Improved drag and drop in PowerPoint
One of the creators of the magical draganddrop macro, Hans Werner Hofmann left a lovely comment on this blog recently saying how pleased he was that his creation had generated such a positive response and gave the great news that he has updated its functionality offering new possibilities for classroom use.
In addition to making an object follow the movement of the cursor when clicked, the macro can now also zoom in and out, rotate clockwise by 45 degrees at a time, add text and calculate mathematical formulas!
Following Hans' screencast explaining how to embed the macro into any presentation, I have updated The Magic PowerPoint created by Jo Rhys-Jones acting Primary Languages Advisor for Hampshire to include the new instructions needed and to explain how to run the slideshow in PowerPoint 2007 which differs quite radically from previous versions.
Download TheMagicPowerpointMacroImproved.ppt
To use the draganddrop macro you must first make sure you have changed the security settings so that macros are enabled. Here's what you do:
To enable macros
In PowerPoint 2002, click Tools and Macro. In the menu which appears click Security and select the radio button next to Medium. Click OK and close PowerPoint.
In PowerPoint 2003, click Tools and Options. In the Options window that appears, click the Security Tab and the Macro Security button. Click the Security tab and select the radio button next to Medium. Click OK and close PowerPoint.
Now when you open a presentation which contains the draganddrop macro, click the Enable Macros button if it appears.
In PowerPoint 2007, click the Office Button and then PowerPoint Options
Click Trust Center and Trust Center Settings
Click Macro Settings and select the radio button next to Disable all macros with notification. Click OK twice.
Click Options on the Security Warning message that appears
In the Security Options window which appears, select the radio button next to Enable this content. Click OK.
To apply the draganddrop macro
In PowerPoint 2002/03, right click the object you want to drag and drop, select Action Settings and then Run macro: DragandDrop and click OK.
In PowerPoint 2007, select the object you want to drag and drop, click the Insert menu and the Action icon. In the Action Settings dialogue box that appears, select Run macro: DragandDrop and click OK.
Once you've applied the macro, you can delete the other slides and run the slideshow by pressing F5 or clicking Slide Show and From Beginning. Hover over the object and you will see the cursor change to a hand as if it were a hyperlink. Now use the following key combinations to enable the different features:
- Click + move the cursor = Drag and Drop
- Click + Ctrl = Zoom out
- Click + Ctrl + Alt = Zoom in
- Click + Shift = Rotate clockwise by 45 degrees at a time
- Click + Alt = Input Text
- Click + Shift + Alt = Calculate Formulas
N.B. When adding text to an object, Fertig = OK and Abbrechen = Cancel
More magic tips
- To avoid your presentation from accidentally ending with a mouse click or moving on to the next slide, click on Slide Show/Slide Transition and remove the tick from the box next to Advance On Mouse Click for PowerPoint 2002/3. For PowerPoint 2007, click the Animations menu and remove the tick from the box next to Advance On Mouse Click. Save your presentation.
- To move to the next slide, add an Action Button. In PowerPoint 2002/3, click Slide Show/Action Buttons and select the Action Button which points right. In PowerPoint 2007, click the Insert menu and Shapes, then scroll down to the Action Buttons and select the Action Button which points right. Then in both cases hold down the left click and drag the Action Button shape as large as need be. Let go of the left click. A dialogue box should come up. In the dropdown menu Hyperlink to, select Next slide. Run the slideshow and click the Action Button to go to the next slide.
- Have a look at Mark Purves' video tutorial on using the original version of the drag and drop macro with Jo Rhys-Jones' PowerPoint tricks presentation. Nice work.
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