I have to maintain 3 very large presentations for different audiences. A
lot of the data in the 3 separate decks was redundant and very 'fluid'
requiring frequent updates, so I merged them and created 3 separate custom
slide shows for the different audiences... Works great, except I need to be
able to completely hide all slides except for the ones I am presenting to a
particular audience. Is there a way to save a custom slide show so that only
those slides that I wish to share can be seen by the audience?

It will only take a second to check it out! But ... they should be no warning
with links to custom shows.
--
-------------------------------------------
Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials

http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
email john AT technologytrish.co.uk


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:

>
> Steve,
>
> Is that likely to trigger the warning message as described in
> http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00587.htm ?
>
> Brian.
>
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
> (Steve Rindsberg) wrote:
>
> > *From:* Steve Rindsberg <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > *Date:* Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:38:17 EDT
> >
> > In article <936149F3-B8A8-4ED2-A351-(E-Mail Removed)>,
> > Carol Ann wrote:
> > > I have to maintain 3 very large presentations for different
> > > audiences. A lot of the data in the 3 separate decks was
> > > redundant and very 'fluid' requiring frequent updates, so I
> > > merged them and created 3 separate custom slide shows for the
> > > different audiences... Works great, except I need to be able to
> > > completely hide all slides except for the ones I am presenting to
> > a particular audience. Is there a way to save a custom slide show
> > > so that only those slides that I wish to share can be seen by the
> > > audience?
> >
> > You'll no doubt get several answers .. go with the one that works
> > best for you. One possibility:
> >
> > You've got the three custom shows done already, right?
> >
> > Add one common slide at the beginning of the presentation ... it
> > could be a generic "Welcome" slide or just a blank that's up while
> > people walk into the room.
> >
> > On it, draw three rectangles, each filling 1/3 of the screen.
> > Don't worry about the color for now.
> >
> > Give each an Action Setting of Hyperlink to: Custom Show (pick one
> > of your custom shows and put a check next to Show and Return).
> >
> > Finally, give the rectangles no outline and set the fill
> > transparency to 99%.
> >
> > Now you can start your show on the first slide then when you're
> > ready to kick it off, click on the left third for the first custom
> > show, middle third for the second custom show and so on.
> >
> > PPT will go to the custom show, then return to the first slide it's
> > done.
> >
> > Might want to add one more rectangle to take you to a single
> > "Thanks, and so long" slide you can click to at the end of each
> > show.
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
> >
> >
>

I forgot to mention I already have hyperlinks created on the first page for
the 3 custom shows. The problem is we send these ppts out via email and
management doesn't want the audience to be able to access any of the data
except the custom show designated for that audience. I want to be able to
save it so only the selected slide show can be seen when I send it out.
Any other ideas.

"Carol Ann" wrote:

> I have to maintain 3 very large presentations for different audiences. A
> lot of the data in the 3 separate decks was redundant and very 'fluid'
> requiring frequent updates, so I merged them and created 3 separate custom
> slide shows for the different audiences... Works great, except I need to be
> able to completely hide all slides except for the ones I am presenting to a
> particular audience. Is there a way to save a custom slide show so that only
> those slides that I wish to share can be seen by the audience?

In that case, I don't think you can do what you want to do really
easily. You really want to create a slide show that only contains the
slides in a particular custom show, not just hide those slide. Any
system for hiding will them in the PPT file, accessible to everyone even
if they don't show in the show. Perhaps there is a VBA solution that
will let you scroll through all the slides and export the ones in a
particular custom show. You will really need to export the slides into
their own slide show to get what you want. Alternatively, you could look
for some kind of slide library program that will handle what you want.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

=?Utf-8?B?Q2Fyb2wgQW5u?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:FD09DA6F-5765-49ED-B213-(E-Mail Removed):

> I forgot to mention I already have hyperlinks created on the first
> page for the 3 custom shows. The problem is we send these ppts out
> via email and management doesn't want the audience to be able to
> access any of the data except the custom show designated for that
> audience. I want to be able to save it so only the selected slide
> show can be seen when I send it out. Any other ideas.
>
> "Carol Ann" wrote:
>
>> I have to maintain 3 very large presentations for different
>> audiences. A lot of the data in the 3 separate decks was redundant
>> and very 'fluid' requiring frequent updates, so I merged them and
>> created 3 separate custom slide shows for the different audiences...
>> Works great, except I need to be able to completely hide all slides
>> except for the ones I am presenting to a particular audience. Is
>> there a way to save a custom slide show so that only those slides
>> that I wish to share can be seen by the audience?
>

"David M. Marcovitz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:Xns9ACF7ED7FA14BmarcoNOSPAMloyolaedu@207.46.248.16:

> In that case, I don't think you can do what you want to do really
> easily. You really want to create a slide show that only contains the
> slides in a particular custom show, not just hide those slide. Any
> system for hiding will them in the PPT file, accessible to everyone
> even if they don't show in the show. Perhaps there is a VBA solution
> that will let you scroll through all the slides and export the ones in
> a particular custom show. You will really need to export the slides
> into their own slide show to get what you want. Alternatively, you
> could look for some kind of slide library program that will handle
> what you want. --David
>

OK. Ignore what I said (except where it overlaps with what Steve said)
and pay attention to Steve. He found you an add-in that will do the VBA
that I was envisioning in my head.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/