Yes, you can easily add some ActiveX controls on your PowerPoint presentation slides
to make them interactive. Here is an example of two text boxes and one command button
ActiveX controls:
1. Click the Developer tab. You see the Developer tab menu showing up.
2. Select the Text Box icon from the Controls menu group,
then press and drag the mouse to create an ActiveX control text box on the slide.
3. Click the right mouse button on the text box and select Properties
from the context menu. You see the Properties box showing up.
4. Change the value in the (Name) field to "Temperature". Then
change the value in the Value field to "32".
5. Repeat the process to create another text box with name of Result
and value of "?".
6. Select the Command Button icon from the Controls menu group,
then press and drag the mouse to create an ActiveX control command button on the slide.
7. Change the value in the Caption field to "Convert" on the Properties box
of the command button.
8. Click the right mouse button on the command button and select View Code
from the context menu. You see the Microsoft Visual Basic window showing up.
9. Enter the following programming code in Visual Basic window and close it:
Private Sub Convert_Click()
Result.Value = 5 * (Temperature.Value - 32) / 9
End Sub
10. Click the Slide Show icon to test ActiveX controls.
This picture shows one test result:
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