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Stephen Simons

Help Please!

I would like to be able to use powerpoint like this:

At the beginning of a session I want to ask the participants what there criteria are for "Good Practice" and then write
them up on the screen, just as if I was using a whiteboard.

Is this possible in PPoint? I have tried using the Meeting Minder, but it's not quite what I'm after.

TIA

Steve
 
This can be easily done with a little VBA programming. Basically you could
put a textbox from the Control Toolbox on your slide, or you could have it
hidden until you click on a button, then show the textbox. There you could
type all you want in it. You could even have that text e-mailed to yourself
with a click of a button, added to an Access database, or even sent to
Notepad where you could print it out. You could even have it populate a
on-programming textbox on your last slide. The sky's the limit if you want
to delve into VBA. If not, I am sure someone here would be more than happy
to provide a few snippets of code to do any of the above you might want.

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Stephen Simons said:
Help Please!

I would like to be able to use powerpoint like this:

At the beginning of a session I want to ask the participants what there
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criteria are for "Good Practice" and then write
 
Hey Sonia,

Fantastic. Awesome. Easy once you know how (like most things).

It looks terrific.

Thank you (am I overdoing it?)

Steve
 
Never overdone! <G> Your happiness is our paycheck.

Stephen Simons said:
Hey Sonia,

Fantastic. Awesome. Easy once you know how (like most things).

It looks terrific.

Thank you (am I overdoing it?)

Steve
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Hello,

How about writing instead of typing? If you are using PowerPoint 2002
(Windows XP Tablet PC Edition) or PowerPoint 2003 you can use the slide
show ink annotation feature to write on each slide and (optionally) have
the writing retained when the show ends.

For typing, you would probably have to resort to some programming and use
of ActiveX controls.

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