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Amado Narvaez

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Dec 4, 2004, 12:48:56 PM12/4/04
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I am trying to make a scrolling text box on a Macintosh slide show. I
vaguely remember this is possible in Windows using the Control Toolbox,
but I can't find the control toolbox on my Mac. In the VBA editor, the
toolbox is grayed out.

Thanks!
----- Amado Narvaez

Steve Rindsberg

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Dec 4, 2004, 2:19:54 PM12/4/04
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In article <costa8$2j8$1...@grapevine.wam.umd.edu>, Amado Narvaez wrote:
> I am trying to make a scrolling text box on a Macintosh slide show. I
> vaguely remember this is possible in Windows using the Control Toolbox,
> but I can't find the control toolbox on my Mac. In the VBA editor, the
> toolbox is grayed out.

As I recall, ActiveX controls (like scrolling text boxes) aren't supported on
slides in PPT/Mac.

You can only add them to UserForms in the VBA editor; select an existing
UserForm or choose Insert, UserForm and the control toolbox will be available.


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PPTMagician

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Dec 5, 2004, 2:21:01 AM12/5/04
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Right on the money. Active X Controls don't work on the MAC.
David Marcovitz's book has some excellent alternatives for the MAC side,
though.
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

Glenna

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