No-linear PPT

Thursday, September 08, 2005

No-linear PPT

Most Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow presentations are linear in format, providing few options for viewers who want to skip around. But it is possible to create a presentation that functions like a Web site. This technique, especially useful with small audiences, is based on a "home page" slide with your company logo, a brief explanation of your slideshow theme or message, and a menu with several topic areas. Each menu item is hyperlinked to the first of a group of slides that elaborate on that topic. To create these menu hyperlinks, select the text in the menu and choose INSERT>> HYPERLINK. Create links on each of the slides that return to the home page (the first slide) just as you would on a Web site. In addition, you can create links to other presentations or files to provide supporting information.

(Tip provided by Presentations columnist Ellen Finkelstein, www.ellenfinkelstein.com.)

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