quitting PowerPoint presentations

[ian fleming]

I'm building a series of PowerPoint presentations that i wish to
interlink... I have done so by inserting hyperlinks, on a series of graphic
buttons that have been included in each file - this works very effectively.

The problem arises when the presentation is run - after selecting the
hyperlinks and navigating between presentations. When I try to quit - i have
to continually hit the escape button and move back through each movie until
i'm back to the 1st before I can get back to the Powerpoint application.

(I don't have any Visual Basic knowledge)

I'm using windows XP and PowerPoint 2002

would appreciate any insights!

Ian

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Check out the PowerPoint Linking Tutorial at:

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointtutorials.htm

--David

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

 

[ian fleming]

thanks David for your reply... that looks like a very useful site

however, in this instance the linking tutorial isn't going to solve my
problem.

I'm trying to create an interactive presentation (kiosk type) that will
allow the user to choose 1 of 4 options on the 1st screen - and then be
offered 2 or three choices, which will then lead them to the normal 'linear'
PowerPoint presentation. I'm planning to have 20/25 presentations linked
this way.

I mentioned earlier that I have no visual basic experience... I used
Macromedia Director for 10+ years with intermediate level lingo, but haven't
looked near it for 4 or 5 years. I'm a designer... need I say more about my
wish to avoid programming if at all possible.

Also this is a project that I'm trying to teach 15-16 year olds who have
only moderate PowerPoint experience - and they will hopefully be able to
produce their own version by the end of term!

thank you... in anticipation

Ian

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Sorry, I was at an all-day meeting yesterday so I couldn't respond
earlier. If the linking tutorial doesn't help, I think you are out of
luck. Generally, you don't want to go from one presentation to another to
another to another. Generally, you want to go from one main presentation,
to another, back to the main presentation (by exiting the other), and
then to another. This will keep, at most, two presentations open at once.
Otherwise, you probably will need some programming to close all the open
presentations at once.

For the 15-16 year-olds, think templates. You don't have to teach them
everything, if you create a template for them that contains everything
that is needed. I regularly use complex templates with my students to
allow them to do things that they can't do on their own. I might include
sophisticated (or not-so sophisticated) VBA scripts, but they just have
to know enough to enable macros and not otherwise mess up the scripts.

--David

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