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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / March 2008Action Triggers- reload current slide?
Hello, I'm working on a large presentation that's interactive for the viewer. On a given slide, there are multiple (40+) action triggers that will each reveal an individual text box with information. The problem is that if all of these text boxes are open at once, these they overlap. I'm looking for the easiest way to return the slide to its original state (no text boxes visible). With such a large number of text boxes on each slide, I assume it will be through reloading the slide. Is there any way I can reload a slide this with action triggers? I don't want to use hyperlinks, because that method would require over 600 in the presentation, and I don't want to push the hyperlink upper limit. If there is no way to reload a slide, is there a way to call an action trigger from inside another action trigger? Maybe I'm not understanding correctly but can't you have an action button that has an exit animation for all the shapes?  SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > If there is no way to reload a slide, is there a way to call an action > trigger from inside another action trigger? I could, but someone will be using it as a presentation, answering audience questions. If the presenter wants to show someone numerous text boxes in succession, he will have to hit that clear button after each step. This will make it far less fluid than if I handle it neatly in the background before the presentation occurs. > Maybe I'm not understanding correctly but can't you have an action button > that has an exit animation for all the shapes? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > If there is no way to reload a slide, is there a way to call an action > > trigger from inside another action trigger? It's feasible (though takes a little time to set up) to have each of the buttons add one text box and exit all the others. I doesn't matter that most of the others are already not showing. SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I could, but someone will be using it as a presentation, answering audience > questions. If the presenter wants to show someone numerous text boxes in [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > If there is no way to reload a slide, is there a way to call an action > > > trigger from inside another action trigger? Yes, John. I think that's probably the way I will have to go. The only problem is that the text boxes are grouped with arrows. (The slides are timelines, and the clickable "events" on the timeline open a descriptive textbox with an arrow that points to that event.) So If I have to ungroup one of the textbox/arrow pairs to edit it, it will remove it from every other trigger on the slide. I will then have to go through each trigger to reinsert the disappear command for that box. Sorry that this question is so demanding. The client for whom I'm preparing this show will want me to edit it up to the minute he presents. I was just wondering if there was an easier way. Thanks. > It's feasible (though takes a little time to set up) to have each of the > buttons add one text box and exit all the others. I doesn't matter that most [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > > If there is no way to reload a slide, is there a way to call an action > > > > trigger from inside another action trigger? Pehaps more sensible would be to make a second press of the trigger remove the box that the first click added? See "One trigger two actions" http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/Triggers2.html Just make the second action an exit SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I could, but someone will be using it as a presentation, answering audience > questions. If the presenter wants to show someone numerous text boxes in [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > If there is no way to reload a slide, is there a way to call an action > > > trigger from inside another action trigger? Or maybe add an exit trigger to the box itself. So you'd click on it to make it go away. That means the presenter would have to click each box, though... SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx > Pehaps more sensible would be to make a second press of the trigger remove > the box that the first click added? [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> > > action >> > > trigger from inside another action trigger? Yes, those are also good ideas. Thanks. I set that up earlier and hit some weird bug that I need to work out. Thanks for your help John and Echo S. > Or maybe add an exit trigger to the box itself. So you'd click on it to make > it go away. [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > >> > > action > >> > > trigger from inside another action trigger?
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