Microsoft KB Archive/236683

= VIZACT: Mouse Events on Text Box Only Work When You Click Border =

Article ID: 236683

Article Last Modified on 10/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Vizact 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q236683



SYMPTOMS
If you apply a triggered mouse behavior to a PowerPoint text box, the effect is triggered only if you click the border of the text box. The effect is not triggered if you click anything inside the text box. For example, if you click the text in the text box or anything else, nothing happens. Nothing grows or moves except the border of the text box. Visually, it appears that the text in the text box is exactly the same and that nothing has really happened.



CAUSE
The PowerPoint text box does not include all of the contents of the box. When you set a mouse trigger to work when the PowerPoint text box is clicked, you have to click the border of the text box for the mouse trigger to work.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open the page with the PowerPoint text box in Vizact.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, point to Autoshapes, point to Basic Shapes, and then click the rectangle shape.
 * 3) Drag the rectangle to cover the PowerPoint text box, and resize it to the shape of the PowerPoint text box.
 * 4) Right-click the Autoshape, and then click Format Autoshape.
 * 5) Under Fill, click No Fill in the Color list to make the Autoshape transparent.
 * 6) Right-click the Autoshape, and then click Add Text.
 * 7) Add the text that you want to be displayed for the page.
 * 8) Add any mouse triggers or effects to the Autoshape that you want to use.

Keywords: kbprb KB236683

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