How do I make an interactive calculator in power point?

[mama2cook]

I attend an online college and am working on an interactive power point
presentation concerning financial management. This is an educational based
project teaching students how to balance a budget and a checkbook. Can the
calculator be added to a page in the power point?

[Echo S]

Is the calculator an EXE (or another file), or do you actually want to
create it in PPT?
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Post by mama2cook
I attend an online college and am working on an interactive power point
presentation concerning financial management. This is an educational based
project teaching students how to balance a budget and a checkbook. Can the
calculator be added to a page in the power point?

[Austin Myers]

How about just inserting Windows Calculator as an object?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

Post by mama2cook
I attend an online college and am working on an interactive power point
presentation concerning financial management. This is an educational based
project teaching students how to balance a budget and a checkbook. Can the
calculator be added to a page in the power point?

[Bill Foley]

As mentioned before, you can insert the Windows Calculator. Depending on
the version of Windows you have will determine the exact location of this
file, but you could do a search in Windows Explorer for a file called
"calc.exe". If you want to make the interactivity inside PowerPoint, it
will require some VBA programming. I have a sample calculation file you can
download at:

http://www.pttinc.com/ppt_faq8.html
--
Bill Foley
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor
www.pttinc.com

Post by mama2cook
I attend an online college and am working on an interactive power point
presentation concerning financial management. This is an educational based
project teaching students how to balance a budget and a checkbook. Can the
calculator be added to a page in the power point?

[Steve Rindsberg]

Post by Bill Foley
As mentioned before, you can insert the Windows Calculator. Depending on
the version of Windows you have will determine the exact location of this
file,

The location may vary but it's on the path on every machine I've ever had,
going back to Win30.

IOW, if you add an action setting as RUN PROGRAM and type in CALC.EXE it'll
work.

Sorta. There's that blasted "DANGER WILL ROBINSON" warning about how you're
going to wipe out life as we know it by continuing.

If you're running the thing in PPT you can add a macro:

Sub CalcMeDaddy()
Call Shell("CALC.EXE", vbnormalfocus)
End Sub

Have the action button run the macro instead of CALC.EXE directly and it works
w/o any natter from Bill.



but you could do a search in Windows Explorer for a file called

Post by Bill Foley
"calc.exe". If you want to make the interactivity inside PowerPoint, it
will require some VBA programming. I have a sample calculation file you can
http://www.pttinc.com/ppt_faq8.html

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Bill Foley]

Windows 98, I know for sure (not sure about 2000 or ME), was in C:\Windows.
The calculator program in Windows XP is in C:\Windows\System32. Not sure
where it was in Windows NT.
--
Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor

Post by Steve Rindsberg

Post by Bill Foley
As mentioned before, you can insert the Windows Calculator. Depending on
the version of Windows you have will determine the exact location of this
file,

The location may vary but it's on the path on every machine I've ever had,
going back to Win30.
IOW, if you add an action setting as RUN PROGRAM and type in CALC.EXE it'll
work.
Sorta. There's that blasted "DANGER WILL ROBINSON" warning about how you're
going to wipe out life as we know it by continuing.
Sub CalcMeDaddy()
Call Shell("CALC.EXE", vbnormalfocus)
End Sub
Have the action button run the macro instead of CALC.EXE directly and it works
w/o any natter from Bill.
but you could do a search in Windows Explorer for a file called

Post by Bill Foley
"calc.exe". If you want to make the interactivity inside PowerPoint, it
will require some VBA programming. I have a sample calculation file you can
http://www.pttinc.com/ppt_faq8.html

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

[Steve Rindsberg]

Post by Bill Foley
Windows 98, I know for sure (not sure about 2000 or ME), was in C:\Windows.
The calculator program in Windows XP is in C:\Windows\System32. Not sure
where it was in Windows NT.

Yep. And all of those are on the path, so you don't need the full path, just
the EXE name and that clever Windas thing of Mr. Bill's will find it for you.

Notepad too, and most of the other little accessories.

Type SOL at any command prompt, Sunny. ;-)



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

[ChrisHarrington]

You can embed a IE control which refrences this SVG calculator
http://www.wpsenergy.com/JayNick/Calc20K.html

Post by mama2cook
I attend an online college and am working on an interactive power point
presentation concerning financial management. This is an educational based
project teaching students how to balance a budget and a checkbook. Can the
calculator be added to a page in the power point?