Drag and Drop PowerPoint

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Drag and Drop PowerPoint

• or
• How to make PowerPoint behave like an Interactive
  Whiteboard.

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Match the correct definition with the name of the
polygon
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Before you start

• Open PowerPoint
• Click Tools
• Click Options
• Click Security Tag
• Click Macro Security
• Select Medium
• Close and re-open PowerPoint (you
  wont have to do any of that again)

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Write your presentation

• Write the PowerPoint presentation as normal, or
  find the PowerPoint you want to add the macro to.
• Save it.

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Instructions

• Open DragandDrop.ppt
• (Click enable macros if asked)
• Click Insert
• Click Slides from Files
• Click Browse and then on your chosen ppt
• Tick Keep Source Formatting
• Click Insert All
• Click save as and rename your PowerPoint

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To make bits move with Drag and Drop

• Right-click on the image or text box you want to
  move around
• Click Action Settings
• Click Run Macro
  (draganddrop should be in the box)
• Click OK
• When you have finished you can delete all these
  instruction slides

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How it works

• You are adding a macro called DropandDrag.
• The macro is embedded in this presentation which
  is why you have to put your slides into it and
  then save it again with a new name.
• You can delete any last slides now and the macro
  will stay.
• The macro was created by Hans Werner Hofmann
  Ute Simon.

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Troubleshooting

• Check security settings are medium
  (recommended) or low (not recommended)
• Make sure you right-click on the top line of a
  text box if you want it to move it will go
  transparent if clicked in right place.
• If a group of objects wont drag, try right
  clicking and saving the group as a picture.
  Insert the picture back into the presentation
  (Insert, Picture, From file) and apply the
  macro to the picture.