I am making a "Family Feud" type game within Power Point and don't know how
to make the buttons that would hide then show the answers once people guess
them correctly. I would ideally stay on the same slide and just "uncover"
the answer in what ever order they are guessed by clicking on a button or
box. Thank you for any help you can provide!!!
David M. Marcovitz - 13 Sep 2006 15:58 GMT
This depends on the version of PowerPoint, but in 2002 and above, you can
use animation triggers to press a button and either trigger a shape to
come in or trigger a shape (that is covering the answer) to leave. This
page should help you get started:
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/cool/trigger01.html
Also, you can search the Web and find several Family Feud games in
PowerPoint as examples.
By the way, if you are using 2000 or 97, you will need to use VBA to
accomplish this.
--David

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<BridgetfromATL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I am making a "Family Feud" type game within Power Point and don't
> know how to make the buttons that would hide then show the answers
> once people guess them correctly. I would ideally stay on the same
> slide and just "uncover" the answer in what ever order they are
> guessed by clicking on a button or box. Thank you for any help you
> can provide!!!
John Wilson - 13 Sep 2006 16:25 GMT
If you have XP or 2003 then you should use trigger animations. Here are a
couple of articles to get you going! Trigger animations wont work in 2000 and
earlier
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc4/v32/kath32a.htm
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/cool/trigger01.html

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> I am making a "Family Feud" type game within Power Point and don't know how
> to make the buttons that would hide then show the answers once people guess
> them correctly. I would ideally stay on the same slide and just "uncover"
> the answer in what ever order they are guessed by clicking on a button or
> box. Thank you for any help you can provide!!!
Bill Foley - 15 Sep 2006 01:02 GMT
Bridget,
If you want, make sure your macro security is set to MEDIUM and download my
free sample games at:
http://www.pttinc.com/ppgame.htm

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>I am making a "Family Feud" type game within Power Point and don't know how
> to make the buttons that would hide then show the answers once people
> guess
> them correctly. I would ideally stay on the same slide and just "uncover"
> the answer in what ever order they are guessed by clicking on a button or
> box. Thank you for any help you can provide!!!