Text Variables in a Powerpoint

Question

In Powerpoint, I have 4 slides each with a single text box.  I want a student to be able to type in each text box on slides 1-4. On slide 5, I want to have 4 text boxes that show what the student typed in the previous slides.  Is this possible in Powerpoint for a Mac v16.12?  And if so, how do I do it?  I need to be able to share this with other teachers who may not have access to a third party software.  Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I'm afraid that is not possible on a Mac machine, it is possible on a Windows machine.

On a Windows machine, you have to activate the Developer tab, then add an ActiveX TextBox on each of the first four slides, use a simple code like this (on Slide2):

Private Sub TextBox1_Change()
  Slide5.TextBox2 = Me.TextBox1
End Sub

And add 4 Textboxes on Slide5, that's it. But unfortunately:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/where-...

Andreas.

Answer 2

Sorry for the delay.  This got lost in spam.  I would like for the typing to work in Normal view.  Is that possible?

Answer 3

It took me time to get access to a Windows machine, but I got it working!  Thank you SO much!

Answer 4

Do you want the typing activity to work while the slide show is running, or while it is Normal view?