In this Powerpoint slide players click the Start

In this Powerpoint slide, players click the Start button to reset the score boxes to zero and to advance to slide 2 to present player 1 a question. If player 1 clicks the correct answer button, his score is incremented by one point. Click the Next button advances to the slide where player 2 is presented a question. Click the correct answer button and his score in scorebox 2 is incremented by one point. At the end, the slide presents the final score and announces the winner. Player 1 0 You can use and modify this Powerpoint file to incorporate the score keeping mechanism into your Powerpoint game. To add more questions, you can duplicate slides 2 and 3 for presenting additional questions to player 1 and player 2, respectively. Player 2 0 Start game Use the button “Game over & Show results” on slide 5 to advance players to the last slide, play applause, and to announce the winner. Use slide 6 for the final slide in your PPT game to display final scores and to announce the winner. How does it work? This file uses visual basic macros to track and post the scores to the scoreboxes when players enter each slide and when users click on the response buttons. To view the macros, click Developer/Visual. Basic option. If the Developer menu option is not on the menu ribbon, click File/Options, then click Customize. Ribbon. On left pane, select Developer, click Add button, then click OK. This textbox has been assigned the object name ‘scorebox’ and the textbox for presenting player 2’s score has been assigned the object name ‘scorebox 2’. By naming the textboxes, the macros in this Powerpoint file can change and update the scores depending on the player’s responses to the game questions. This is an action button that calls the macro Reset. Score that 1) places zero values into the textboxes scorebox and scorebox 2; and 2) advances the player to the next slide. When you create a textbox, you can assign a name to the textbox by clicking Home/Selection. Pane. When the selection pane is on screen, click the textbox you want to name and the textbox’s default name will be highlighted/selected in the selection pane. Click the cursor on the default name to insert a new name. The player 2 score box is assigned the object name “scorebox 2”. 1

Player 1 2 Correct Response Wrong Response Player 2 3 Clicking on this button calls the macro Wrong. Answer to deduct one point from the current score displayed in scorebox for player 1 and present the updated score in the player 1’s scorebox. Clicking on the Correct Response button calls the macro Correct. Answer to add one point and to display new score in player 1’s scorebox. PLAYER #1 Question 1 The macro below automatically updates the score boxes the moment you enter a new slide. You can make them transparent and invisible if you don’t want score boxes on a slide. Public Sub On. Slide. Show. Page. Change(By. Val Window As Slide. Show. Window) Active. Presentation. Slide. Show. Window. View. Slide. Shapes("scorebox"). Text. Frame. Text. Range. Text = Add. To. The. Points(0) Active. Presentation. Slide. Show. Window. View. Slide. Shapes("scorebox 2"). Text. Frame. Text. Range. Text = Add. To. The. Points 2(0) End Sub Next 2

Correct Response Wrong Response Player 1 2 Player 2 3 Clicking on this button calls the macro Wrong. Answer 2 to deduct one point from the current score displayed in scorebox for player 2 and present the updated score in the player 2’s scorebox. Clicking on the Correct Response button calls the macro Correct. Answer 2 to add one point and to display new score in player 2’s scorebox. PLAYER #2 – Question #1 Next 3

Correct Response Player 1 2 Player 2 3 Wrong Response PLAYER #1 Question 2 Next 4

Correct Response Player 1 2 Player 2 1 Wrong Response PLAYER #2 – Question #2 Clicking on this button advances you to the final slide, plays applause, and then announces the winner by presenting text into the blank green textbox with the shape name “Results”. Game over & Show Results 5

Player 1 Player 2 Play Again 6