text box for typing on screen while presenting

[chmedly]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel My mother is a college professor who recently saw a presentation where text could be input directly in a powerpoint slide while presenting. The presenter gave instructions for how to do this using the developer tab in the windows version of powerpoint to insert an activex text box. I can't find this functionality on the mac version. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[David Marcovitz]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor:
Intel My mother is a college professor who recently saw a presentation
where text could be input directly in a powerpoint slide while
presenting. The presenter gave instructions for how to do this using the
developer tab in the windows version of powerpoint to insert an activex
text box. I can't find this functionality on the mac version. Any ideas?

Thanks

Unfortunately, that functionality does not exist on the Mac. What's
worse, alternatives that use macros don't work in 2008 for the Mac.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

 

[chmedly]

So could she downgrade back to office .X and find something like this?

 

[David Marcovitz]

So could she downgrade back to office .X and find something like this?

Office 2004 still has VBA. In that version there is some functionality
to put notes on the screen, but it is not as easy as simply putting up a
Control Textbox (like you can in the Windows version). You can see an
example at my Web site:

http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

You want to click on "Examples by Chapter" and "Chapter 6" and look for
Example 6.7.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland