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Powerful PowerPoint for Educators: Using Visual Basic for Applications to Make Powerpoint Interactive


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Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter 1: Multimedia Design Introduction Vocabulary What Is Multimedia? The Design Process Project Organization Metaphors Storyboards and Flowcharts Designing Assignments for Your Students Conclusion Chapter 2: Getting Started Introduction Vocabulary PowerPoint, Windows, and Mac OS Settings 1. Stop Hiding File Extensions 2. Install a Local Printer Driver (Windows Only) 3. Sounds Settings for PowerPoint 2007/2008 and Earlier 4. Show the Developer Tab in the Ribbon 5. Set Macro Security 6. Create a Folder and Save PowerPoint File Types PowerPoint Versions Opening a File with Macros Conclusion Chapter 3: Traditional and Multimedia Features of PowerPoint Introduction Vocabulary Inserting Images Photo Albums Sounds Linking and Embedding Sounds (PowerPoint 2007/2008 and Earlier) Hypertext Links Linking within Your Presentation Linking outside Your Presentation: Web Pages and Other Documents Buttons Text for Buttons Sound for Buttons Aligning Objects and Other Details Trigger Animations (Windows Only) Controlling Navigation with Kiosk Mode Saving as a PowerPoint Show Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 4: Introducing Visual Basic® for Applications Introduction Vocabulary What Is Visual Basic for Applications? What Is an Object-Oriented Programming Language? Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 5: Getting Started with VBA Introduction Vocabulary Accessing the VBA Editor What If It Didn't Work? Help! I've Lost My Windows Be a Scripter: Change Things in Quotes Subroutine, Procedure, or Macro Tying Your VBA Script to a PowerPoint Button Tying Your VBA Script to Any Object What's in a Name? Changing a Button Securing Your VBA Script from Prying Eyes Conclusion Exercise to Try Chapter 6: Let's Get Scripting Introduction Vocabulary Variables and Getting Input Variable Declarations Variable Types The YourName Procedure and Abstraction Force the Student to Type Something What Else? A Personal Response and a Short-Answer Question Running Your Scripts Calling a Procedure from Another Procedure Putting It Together: A Complete Quiz Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 7: A Scripting Bag of Tricks Introduction Vocabulary Comments Navigation: Moving from Slide to Slide The Secrets of the MsgBox Procedures, Functions, and Parentheses Hiding and Showing PowerPoint Objects Let's Get Started: Initializing Your Presentation Referencing Objects by Number What's in a Name? Finding and Changing Object and Slide Names Shape Names Slide Names Using Names Let's Get Started Again This Slide or Another Slide I Lost My Shapes Putting the Student's Input into a Box Manipulating Text in Objects With Blocks Adding Text Manipulating Parts of Text in an Object What Can You Change Other Things You Can Do to Text Manipulating Text: The Mystery Example Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 8: Quizzes and Tests Introduction Vocabulary Simple Multiple-Choice Quizzes Keeping Score Try Again: Answer Until It's Right Short-Answer Quiz Questions Do Spelling and Spacing Count? Bonus Trick: Three Tries Try Again and Again: Answer Again After It's Right How Did You Do: Reporting Results to the Teacher Learn First, Ask Questions Later: The Tutorial and Quiz Lost in Hyperspace: Where Have I Been? Hide the Quiz Button Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 9: More Tricks for Your Scripting Bag Introduction Vocabulary Conditionals: The If Statement Looping While Loops Do Loops For Next Loops For Each Loops Infinite Loops Parameters Timed Functions Saving and Quitting Adding PowerPoint Objects Arrays I Don't Know How Many Questions: ReDim to the Rescue Which Button Did I Press? Random Numbers Randomly Generated Questions Keeping Score Try Again: Answer Until It's Right Choose Questions Randomly from a Pool Ask How Many Questions You Want Keeping Score Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 10: Advanced Scripting Tricks Introduction Vocabulary Tags More Tags Stop in the Middle: Saving State Writing to a File Reading from a File Communicating with Excel Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 11: Debugging Tips Introduction Vocabulary My Scripts Always Work the First Time Testing for Bugs No News Is Bad News PEBKAC Errors The Error in Red I'm Not Seeing Red, but I'm Seeing Red Commenting Out Compiling Your Code Debugger An Ounce of Prevention Capitalization Don't Capitalize to Prevent Bugs Naming Conventions Option Explicit Indenting Hints from the VBA Editor VBA Help Common Bugs Multiple Modules Duplicate Variables Duplicate Procedures Extra End Sub The Forgotten Dim Exclamation Points in File Names Debugging Steps Error Trapping Bugs That Aren't Your Fault Final Word on Debugging and Error Prevention Conclusion Exercises to Try Chapter 12: Templates Introduction Vocabulary What Are Templates? Saving Your Template The Pick-a-Partner Template Project Conclusion Exercises to Try Epilogue References Index

About the Author :
David M. Marcovitz, PhD, is associate professor in the School of Education and director of the graduate program in educational technology at Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

Review :
Directions are straightforward, easy-to-follow, and include screen shots.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798216131205
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Using Visual Basic for Applications to Make Powerpoint Interactive
  • ISBN-10: 8216131208
  • Publisher Date: 15 May 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 296


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