Custom Animations

[Guest]

I am using Powerpoint 2003 to create training packages for the software the
company I work for develops. We have slides with many images & custom
animations on the one slide to describe (in step form) a particular function.
This works very well as a presentation but makes change management very
difficult as elements are hidden. Is there any way of viewing a list of
elements on each slide so that you can pick the element (say an image) on the
bottom & make changes without getting confused (I guess like layers in
Photoshop). It is easy for me to manage as I create the packages but if I am
away & someone else needs to make a small change it is quite tedious. The
alternative that has been suggested to me is to create many slides with fewer
images & animations for the one function, but this will significantly
increase our slide numbers. All suggestions appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Luc]

Melkal,
That's one of the limitations that has been overcome with PowerPoint 2007.
There you can name the objects on a slide anyway you want and you can hide
or show them at leisure (Select and visibility task pane). Which makes it
easy to select and animate.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, that helps me a lot. Now I have a very good reason to upgrade