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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / November 2007Presentations
Hi, I am using PowerPoint 2003. Is there something I can put into my slides, so that when I do a presentation I will know that I have reached the last item on the slide, and that if I click again I will go to the next slide? Sometimes I want to wait for answers from my audience before I move to the next slide, but occasionally I have thought there is something else on the current slide, only to find I have gone too far, and then have to go back to previous. I know I can have my notes in front of me, but I try to be prepared and not use them. Any suggestions would be most welcome :-) Thanks. Trish Trish, A common solution to this problem is to add a design element to one of the slides. Give that animation an appear animation and move that animation to the end of the animation list. Now, copy that element to every slide and ensure the animation is last on the list for each slide. This also works with a faded box over one of the corners of the slide and adding the animation to that object. The idea is that you will notice the change to the slide, but the audience won't. Believe me - it works!  SignatureKathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived > Hi, I am using PowerPoint 2003. Is there something I can put into my > slides, so that when I do a presentation I will know that I have reached [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > prepared and not use them. Any suggestions would be most welcome :-) > Thanks. Trish Thanks Kathy for your quick and very helpful response. Trish :-) > Trish, > A common solution to this problem is to add a design element to one of the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > prepared and not use them. Any suggestions would be most welcome :-) > > Thanks. Trish Trish, Dual monitors is another possibility (Windows setting). Your laptop can display the entire slide, while the projector shows the actual presentation (PowerPoint setting). One glance at the laptop tells you whether there is more on the slide. Dave > Thanks Kathy for your quick and very helpful response. Trish :-) > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > prepared and not use them. Any suggestions would be most welcome :-) > > > Thanks. Trish Hi Trish I always use Kathy's method which works great (50% transparent right angle triangle in the top corner) but I've also seen this method. I hate it but it might suit your needs. Add an extra line to text animation with a couple of spaces OR an off slide shape with a click animation. This way moving to the next slide takes two clicks and the first time "nothing happens" is the warning. SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials- http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > Hi, I am using PowerPoint 2003. Is there something I can put into my > slides, so that when I do a presentation I will know that I have reached the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > prepared and not use them. Any suggestions would be most welcome :-) > Thanks. Trish =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obiBXaWxzb24=?= <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote in news:2E99B038-4708-461B-A040-A51C9F912FDE@microsoft.com: > Hi Trish > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > slide shape with a click animation. This way moving to the next slide > takes two clicks and the first time "nothing happens" is the warning. Oh boy, I get to play professor again...This is a common design issue known as "absence of signals." That is, our clue that something is up is that nothing happens. This is generally a problematic way to design things. Our brains tend to ignore "nothing" (because we don't notice it or we think that something is wrong that caused the nothing--in this case, did I actually click?). This isn't that big a deal in a PowerPoint presentation, but it can wreak havoc in a nuclear power plant. --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obiBXaWxzb24=?= <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote > in news:2E99B038-4708-461B-A040-A51C9F912FDE@microsoft.com: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > case, did I actually click?). This isn't that big a deal in a PowerPoint > presentation, but it can wreak havoc in a nuclear power plant. Moral: Don't use PPT to implement the new control system at Three Mile Island. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Thanks to everyone for their very helpful responses. Trish :-) > Hi, I am using PowerPoint 2003. Is there something I can put into my > slides, so that when I do a presentation I will know that I have reached the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > prepared and not use them. Any suggestions would be most welcome :-) > Thanks. Trish |
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