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Insert Current Time on slideshow

Hi Experts,

I would like to insert a macro into a slideshow, which displays the current time (to the micro-second, if possible) when the slideshow start was triggered.

Some background ... I will be playing a game of Jeopardy and I want to be able to track which participant buzzed in (or clicked F5 in this case) first.

Thanks for your help.

Chris Bottomley

Hello rav_rav,

By buzzed in do you mean launched the slideshow?

Regards,
Chris

rav_rav

ASKER

Hey Chris,

A participant can "buzz in" by pressing the "F5" button on their keyboard.

When they press "F5", a slideshow (with only one slide) should start up and will display (on a monitor)the time when "F5" was clicked.

Hope that clarifies it a bit.

Let me know if it doesn't.

Chris Bottomley

SO do you already have the PPT to add the message to?

Also how is the display to be, a message box a specific text frame or what?

Finally in order to launch on presentation start it will require a macro to be run manually ... and with PPT there is no way around this, but once the macro is run then it will trigger when the presentation starts.

I do not believe it is possible with any current version to get the event to trigger without activating the initial macro.

Chris

rav_rav

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Hey Chris,

I already have an existing PPT to add the current time to. I can place the PPT on each laptop I need to use. I can also initiate a macro (i.e. to start the eventhandler, etc.) after the PPT file is opened.

In terms of displaying the time, I was planning on displaying the time in the slide's title text box.

Thanks.

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Thanks for your help guys.