Map for Power Point

[Guest]

I am resonably new to using power point, so I hope I am not asking for too
much. Is there a realitively easy way that I can copy a USA map to a power
point slide and then copy various areas to other slide and add bullets and
notes. For example I would like to have a slide with the USA and on the
slide note regional offices in each state. Then a slide with the state of
Texas and note the location of 10 different stores.

 

[Austin Myers]

What you are really doing is putting a picture (image) on the slide.
PowerPoint has no way to break the picture up. You'll need to use state
maps and join them as required.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[TAJ Simmons]

JayE,

There is an editable US state map (to purchase) here
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/s-maps-and-flags.htm

By editable, I mean you can edit each state just like any object in
powerpoint

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc

 

[Bill Foley]

You can create your slide with the USA map, create your slide with the Texas
map, go back to the USA map and draw a simple rectangle over the middle of
the state, right click the rectangle and select "Action Settings", click the
"Hyperlink to" dropdown option and select "Slide", select the Texas slide
(always a good idea to use the Title Placeholder so the title shows up here
instead of "Slide 2"). Click the "Highlight Click" checkbox at the bottom
left. Click "OK" to close out.

Select your rectangle again and on the Drawing Toolbar click the "Fill
Color" dropdown and select "No Fill", then the "Line Color" dropdown and
select "No Line".

You now have a hidden object over your state that when clicked in Slide Show
mode will take you to the desired slide. You might want to create and
duplicate a visible button that when clicked takes you back to the USA map
and copy and paste this button on other slides.