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How to make scrollable text field in a power point presentation
For example, if you want to show/display a long list that is scrollable vs
making a continued chart. |
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Hey Tinker,
There are a couple of ways to do this, but the easiest will probably be to use a textbox from the Control Toolbox. Here are the steps ... 1) Open the control toolbox, click View = Toolbars = Control Toolbox 2) Insert a Textbox (not a normal textbox) onto the slide (hover over the buttons on the toolbox menu to locate the one labeled Text Box. Click it and drag the box to the shape you want on the slide) 3) Open the properties window, select the textbox , right click, select Properties. 4) Change Multi Line to 'True' 5) Change Scrollbars to '2 - fmScrollBarsVertical' 6) Click the x in the corner of the properties window to close it 7) Start the show and on the slide click on the new textbox. Type or paste the text list you want. When the list exceeds the box height, a scrollbar will appear. The contents of the box will be saved with the presentation, so you only need to enter the list once. Post back if this is not clear or if we can help further. -- Bill Dilworth Microsoft PPT MVP Team =============== Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@ out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo. answer most of our questions, before com you think to ask them. Change org to com to defuse anti-spam, ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection. .. .. "Tinker Engineer" Tinker wrote in message ... For example, if you want to show/display a long list that is scrollable vs making a continued chart. |
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[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the Critical
Update or Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help - Check for Updates".] [TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint that you just created (you can save, but not open)? - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820] Hello, It sounds that, although there are workarounds, you would like this to be a lot easier to do in PowerPoint. If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that PowerPoint should provide this kind of functionality natively (not requiring add-ins or controls), don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft by either: PREFERRED METHOD: A) If you are using Microsoft's web-based, online newsreader for Office communities (http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...dg=microsoft.p ublic.powerpoint), check to see whether or not the suggestion has been submitted before (Show - Suggestions for Microsoft) and, if so, add your vote to the suggestion submission. If the suggestion has not been submitted before, click on the "New" drop-down menu and choose "Suggestion for Microsoft" from directly within the newsreader web page. OR, NEXT BEST METHOD: B) If you are using another newsreader (such as Microsoft Outlook Express), submit your suggestion using your web browser at the following address: http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN. IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of suggestions). John Langhans Microsoft Corporation Supportability Program Manager Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. |
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