Anchoring objects

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I am a teacher at a magnet school and I want to start using power point as a way to have kids retell stories.
So, I would like to anchor text boxes and "click here to insert clip art" boxes because the kids tend to move the boxes around due to their lack of control of the mouse. Is there any way to do this. Set up a template that has text boxes and clipart boxes locked in place, unmovable

Thanks, Kellie
 
Kellie,

It can't really be done in editing mode. If you really need it, perhaps pop
a message to:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

Tell them in your won words what you want and why.

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Kellie said:
I am a teacher at a magnet school and I want to start using power point as
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a way to have kids retell stories.
So, I would like to anchor text boxes and "click here to insert clip art"
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boxes because the kids tend to move the boxes around due to their lack of
control of the mouse. Is there any way to do this. Set up a template that
has text boxes and clipart boxes locked in place, unmovable.
 
Kellie, Ignore that Aussie. (g). This can be done quite easily.

Insert you text boxes where you want them and set the properties for
them as you normally would. Now draw a full frame rectangle which will
hide the text boxes. Send the rectangle to the back and select all the
text boxes and the full frame rectangle and group them. The text boxes
will be fully editable and stay in locked in position.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
 
Insert you text boxes where you want them and set the properties for
them as you normally would. Now draw a full frame rectangle which will
hide the text boxes. Send the rectangle to the back and select all the
text boxes and the full frame rectangle and group them. The text boxes
will be fully editable and stay in locked in position.
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You sly dog ... or does Captain spell that the other way around?

This works on 2000 and later; IIRC, 97 won't let you edit text in grouped
shapes.
 
Hi,

My hat is off to Brian, or Captain, which ever thought of it <vbg>.

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Well who uses PPT 97 any more? (g)

All the PPT97 users out there, silly.

I wonder what the distribution is; how many copies of which version are in use?
 
Steve,

Well, all the PPT 97 users are in luck. The text boxes update there
too. Now can I uninstall it? Maybe I'll just Brianize it. Haven't done
that to this machine in at least three weeks.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
 
Well, all the PPT 97 users are in luck. The text boxes update there
too. Now can I uninstall it? Maybe I'll just Brianize it. Haven't done
that to this machine in at least three weeks.
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Good grief, man, you're 20 days overdue! Get on it!

Yeah, checked and it works here too. There's something about stuff in groups
that works in 2000+ but not in 97. Action settings and links, maybe? That
must be it ... it won't let me add either to text inside a group.

Thanks for checking. Now go forth, be fruitful and brianize.
 
wouldn't want to slip across the border and do mine would you <g>



Steve,

Well, all the PPT 97 users are in luck. The text boxes update there
too. Now can I uninstall it? Maybe I'll just Brianize it. Haven't done
that to this machine in at least three weeks.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
 
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Hello,

Although there are workarounds (such as those already suggested in
responses within this thread), PowerPoint does not have the specific
capability that you are looking for. Currently all security and protection
features in PowerPoint are applied to the entire file. There is nothing
that would allow you to secure/lock, for example, the position/size
properties of specific objects (such as text boxes).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide more granular control over who can do what with different parts of
a presentation (without having to resort to VBA or add-ins), don't forget
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