PowerPoint 2003: Interactive Presentations

[JustinProvo]

I am confused about a feature on PowerPoint 2003. I have played a Jeopardy
game in numerous classes at my school created via PowerPoint.

To make a long story short, I am trying to figure out how to make an
interactive presentation for a job, and it was originally on an old program
called Harvard Graphics. My job, for this, is to duplicate the program's
interactive training program and turn it into a PowerPoint presentation in
order to get rid of these programs that we don't need.

The whole idea is have a "Menu Page" where a trainee will be able to select
a "path" or some sort of option and after recieving multiple slides of
information after the clicking an option on the "Menu Page," he or she will
be able to return to the "Menu Page" and chose another option.

Does anyone know anything about redirection through slides in PowerPoint 2003?

Please let me know by responding to this or emailing me at
(e-mail address removed)

Thanks!

 

[Echo S]

You can use hyperlinks / action settings and also trigger animations to do
this kind of interactivity. Hyperlinks and Action Settings let you click an
object and go to another slide. Trigger animations let you click an object
and have something happen (appear/disappear) on that slide.

Right-click the object and choose Hyperlink or Action Settings to get
started. They're pretty intuitive. (Make sure you don't have commas in your
slide titles, though.) For Trigger Animations, see
http://www.echosvoice.com/triggers.htm

You might also look into custom shows. You have to create one, then you can
hyperlink to it and choose "show and return." This may be overkill for what
you need, but just in case, here's a bunch of stuff on Office Online about
custom shows:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/results.aspx?qu=custom+show&sc=9

 

[JustinProvo]

Thanks a lot for all of your help. Actually, after I posted this, I found a
PDF online that explained it to me. And I ended up using the action buttons
and it worked out great!

Thanks for the advice though. I will definately use your advice!

--
Justin Provo

You can use hyperlinks / action settings and also trigger animations to do
this kind of interactivity. Hyperlinks and Action Settings let you click an
object and go to another slide. Trigger animations let you click an object
and have something happen (appear/disappear) on that slide.

Right-click the object and choose Hyperlink or Action Settings to get
started. They're pretty intuitive. (Make sure you don't have commas in your
slide titles, though.) For Trigger Animations, see
http://www.echosvoice.com/triggers.htm

You might also look into custom shows. You have to create one, then you can
hyperlink to it and choose "show and return." This may be overkill for what
you need, but just in case, here's a bunch of stuff on Office Online about
custom shows:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/results.aspx?qu=custom+show&sc=9

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I am confused about a feature on PowerPoint 2003. I have played a Jeopardy
game in numerous classes at my school created via PowerPoint.

To make a long story short, I am trying to figure out how to make an
interactive presentation for a job, and it was originally on an old
program
called Harvard Graphics. My job, for this, is to duplicate the program's
interactive training program and turn it into a PowerPoint presentation in
order to get rid of these programs that we don't need.

The whole idea is have a "Menu Page" where a trainee will be able to
select
a "path" or some sort of option and after recieving multiple slides of
information after the clicking an option on the "Menu Page," he or she
will
be able to return to the "Menu Page" and chose another option.

Does anyone know anything about redirection through slides in PowerPoint
2003?

Please let me know by responding to this or emailing me at
(e-mail address removed)

Thanks!