Adding Triggers to PowerPoints.

Triggers
As teachers we often ask questions and then students answer with a variety of responses. Triggers are
great if you want objects/text to come in a different order each time you present. For example, I may
ask the question below. And I want the answers Water, Food, Shelter, and Space to come in when
volunteers say the answer~which could be in any order. The letters at the bottom W, F, S, Sp are the
triggers to make the larger words come in when they are clicked.

To do this:
1. Animate the text or clipart, you want to have action, using custom animation.
2. Next, make a separate text box for each of the triggers W, F, S, Sp.
3. In the Custom Animation Pane, click on the object you want to
animate.
4. Click on the down arrow next to the object/text you want to animate and
choose Effect Options
5. Chooses the Timing tab
6. Click on the word Triggers

7. Choose Start effect of click of and

choose the letter or object that will be
the trigger to animate the object.
In this case the letters Sp, and click
OK.

8. After you have made all the triggers. You will need
to change the color of the triggers, so that only you
can really see them.

Now, when I click on Sp the word Space will fly onto

the screen.

***You can use clipart as triggers also.

To add Action Buttons

1. Select the slide you want to place a button on.

2. On the Slide Show menu, point to Action Buttons, and then select the button you want — for
example, Home, Back or Previous, Forward or Next, Beginning, End, or Return.
3. Click the slide and drag the mouse to make the button size you want.
4. In the Action Settings window that pops up automatically,
set the actions that you want on the Mouse Click and/or
Mouse Over tabs, and then click OK.

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 Adding Sound to PowerPoints
To add a sound to PowerPoint and make it play on command

Make sure any sound files are in the folder with the PowerPoint file.

1. Display the slide to which you want to add music or sound effects.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then do one of the following:
Insert a sound file
o Click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the file that you want, and then double-
click the file.
Insert a sound clip from Clip Organizer
o Click Sound from Clip Organizer, scroll to find the clip that you want, and then click it to
add it to the slide.
3. Double-click the sound file that you want to insert.
4. When a message is displayed, do one of the following:
o To play the music or sound automatically when you go to the slide, click Automatically.
o To play the music or sound only when you click the sound icon , click When Clicked.
5. To adjust the settings for when the sound file stops, click the sound icon , right-click, and then
click Custom Animation.
6. In the Custom Animation task pane, click the arrow on the selected item in the Custom Animation
list, and then click Effect Options.
7. On the Effect tab, under Stop playing, do one of the following:
o To stop the sound file on mouse-click of this slide, select On click (the default).
o To stop the sound file after this slide, select After current slide.
o To keep the sound file playing for several slides, select After, and then set the total number of
slides the file should play on.

To add sound to text or an object

The text or object must already have an animation (animate: To add a special visual or sound effect to text or
an object. For example, you can have your text bullet points fly in from the left, one word at a time, or hear
the sound of applause when a picture is uncovered.) applied to it before you can complete this process.
1. On the slide, select the text or object you want to add an additional effect to.
2. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation.
3. In the Custom Animation, click the arrow on the selected item in the and then click Effect Options.
4. On the Effect tab, under Enhancements, click the arrow in the Sound list, and do one of the
following:
o If you want to add a sound from the list, click an option.
o If you want to add a sound from a file, click Other sound, and then navigate to the file.

To record a sound
To record and hear a sound or comment, you need a sound card, microphone, and speakers.
1. Display the slide you want to add a sound or comment to.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Record Sound.
3. To record the sound or voice comment, click Record .
4. When you are finished recording, click Stop .
5. In the Name box, type a name for the sound, and then click OK.
A sound icon appears on the slide.