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From: gary-yg on 9 May 2008 16:25
hello

I am looking for a way to click on a button in a menu within Powerpoint so
that the contents of a folder are displayed. I know how to create buttons and
hyperlink to a file which will open say a Word document, but cant find a way
to open a folder.

Can it be done in Powerpoint or is there a separate application that would
have to be used?

thanx

From: TAJ Simmons on 9 May 2008 19:41
Gary Yg

Add any shape

right click it - > choose "action settings"

choose "run program"

enter something like this in the box

"C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" c:\windows

Then during a slideshow if you click the box - and say yes to the warning,
then

explorer will run showing the windows folder


change the windows folder the the folder you wish to show

cheers
TAJ Simmons
Microsoft Powerpoint MVP

http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
awesome - powerpoint templates,
powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...


"gary-yg" <garyyg(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D894B23C-4829-40BE-A4C7-2DF2CF4309A6(a)microsoft.com...
> hello
>
> I am looking for a way to click on a button in a menu within Powerpoint so
> that the contents of a folder are displayed. I know how to create buttons
> and
> hyperlink to a file which will open say a Word document, but cant find a
> way
> to open a folder.
>
> Can it be done in Powerpoint or is there a separate application that would
> have to be used?
>
> thanx
>


From: gary-yg on 10 May 2008 05:58
Thanks TAJ

OK this launches explorer which shows the layout of every folder on the
computer, but how do I show the contents of the specific folder that relates
to the Powerpoint presentation?

The idea is here is a one click to show all the relevant files as the user
doesnt know where these files are.


Gary

"TAJ Simmons" wrote:

> Gary Yg
>
> Add any shape
>
> right click it - > choose "action settings"
>
> choose "run program"
>
> enter something like this in the box
>
> "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" c:\windows
>
> Then during a slideshow if you click the box - and say yes to the warning,
> then
>
> explorer will run showing the windows folder
>
>
> change the windows folder the the folder you wish to show
>
> cheers
> TAJ Simmons
> Microsoft Powerpoint MVP
>
> http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> awesome - powerpoint templates,
> powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...
>
>
> "gary-yg" <garyyg(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D894B23C-4829-40BE-A4C7-2DF2CF4309A6(a)microsoft.com...
> > hello
> >
> > I am looking for a way to click on a button in a menu within Powerpoint so
> > that the contents of a folder are displayed. I know how to create buttons
> > and
> > hyperlink to a file which will open say a Word document, but cant find a
> > way
> > to open a folder.
> >
> > Can it be done in Powerpoint or is there a separate application that would
> > have to be used?
> >
> > thanx
> >
>
>
>
From: Steve Rindsberg on 10 May 2008 21:01
In article <02CFD0A4-044B-4217-BB08-FD9DF285AA85(a)microsoft.com>, Gary-yg wrote:
> Thanks TAJ
>
> OK this launches explorer which shows the layout of every folder on the
> computer, but how do I show the contents of the specific folder that relates
> to the Powerpoint presentation?
>
> The idea is here is a one click to show all the relevant files as the user
> doesnt know where these files are.

As Taj mentioned, you have to edit the line to point to the specific folder you
want to show the user.

But if you don't want to show Explorer (ie don't want to let the user navigate
to another folder) I can't think of a way of doing it offhand, other than with
VBA or by calling some program other than Explorer that does what you want.


>
> Gary
>
> "TAJ Simmons" wrote:
>
> > Gary Yg
> >
> > Add any shape
> >
> > right click it - > choose "action settings"
> >
> > choose "run program"
> >
> > enter something like this in the box
> >
> > "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" c:\windows
> >
> > Then during a slideshow if you click the box - and say yes to the warning,
> > then
> >
> > explorer will run showing the windows folder
> >
> >
> > change the windows folder the the folder you wish to show
> >
> > cheers
> > TAJ Simmons
> > Microsoft Powerpoint MVP
> >
> > http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> > awesome - powerpoint templates,
> > powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...
> >
> >
> > "gary-yg" <garyyg(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:D894B23C-4829-40BE-A4C7-2DF2CF4309A6(a)microsoft.com...
> > > hello
> > >
> > > I am looking for a way to click on a button in a menu within Powerpoint so
> > > that the contents of a folder are displayed. I know how to create buttons
> > > and
> > > hyperlink to a file which will open say a Word document, but cant find a
> > > way
> > > to open a folder.
> > >
> > > Can it be done in Powerpoint or is there a separate application that would
> > > have to be used?
> > >
> > > thanx
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================


From: gary-yg on 11 May 2008 07:20
Hi TAJ and Steve


I have got it to work now just as I want.



I was not clear that you had to add the location of the folder on to the end
of the Windows Explorer command.
So thanks to both of you, I can now create custom menu panels for our
presentations.

This is a very usefull technique, it saves users from wandering all over the
place to find relevant files.

regards
Gary





"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <02CFD0A4-044B-4217-BB08-FD9DF285AA85(a)microsoft.com>, Gary-yg wrote:
> > Thanks TAJ
> >
> > OK this launches explorer which shows the layout of every folder on the
> > computer, but how do I show the contents of the specific folder that relates
> > to the Powerpoint presentation?
> >
> > The idea is here is a one click to show all the relevant files as the user
> > doesnt know where these files are.
>
> As Taj mentioned, you have to edit the line to point to the specific folder you
> want to show the user.
>
> But if you don't want to show Explorer (ie don't want to let the user navigate
> to another folder) I can't think of a way of doing it offhand, other than with
> VBA or by calling some program other than Explorer that does what you want.
>
>
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "TAJ Simmons" wrote:
> >
> > > Gary Yg
> > >
> > > Add any shape
> > >
> > > right click it - > choose "action settings"
> > >
> > > choose "run program"
> > >
> > > enter something like this in the box
> > >
> > > "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" c:\windows
> > >
> > > Then during a slideshow if you click the box - and say yes to the warning,
> > > then
> > >
> > > explorer will run showing the windows folder
> > >
> > >
> > > change the windows folder the the folder you wish to show
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > TAJ Simmons
> > > Microsoft Powerpoint MVP
> > >
> > > http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> > > awesome - powerpoint templates,
> > > powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...
> > >
> > >
> > > "gary-yg" <garyyg(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:D894B23C-4829-40BE-A4C7-2DF2CF4309A6(a)microsoft.com...
> > > > hello
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for a way to click on a button in a menu within Powerpoint so
> > > > that the contents of a folder are displayed. I know how to create buttons
> > > > and
> > > > hyperlink to a file which will open say a Word document, but cant find a
> > > > way
> > > > to open a folder.
> > > >
> > > > Can it be done in Powerpoint or is there a separate application that would
> > > > have to be used?
> > > >
> > > > thanx
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>
>
>
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