WhiteBoard or FlipChart in PPT?

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Hi All,
I was wondering if anybody knew of a way of using PowerPoint like a White
Board or Flip Chart?

Let me explain.

During my first aid training presentations, I ask my students various
questions i.e. if they can think of a way of reducing stress that a casualty
may have after an accident? They never come up with the answers in the same
order that I have them in PowerPoint so I am forced to using the antiquated
method of a flip chart where I can write the answers as they give them to me.

What I would like to be able to do it have a blank page in my PowerPoint
presentation that I can type into from the keyboard listing what the students
come up with. Do you know of a way that I can do this? Even if it requires
buying/using an external add-on to PowerPoint.

Your help would be very much appreciated.

Cheers Dave
 
Dave
Tou can do this by adding a text box from the control toolbox
View > toolbars > control toolbox
Its the icon that looks like ab
Once added you will need to right click > properties and set
enter key behaviour = true
multiline = true

You might want to change the font size too.

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DavePryce said:
Hi All,
I was wondering if anybody knew of a way of using PowerPoint like a White
Board or Flip Chart?

Let me explain.

During my first aid training presentations, I ask my students various
questions i.e. if they can think of a way of reducing stress that a casualty
may have after an accident? They never come up with the answers in the same
order that I have them in PowerPoint so I am forced to using the antiquated
method of a flip chart where I can write the answers as they give them to me.

What I would like to be able to do it have a blank page in my PowerPoint
presentation that I can type into from the keyboard listing what the students
come up with. Do you know of a way that I can do this? Even if it requires
buying/using an external add-on to PowerPoint.
Click to expand...

This should get you started:

Use View, Toolbars to make sure the Visual Basic toolbar is visible.
Click the Controls button on the Visual Basic toolbar
Click the Text Box button on the Controls toolbox that appears.
The cursor turns into a crosshair.
Click and drag on the slide to create a text box.
Rightclick the text box, choose Properties.
In the Properties box that appears, change "Multi-line" to True
Also change EnterKeyBehavior to True

Start your slide show and try typing into the box.
 
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