Stupid Powerpoint question

[faithellen]

My boss wants a slide that will introduce new information when he clicks on it. Should I build separate slides that add the information progressively, or is it a macroey thing on one slide?

Never done this before; hate PPT.

EDIT:
I built it as 5 separate slides, so he can run the whole thing as a slideshow. We don't typically hand out booklets, so that's not a problem. Am waiting on feedback from him now.

Thanks for the hand!

Comments

[emalia.livejournal.com]

DEpending on what he wants, I would make several slides. Some that pop up the new info, and some that create the new slide. Depends on how much info is there.

you *can*...

[ladylyonesse.livejournal.com]

...use "text effects" that will have the bullet points or whatever appear on his cue or on pre-set timing schedules. The appearance can be one of any number of effects; I find it best to use the ones that don't slide in from one side or the other, but rather just have stuff come up as though from the ether.

It's in the menu for "Slide Show"; it's been a really long time since I had to do anything like that, though, so I'd have to mess with it before I could tell you specifically how it's done. Will do so and let you know if I figure it out.

Re: you *can*...

[faithellen]

It's sort of a flow chart, but not really (of course), and he wants each subset of things to pop up on a click. I think that I'm going to build 5 slides, each with successively more information, so the information just appears and the old stuff just stays there.

(is successively a word? it's early)

Re: you *can*...

[sunnidae]

It is a word, and what you just described is probably the easiest way of going about it.

[3fingeredsalute.livejournal.com]

Your method of having several slides with only certain elements will quite certainly work, but one big drawback to that approach is if you need to print booklets. The "Animation" features can be used to drop in different elements based on clicks or preset times.

Animation can be used to do some things that several slides can't do, too. You can do a top to bottom wipe to make the next flow-chart item appear to drop down, but you can't have it tumble and spiral in while leaving the background static. Of course... I use that as a horrible example, not a recommendation. Nothing peeves me more than a slide presentation that's TOO flashy! ("Look ma! No taste!")

Good luck with the presentation! Ping me if you have specific questions or assistance. I've spent more than my due time in the trenches with said Microsoft product.