Hello,
I have Power Point 2003 and was wondering how I can include a slide show
presentation in which at the top of each slide is a series of tabs that I
could individually label. This would mean that as I go from slide to slide,
my audience would know where I stood in my presentation since that specific
tab would be highlighted while I was talking about that specific slide.

I have seen this done before by other students (in which I regret not
asking), and hope this makes sense. Thank you!

This is something you set up manually by creating images or textboxes with
the tabs and using action settings (hyperlinks) to move to another slide
when you click the "tabs."

If you need more specifics, holler back.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


"pipster534" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0703C108-0C24-41EF-AFF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
> I have Power Point 2003 and was wondering how I can include a slide show
> presentation in which at the top of each slide is a series of tabs that I
> could individually label. This would mean that as I go from slide to
> slide,
> my audience would know where I stood in my presentation since that
> specific
> tab would be highlighted while I was talking about that specific slide.
>
> I have seen this done before by other students (in which I regret not
> asking), and hope this makes sense. Thank you!

Specifics would be awesome. I'm by all means not an expert when it comes to
this. As I said before, I saw another student do this as I figure it would be
really helpful for the biggest presentation of my college career before I
graduate
-Phil

"Echo S" wrote:

> This is something you set up manually by creating images or textboxes with
> the tabs and using action settings (hyperlinks) to move to another slide
> when you click the "tabs."
>
> If you need more specifics, holler back.
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
>
>
> "pipster534" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0703C108-0C24-41EF-AFF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> > I have Power Point 2003 and was wondering how I can include a slide show
> > presentation in which at the top of each slide is a series of tabs that I
> > could individually label. This would mean that as I go from slide to
> > slide,
> > my audience would know where I stood in my presentation since that
> > specific
> > tab would be highlighted while I was talking about that specific slide.
> >
> > I have seen this done before by other students (in which I regret not
> > asking), and hope this makes sense. Thank you!
>
>
>

Okay, here's the basics of one way. There are about a million ways to do
this, so others may decide to pop in with their own methods or variations,
and you can choose what works for you. :-)

First, draw the tabs. One way is to click the rectangle box, click on the
slide, and type the name of the tab. Format as desired. Double-click the
rectangle to open the Format Autoshape dialog box. (Or select the rectangle
and use Format | Autoshape.) On the Text tab of that dialog, remove the
"resize to fit text" option. Then either use the Size tab or just close the
dialog and drag the corners of the rectangle to size to taste. Then
copy/paste the rectangle for each of the other tabs and change the text as
necessary.

Use the Draw | Align or Distribute tools to align the tabs and/or distribute
them across the slide.

Assuming you want the tabs to appear on all slides, once you have the tabs
in place, copy them, go to View | Master | Slide Master and paste them on
the master slide and title slide. Or, if you want them only on the title
slides, just paste them on the title slide master. Then delete them from the
regular slide in View | Normal.

Now create all your slides.

Once the presentation is created, go to View | Master | Slide Master,
right-click one of the tabs and choose Action Settings. (Or select the
rectangle and use Slide Show | Action Settings.) Choose Hyperlink To |
Slide. Select the appropriate slide from the list and OK your way out. Test
the links by running the presentation -- they don't work in normal editing
view.

Don't use commas in your slide titles or you won't be able to link to them.
(Well, if they're absolutely necessary, we can teach you a workaround.)

The text in the tabs will be underlined, and the colors it displays in
(before and after clicking) are based on the last two colors in the slide
color scheme. Format | Slide Design | Color Schemes | Edit Color Schemes (at
the bottom of the task pane) will let you change that, but I recommend you
do it before creating your entire presentation. So create a couple of
slides, then create a couple of links and test. Adjust colors as you wish,
then go all out and finish your presentation before creating the links for
real.

If you don't want underlined text, create the text in a separate textbox and
align it on top of the tab rectangle. It won't be underlined, and it won't
change colors after it's clicked.

Good luck with your final project!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


"pipster534" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:52368CFA-6026-4D22-9100-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Specifics would be awesome. I'm by all means not an expert when it comes
> to
> this. As I said before, I saw another student do this as I figure it would
> be
> really helpful for the biggest presentation of my college career before I
> graduate
> -Phil
>
> "Echo S" wrote:
>
>> This is something you set up manually by creating images or textboxes
>> with
>> the tabs and using action settings (hyperlinks) to move to another slide
>> when you click the "tabs."
>>
>> If you need more specifics, holler back.
>>
>> --
>> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
>> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
>>
>>
>> "pipster534" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:0703C108-0C24-41EF-AFF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hello,
>> > I have Power Point 2003 and was wondering how I can include a slide
>> > show
>> > presentation in which at the top of each slide is a series of tabs that
>> > I
>> > could individually label. This would mean that as I go from slide to
>> > slide,
>> > my audience would know where I stood in my presentation since that
>> > specific
>> > tab would be highlighted while I was talking about that specific slide.
>> >
>> > I have seen this done before by other students (in which I regret not
>> > asking), and hope this makes sense. Thank you!
>>
>>
>>