Initialising Text Boxes on slides

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Can anybody help me, i'm trying to initialise text boxes
which i have placed in a slide and i want these boxes to
be initalised every time someone starts up the show, is
there anyway to do this in VB?
Thanks
Richard
 
What I generally do is have a button on the first slide that initializes
(or initialises if you aren't in the US) everything needed in the
presentation. All the user sees is that the button goes to another slide,
but the VBA is changing whatever it needs in the presentation behind the
scenes.

See some simple examples on my web site:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

Example 6.8 is a good example of this (click on Examples by Chapter and
go to Chapter 6). If you put it in Kiosk mode, they'll have to click on
the button to do anything.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
Can anybody help me, i'm trying to initialise text boxes
which i have placed in a slide and i want these boxes to
be initalised every time someone starts up the show, is
there anyway to do this in VB?
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In VBA, yes, as part of an add-in. Not sure of VB.

This would require that an addin be installed on the machine doing the
playback, and that the playback be done in PPT, not the viewer.

A simpler alternate would be to include a first slide that's a menu or
introduction and on it put a "Start Show" or "Next" button (or "On with the
show" or "Get DOWN!" ... label it whatever you like, of course). The button's
action setting would trigger a macro that initializes the text on slide 2 (or
elsewhere in the presentation) and then advance to slide 2.

--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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