Powerpoint and pop up boxes

[James]

I'm trying to put together a short interactive presentation /quiz using
PowerPoint, where the user clicks on a button to select an answer to a
question. If they get the correct answer I want a pop-up of some sort to
confirm why this is the correct option. If the selection is wrong a
different box will invite another go. I don't need to keep a count of
correct or wrong answers and don't really want to learn VB. Is there a
really simply way to achieve this?

 

[TAJ Simmons]

James,

I can think of a quick way of doing this using "audio".

e.g. it plays a "nice sound" on the correct answer when clicked, or plays a
"dud" sound for the wrong answer.

Right click the "correct" action box/text/shape and choose "action
settings". Then choose "play sound" on "mouse click". then choose a sound
you want to play.

Repeat for the wrong answers.

If audio is not going to cut it for you, then you will need to create
seperate slides for "correct" and "wrong", then assign the "action" setting
to jump to those "correct" or "wrong" slides. If you use customshows, you
can set it to "show and return".

For the whole nine yards on powerpoint and quizzes see
http://www.powerpointmagician.com/articles/dynamicppt.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc

 

[James]

Thanks for that ... the customshow does just what I wanted ...

Cheers, James

 

[Bill Foley]

James,

In addition to TAJ's info, you can download my "Review Question" sample file
at:

http://www.pttinc.com/cbt_development.html

Keep in mind that it uses VBA so your macro security needs to be set at
MEDIUM. The code is open so you can check it out by pressing ALT+F11 with
the presentation open. Holler back if you have any questions.