OK. First, you should note that when the user sees this it won't make any
difference as to whether it is one slide or 100. However, you have your
reasons for one slide.
I just remembered that I have a ready-made example that uses VBA on my Web
site. So, if you are interested in the VBA solution, you might want to look
at the Tabbed Browsing example on my Web site
(
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/) under the Examples from Real People
section (it's currently the ninth example, but if I get some time, I plan to
add some more examples so it might not always be 9th).
The basic idea is that you have each bit of text in it's own text box with
an entrance animation and several exit animations. The only tricky part is
getting the entrance and exit animations triggered properly. Imagine that
your list of subjects consists of 3 things: Basket Weaving, Thumb Twiddling,
and Napping. Thus, you need three text boxes that are sitting one on top of
the other and three buttons (or other shapes) above them. The Basket text
box will have one entrance effect (triggered by clicking the Basket button)
and two exit effects (one triggered by the Thumb button and one by the
Napping button). The Thumb text will have the same effects, but the entrance
effect is triggered by the Thumb button, and the exit effects are triggered
by the other two buttons. The same idea applies to the Napping text.
That's really all there is to it. It just gets tricky deal with if you have
a long list of subjects along with overlapping text boxes.
If you need help setting the animation triggers, there are several online
tutorials, including:
<
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/cool/trigger01.html>
<
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/tutorials/trigger.html>
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http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html#trigge
rs>
--David
Thanks David.
Let's not waste your time in trying to explain the VBA method to me.
The first option, using animation triggers, will suffice. I tried it out
but can't seem how to do it or use the correct terminology in "help" to lead
me the right direction.
So, I come back to you.
To reiterate what I'm trying to do: at top of page there is a list of
subjects. When you click on a subject, a summary of that subject appears in
a below text box. When you click on another subject, that summary appears.
So the info inside of the text box changes, but without ever changing slides.
Thanks in advance.
--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
