Entering Text in Show mode

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I need to allow users to select text in combo boxes as well as
enter text in Text boxes while the presentation is in Show mode.

Selecting combo text is no problem. However, when I attempt to click in a
text box, the show wants to end.

Note: the only reason it's in show mode is that's the only time the combo
boxes are active and functional.

FYI: afterwards, I'm capturing the entered data to a database.

thanks,
 
I found a way to do it in the existing News Group entries. However, it's a
little tacky. The user has to use an input box. So, I guess, is there a
cleaner way to do it as I have a number of text boxes and can't see myself
putting a lot of buttons on the slide, especially since the slides are
created dynamically.
 
Since you are already using the Control Tools to make Combo Box
selections, you can use a control text box to have text entered. This FAQ
entry gives very basic info:

Adding or entering text during a show
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00701.htm

Are you sure you are adding a text box and not a label? However, even a
label shouldn't go to the next slide when you click on it. I can't find
any properties that would cause a text box to go to the next slide when
you click in it unless you have set up a TextBox_Click procedure (but
that doesn't even seem to do anything in a text box).

The bottom line is that you should be able to set up a text box, and use
a Change procedure or a Click procedure of a button to do whatever you
want with the text. I'm not sure why it's not working for you.

--David

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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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
 
Are you sure you are adding a text box and not a label? However, even a
label shouldn't go to the next slide when you click on it. I can't find
any properties that would cause a text box to go to the next slide when
you click in it unless you have set up a TextBox_Click procedure (but
that doesn't even seem to do anything in a text box).
Click to expand...

If the slideshow's not in Kiosk mode, any click would send it to the next slide
though. Maybe that's the problem?
 
Yes, but not a click on a control element. Maybe he made a regular text
box instead of a control text box.
--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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
 
David M. said:
Yes, but not a click on a control element. Maybe he made a regular text
box instead of a control text box.
Click to expand...

Ah, right. Interesting, too, that a label does nothing at all (ie, nothing
happens when you click it) but also prevents PPT from seeing the click on the
slide.

There's got to be some use for that.
 
Clarification:
1. When I click the text box, it does go to the next slide. Since there is
no next slide and I was writing this from memory I misspoke.
2. I'll try the text box from control elements. I inserted one manually and
seems like it will work.

Thanks
 
Yes, you can't add text to a regular text box in Slide Show mode without
using VBA. That means that a click on a regular text box will generally
take you to the next slide (unless something else has been set for
Hyperlink or Action Settings).
--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.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
 
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