Geography lesson suggestions, anyone? PPT2007

[Guest]

I want to present geography in a fun way to my fifth grade from my tablet
running PPT2007. I can mark on a outline map of the world, and that's
interesting but what other ways can I make the map more interesting? (I don't
want to do Shockwave, or Flash work in a browser, which would be one
alternative.) Can I set up invisible hot spots at a specified point that
launch other shows? When I did this kind of Powerpoint work (corporate sales
and marketing career before teaching) I did these kinds of branching shows
but I remember it was very hard to have their "trigger points" be invisible!
I had to make a trigger image that looked like it was part of the graphics...
you know what I mean.

Now I want to have certain templates that I fill with content and attach
that content quickly to hot spots.

For the geography I would love to have layers like Photoshop's that I could
show and hide at will.

I have to go over to Kathy Jacob's site to check out her ideas; anyone know
other sites to visit, especially anyone covering PPT2007? I looked in our
local Borders and only a few of the Office2007 books have made it to Hawaii
neighbor islands. This kind of stuff was never a big part of those books
anyway.

All suggestions welcomed.

Jonathan Rawle
Big Island, Hawaii.

 

[Guest]

Hello Jonathan,

Email me at sjohnsonatsignpresenationwiz.biz - I send you an example of how
this can be done.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Can I set up invisible hot spots at a specified point that

launch other shows?

Easily. Draw any shape you like, use the Actions button in the Links chunk of
the Insert tab to create the link action (using the same dialog box as you're
used to from earlier versions). But then rightclick the shape, choose Format,
and give it no line, solid fill, 100% transparency.

This'll work fine in 2007 but may not in earlier PPT or viewer versions
(including the 2007 viewer) so if you need to use the presentation on other
comptuers set the shape to 99 or 98% transparency instead.


When I did this kind of Powerpoint work (corporate sales

 

[Echo S]

There's a list of 2007 stuff you might find helpful on my site.
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm