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Published by theblackalchemist 11-14-2007
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alexander
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11-14-2007
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| Re: URGENT HELP REQUIRED WITHIN NEXT 14hrs! may i suggest a resource? http://www.miramar.sdccd.net/depts/l..._onthe_WWW.ppt the thing is that it's not very common to do what you are trying to do, so, as i have no want nor need to know PP, i can not assist you much past that. :| |
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#2
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alexander
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11-14-2007
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| Re: URGENT HELP REQUIRED WITHIN NEXT 14hrs! Oh, also, when you make a post, please use a meaningful title, URGENT NEED HELP is not a very good description as to what you need help with, letting it through this time, but next time, please be a little bit more net polite, use the netiquette |
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#3
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Pyrotex 
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11-14-2007
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| Re: URGENT HELP REQUIRED WITHIN NEXT 14hrs! Quote:
 Okay, I'm a PP semi-wizard, and I may (?) be able to help, but first I have to understand what you want. My best guess (actually "grope" may be a more accurate word here) is that you want this:You have a page in a PP doct (a specific 1 of many); on this (1) page there is what you call a "link" but it could just as easily be a button. When you click the "link", it presents a dialog box with a text field and an OK button. You enter a keyword or two in the field and click on OK. A new dialog box appears with the names of every page in the PP document in which your keyword(S) appear; and an OK button and a CANCEL button. If you select one of the page names and click OK, then you are taken to that page within the selfsame PP document. If you click CANCEL, the dialog box disappears and nothing has change. -----------So, is THIS what I am to understand you want? Because the word "link" usually refers to an URL out on the Internet, and I don't seem to think that is what you want. Waiting with baited breath (i.e., a worm on my tongue) Pyro the Power Pointer+ | |
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#4
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Pyrotex
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11-15-2007
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| Re: URGENT HELP REQUIRED WITHIN NEXT 14hrs!  As luck would have it, my boss dropped a rush assignment on me yesterday, and it's due today.But I did spend 10 minutes investigating this problem. The news is not good. There are no "widgets" you can put into a PP document to do any of what you want. However, PP does contain a version of Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA. ("Macros") This is similar to the VBA in Excel, at which I am an expert. Unfortunately, VBA/X does NOT translate directly into VBA/PP or vice versa. You could try to wing it on your own, by pulling down the Tools Macro and selecting Macros. I know in VBA/X, the code would do something like this: Sub IndexToPages ' Macro name ' Appoint some keyboard shortcut, such as Shift-Ctrl-X, to execute it. Dir keyword as String Dir dialogAnswer as String Dir dialogText as String Dir PageList[] as Pages Dir PageLst2[] as Pages Dir pg as Page Dir Ndx as Integer PageList = "My First Page", "The Number Two Page", "Last Page" dialogAnswer = MsgTextBox("Enter keywords", dialogText, vbOKCancel) If dialogAnswer = vbCancel Then Exit End If ' keyword is now in variable dialogText Ndx = 1 For Each pg in PageList If Find(dialogText, pg) Then PageLst2[Ndx] = pg Ndx = Ndx + 1 End If Next ' All pages containing keyword are now in PageLst2 If Ndx = 1 Then MsgBox("Your keyword was not found on any pages", vbOK) Exit End If dialogAnswer = MsgSelectBox("Select Page to Jump to:", PageLst2, dialogText, vbOKCancel) If dialogAnswer = vbCancel Then Exit End If ' The selected page name is in dialogText Range(dialogText).Select End Sub ---------The above is NOT VALID PP VBA CODE! It's what the macro would look like if I did it in Excel VBA and if Excel VBA had new functions oriented more to PP. But the algorithm should work. I'm afraid that's all I can do. Sorry. |
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Last edited by Pyrotex; 11-15-2007 at 12:14 PM.
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