I know you understand exactly what you mean but it really isn't that clear
But
Why do you think ActivX TextBoxes on the master do not work - they do.
You could try this to run a mcro at slide xx
Code:
Sub OnSlideShowPageChange(SW As SlideShowWindow)
If SW.View.CurrentShowPosition = xx Then 'the slide in question
Call themacro
End If
End Sub
You can address an ActivX textbox called "TextBox1" on slide 3 like this
strText=ActivePresentation.Slides(3).Shapes("TextB ox1").OLEFormat.Object.Text
If you measure the value od NOW at two points in the presentation you can use DateDiff to get the elapsed time
Code:
Public d_then As Date
Sub getEarlier()
d_then = Now
End Sub
Sub getElapsed()
MsgBox DateDiff("s", d_then, Now) & _
" seconds have elapsed.", vbInformation
End Sub