Touch Screen

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I'm thinking that PowerPoint would be a good application to use in
conjunction with a Touch Screen monitor (kiosk). I searched this forum for
something on this topic and didn't come up with anything. Has anyone done
anything using PowerPoint with a Touch Screen? Does anyone have any
recommendations on a good Touch Screen monitor that would work with
PowerPoint?
 
Luke,

Powerpoint does make a great touchscreen app.

I found it best when the touchscreen was set to just "emulate a mouse".

You can set powerpoint to response to clicks on a certain area/button so it works well with touchscreens. Just remember
to set each slide "not to advance on mouse click" and the "standard" back / forward buttons and you're all set.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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TAJ, it looks like Luke was talking about the actual
Touch Screen monitor to use, not PPT software.
Any suggestions?

One other application-side suggestion (TAJ mentioned this,
but not in detail) is to go to Slide Show | Set Up Show...
and select "Browsed at a kiosk (full screen)."

- Jeff

TAJ Simmons said:
Luke,

Powerpoint does make a great touchscreen app.

I found it best when the touchscreen was set to just "emulate a mouse".

You can set powerpoint to response to clicks on a certain area/button so
Click to expand...
it works well with touchscreens. Just remember
to set each slide "not to advance on mouse click" and the "standard" back
Click to expand...
/ forward buttons and you're all set.
 
Hmmm, just re-read Luke's post - I guess he
wants info about PPT using touch screens too.
Sorry about that.

TAJ Simmons said:
Luke,

Powerpoint does make a great touchscreen app.

I found it best when the touchscreen was set to just "emulate a mouse".

You can set powerpoint to response to clicks on a certain area/button so
Click to expand...
it works well with touchscreens. Just remember
to set each slide "not to advance on mouse click" and the "standard" back
Click to expand...
/ forward buttons and you're all set.
 
Unless I'm totally out to lunch (and if so, it's WAY too late at night for me
to be out) a touch screen, properly installed, should appear to be a mouse to
Windows, and likewise to any apps running under Windows.

IOW, there shouldn't be anything special you need to do in PPT other than
perhaps to allow for the fact that people will be "clicking" with their fingers
(50 pixels wide, maybe?) instead of the 1 or 2-pixel wide mouse pointer; it'd
be wise to make the links/action shapes accordingly larger.
 
should appear to be a mouse to Windows

Most can be set either way...


Like a graphics tablet.....

if you click a spot with a pen...the cursor jumps to that spot.
if you set it the other way

if you click a spot with a pen nothing happens....if you drag the pointer...the cursor will move that amount.

TAJ
 
THANKS for the information!
Luke


TAJ Simmons said:
Most can be set either way...


Like a graphics tablet.....

if you click a spot with a pen...the cursor jumps to that spot.
if you set it the other way

if you click a spot with a pen nothing happens....if you drag the
Click to expand...
pointer...the cursor will move that amount.
 
Most can be set either way...

Like a graphics tablet.....

if you click a spot with a pen...the cursor jumps to that spot.
if you set it the other way

if you click a spot with a pen nothing happens....if you drag the pointer...the cursor will move that amount.
Click to expand...

Absolute vs relative, gotcha. Tanks!
 
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