Keyboard activation in Presentation mode

[James]

Is it possible without vba to have an action button behave as a keyboard
keystroke? For example, I create an "A" key; in presentation mode someone
clicks the key and it prints out an "A". Will I need to use activex buttons
instead? I thought about pure trigger animation and building the characters
myself through custom animation but that seemed too tedious... I also want to
build a working ppt or pptx calculator in the same fashion but have come
across the same problem... Any suggestions?

 

[Chirag]

Without VBA it does not seem possible. For a VBA solution, look at the
PowerPoint Calculator at http://officeone.mvps.org/vba/ppt_calculator.html

It uses Shortcut Manager for PowerPoint from
http://officeone.mvps.org/ppsctmgr/ppsctmgr.html to enable interactions
using the keyboard during the slide show.

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html