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Interactive Spotlight
The interactive spotlight allows you to hide answers on a powerpoint slide. This could be a list, a brainstorm etc. The 'spotlight' can be moved across the slide to reveal answers.
Usually when you create a PowerPoint presentation the items (shapes, pictures, text) cannot be moved or dragged about when you view the show. A macro in this PowerPoint allows you to do just that.
This example allows you to drag around a 'spotlight' which reveals text previously hidden as the text colour is the same as the background.
To make it work, make sure that your macro security is set to medium. Look in Tools -> Macros -> Security. **You will then need to quit PowerPoint and reopen it before this will work.**
If you want to make new objects draggable, simple create them as normal then right click on the object, choose 'Action Settings' and make sure'DragandDrop' is chosen on the 'Run Macro' option.
When you open the PowerPoint, if prompted, click 'Enable Macros'.
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clarkea wrote:
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 08:21 Comment #: 1Not sure about Office 2010.
The spotlight works because the background is white and the text colour is white. When you move the spotlight over the text, effectively the background is now yellow so you can see the text. Don't think you'd be able to 'hide' images in the same way.
As for moving new images around: Right-click -> Action Settings -> Run Macro -> DragandDrop.
bfc1974 wrote:
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 23:04 Comment #: 2Are there any instructions on how to get this working in Office2010 as I can't seem to add new images to the slide - I'm assuming that the added objects would be hidden. The spotlight works when you run the ppt - does it work with images? Text works a treat and is hidden when the ppt is run....