Inserting Slides at Runtime

[Guest]

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a was to insert additional blank slides to a
PowerPoint presentation during runtime. The reason is that I am using a
Tablet PC for teaching and sometimes wish to illustrate some ideas on a blank
slide (Draw Diagrams, etc...) but don't wish to close the Presentation to add
a slide, then start it again (stopping the flow)

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Grant.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Here are some ideas:

1. You can use VBA to add slides. Example 7.9 on my Web site
(http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/) has an example of
adding a slide. It's not blank, but it can be easily modified (in fact
you could eliminate most of the code, but I won't give you more pointers
about this unless you say you want to try it in VBA).
2. You can have the some blank slides created in advance and have
hyperlinks (possibly on the master slide) that take you to them.
3. You could have everything animated on each of your slides (even set it
to come in at one time) so each slide starts out blank until you click to
get the stuff to come in.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/