News Ticker

[dansleeth]

Hi guys, I work in a school and have a few plasmas dotted about connected to a PC running PowerPoint. The PP contains slides about various clubs and events, but I really to add some sort of news ticker (like the info that runs along the bottom of news channels).

I have tried using an add-in that allows me to display websites on each slide, which refreshes the webpage everytime the slide progresses, but due to me using scrolling text on that webpage, the scrolling text will only go as far as the slide's transition timings.

Instead, I need some way of showing that add-in on top of the slides, so it does not change with each slide transition. Either that or I have something else running on the computer that sits on top of powerpoint.

Does that make sense?

[Ammok]

I don't know if this might help
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/tutorials/ticker.html
it gives a ticker tape effect.
I don't know if you can embed a live feed in a rolling presentation.
This guy has a javascript that appears to do what you want, but i'm not convinced it your solution
http://www.mioplanet.com/rsc/newsticker_javascript.htm

However, they are plenty smart at pp that's for sure, drop em a line. good luck.

[Helior]

Is it required that the ticker is loaded from a website?