse works. I tried using tab and enter, but it didn't do anything. I just don't think it is going to work how I want it to. Thanks, > > When I tab it just goes to the next page. There is 1 action on each > > page. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > In the kiosk mode only the mouse works. I tried using tab and enter, > but it didn't do anything. I just don't think it is going to work how I > want it to. Well rats. You're right. Another little PPT PC vs Mac compatibility issue I wasn't aware of. Hi, Hope I'm not intruding here. Mind if I jawbone with Steve for a minute? How about making a userform? A control on the userform or the userform itself could listen for KeyPress events and act on them accordingly. Steve, do you think that would work in this situation? -Jim Gordon Mac MVP Quoting from "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com>, in article VA.00002e39.1038b1b8@localhost.com, on [DATE: >> In the kiosk mode only the mouse works. I tried using tab and enter, >> but it didn't do anything. I just don't think it is going to work how I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > wasn't > aware of.  SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Steve, do you think that would work in this situation? It might work ... You have the problem of hiding the form. PPT won't let you make forms smaller than 100 in either dimension) but maybe off screen (.Left = -100, .Top = -100) .. And of launching it in the first place, but for that you can put a slide-size rectangle or other shape on the first slide and tell the user to click anywhere to start the show. The click launches a macro that takes you to the next slide and activates the form. > -Jim Gordon > Mac MVP [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > wasn't > > aware of. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ I think you can make a userform transparent, too. I wonder if our correspondent wants to try any of these ideas. -Jim Quoting from "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com>, in article VA.00002e5b.19f5e4ff@localhost.com, on [DATE: >> Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > slide > and activates the form. SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Hi, Thanks for thinking so hard for me on this. If I knew what a userform was I would try it. Could someone send me someplace that would help me? > I think you can make a userform transparent, too. I wonder if our > correspondent wants to try any of these ideas. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > MVPs are not Microsoft Employees > MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Hi again Robyn, Sorry for aside that tuned you out momentarily, but I wanted some assurance from a renowned expert (Steve) that my idea might work for you before I suggested it in earnest. A userform is like a fancy text box of sorts. You can do more with a userform than with a text box. One of the things a userform can do is to "listen" for keyboard presses and then take actions based upon what was pressed. So it seems that is something that would help you. However, I am having problems with the vocabulary of your original posting. What do you mean by "alternate keyboard?" Is it a physical keyboard or a keyboard that appears on screen? I don't have a clear idea of what you mean by "alternate keyboard." By "turn the page" do you mean advance to the next slide? Here's what I think you are saying: * Have a slide appear * Wait for the user to press a certain letter on the keyboard * Animate some text and play a sound (spoken words perhaps or some sort of audio confirmation) based upon which key was pressed. * Then do something else If you would be kind enough to describe more completely what you would like to happen I think we can help you accomplish the goal. There is a book titled "Powerful PowerPoint for Educators: Using Visual Basic for Application to Make PowerPoint Interactive" by David M. Marcovitz that I recommend to you. http://www.loyola.edu/edudept/PowerfulPowerPoint/ David's book is a great primer for educators who want to take full advantage of PowerPoint's interactivity features. David's book will get you started. But I think for your proposal you will likely need to come back here and get help with the specifics. There are a lot of properties associated with userforms. Everything from their size, visibility, transparency, and what they do can be specified. So your homework assignment is to read David's book and to post back with details about how you envisage the steps to be taken by the the student when PowerPoint is running. Thanks. -Jim Gordon Mac MVP Quoting from "rms" <robyn.schomburg@gmail.com>, in article 1165677753.381029.250550@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, on [DATE: > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> MVPs are not Microsoft Employees >> MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Thank you very much Jim, I will look into getting that book. They keyboard I'm using for this is a membrane keyboard that you can mimic any key press or mouse movement. The students I'm using it with cannot use if as a mouse so I need a key combination that I can program into it that will play a sound (that I have set up as a action) and another key combination that will just go to the next slide (turn the page). What I did was take a book with a CD of the pages being read (like a book on tape), separated the sounds into pages, scanned each page and made a computer book. If they could use a mouse they would "turn the page" by clicking on a button and they would "read" the book by clicking on the words. I would rather that the sounds did not start as they turned the page to give them a chance to try to read the words first, then they can click on them to read. Using this alternate keyboard the challenge is to make keyboard shortcuts for each thing you want them to be able to do. Robyn > Hi again Robyn, > [quoted text clipped - 103 lines] > MVPs are not Microsoft Employees > MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Hi again, When you use the membrane keyboard do you change any of the mouse or keyboard settings from OSX default? -Jim Quoting from "rms" <robyn.schomburg@gmail.com>, in article 1165761583.880156.18270@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com, on [DATE: > Thank you very much Jim, I will look into getting that book. > [quoted text clipped - 127 lines] >> MVPs are not Microsoft Employees >> MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Hi, No, it is just like using a regular keyboard. Robyn > Hi again, > [quoted text clipped - 144 lines] > MVPs are not Microsoft Employees > MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Hi, That's good news. Then PowerPoint should be able to detect the keyboard presses and take actions that you specify. Have you had a chance to try any of the VBA examples in the book? -Jim Gordon Mac MVP Quoting from "Jim Gordon MVP" <goldkey74@WarmerThanWarmMail.com>, in article C1A355DD.141C5%goldkey74@WarmerThanWarmMail.com, on [DATE: > Hi again, > [quoted text clipped - 137 lines] >>> MVPs are not Microsoft Employees >>> MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Hi, No, it will take me a while, I have a major construction action going on in my house. I have no free time to play with it. Robyn > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 157 lines] > MVPs are not Microsoft Employees > MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Robyn, I hadn't tuned into this thread earlier (no one told me that my book was assigned as homework for this class:-). When you do get a chance to look at the book, let me know if you have any questions (email me through the link at the book's Web site). I mostly hang out in the Windows PowerPoint newsgroup, but all the examples in the book work on Macs as well (I'm originally a Mac person, and I just got a new iMac at home). --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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 168 lines] >> MVPs are not Microsoft Employees >> MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ David, Thanks, I'll do that. Robyn > Robyn, > [quoted text clipped - 187 lines] > >> MVPs are not Microsoft Employees > >> MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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