Interactive Powerpoint: An Interactive Guide: General Vito Belarmino National High School

Overview Buttons & links Menus Settings Advanced Help Exit
Interactive PowerPoint:
an interactive guide
General Vito Belarmino
National High School
If you can see this message hit the F5 button on

the function keys to use the resource in
interactive rather than edit mode.
Interactive PowerPoint, an overview.

Interactive PowerPoint is a method of applying PowerPoint to a different way of disseminating knowledge.
Usually PowerPoint presentations give a slide by slide discourse on the topic being addressed, this is fine for
tutor driven sessions, however, for more flexible and independent knowledge transfer resources this linearity can
be a disadvantage.
If you think of the way many websites work, letting the users direct themselves to the parts of the resource most
important to them you can see that the strict, default presentation structure of ordinary PowerPoint gives only
one, limited, way of structuring the knowledge.
Interactive PowerPoint lets you allow the user to be more flexible and allows you to include more information
because the user isn't necessarily having to go through it all in one go. It's a bit like the difference between a
novel and an encyclopaedia, to understand the novel you start at the beginning and go through to the end,
whereas the encyclopaedia can be read all the way through but is equally useful if referred to in practically any
order.
Because it is browsed by the user at their own pace there is room for multiple examples and more interaction to
help facilitate comprehension.
This tutorial works in two ways, it hopefully gives instructions that should cover the main techniques that will be
useful in helping you create interactive resources using PowerPoint, it also acts as an example of the various
techniques and to this end you can play with it and take it apart to see how it works.
This resource was created using PowerPoint and within this resource are the instructions to help you do it by
putting slides together in a structure navigable by a series of links from buttons and menus you create. It also
describes how to alter the settings in a presentation to prevent it working in the conventional "linear" manner i.e.
to work as a true online resource.
OK tell me again but slow and simple...
For assistance on using this interactive PowerPoint tutorial click the help button above.
OK – what's it all about?

The idea is simply to switch off the way that PowerPoint goes from slide to slide in a typical,
lecturer driven presentation and replace the navigation with hyperlinks, just like a website!
The hyperlink and other methods are covered on these pages (slides) and the slides under
the settings menu cover the change needed there, the settings are stored with the
presentation, they don't effect the PowerPoint program itself.
In simple terms, to create a resource like this one, where the different slides are linked to by
clicking buttons etc. we have to do two things;
1 learn how to make objects become links to other

places, and,
2 switch off the default settings in PowerPoint that

makes the resource a linear presentation rather
than a browed resource.
This resource covers doing just that.

Click to hear an
explanation.
Buttons and Links.

A typical feature of interactive Simple buttons are easy Simple
resources, like websites are the links buttons
to play with.
that enable the user to navigate the
resource. Buttons, pictures or simple
text can be used as links to other parts Text can act as a link like
of the resource. on a simple web page,
PowerPoint has a simple method that this is especially useful
for extra definitions etc. Text links
does this using some simple default
buttons, it is a good way of getting to
grips with the concept but you’ll soon
want to branch out on your own! Animated “GIF” files can
be used as links – this
Of great importance however is getting one actually looks like a
the structure right in delivering the button!
information. For example try not to
leave any blind alleys in your resource,
it is frustrating for the user! Pictures can also be
used as links.
Simple buttons are easy to play with

To add an action button, click on the AutoShapes button from the drawing toolbar and choose
Action Buttons. (Or Shapes, Action Buttons from the Home tab in v2007)
The function of each action button is described by the ToolTips if you move your mouse pointer over
each one. Most are similar to video recorder buttons.
To place one on a slide, click the AutoShapes button, then Action Buttons, to try one we could
use the "Back or Previous" button.
When you've clicked the button type, place the button just like any other object, by clicking to show
its place and dragging to show its size. The Action Setting dialog should appear.
In later versions the Shapes are in the Drawing group under the Home tab.
Old
New
The button can be set to hyperlink to either
an absolute slide in the presentation or a
relative path, e.g. the last slide viewed.
This is essentially the same procedure as
for any object set as a link, using these
default buttons however means that
PowerPoint already knows you are
intending to set up a link.
The best way to find out more is to play with the system. You can
also set a link to a URL in the presentation, but make sure victims
know how to get back and it is a good idea to make sure they also
know you aren’t to blame for content on the web!
Text can act as a link rather like on a simple web page
When you point to a hyperlink, the pointer becomes a hand, indicating

that it is something you can click. Text that represents a hyperlink is
also displayed underlined and in a colour.
To set a text hyperlink first select the text then either right-click the
selected text and pick either “Hyperlink” or “Action settings”, or select
Hyperlink from the Insert menu. You may need to select the option for
“place in this document” to see a list of slides to link to.
If the slide has a title then this will
displayed rather than the slide
number, be careful though, don’t
include any form of punctuation or
special characters in the title of a
slide you want to link to. (There is
more on this limitation under the
Advanced area.)
Pictures and Animated GIF files can be used as links

When you point to a hyperlink, the pointer becomes a hand, indicating that it
is something you can click (the buttons on the menu above for example).
To use a picture or GIF type animation as a hyperlink first select it then
either right-click it and pick either “Hyperlink” or “Action settings”, or select
Hyperlink from the Insert menu while the object is still selected. You may
need to select the option for “place in this document” to see a list of slides to
link to. If the slide has a title then this will be displayed rather than the slide
number, be careful though, don’t include any form of punctuation or special
characters in the title of a slide you want to link to.
Note how the lazy old author of this
resource has made two links go to the
same destination here! Annoying isn't
it! Linking is pretty well the same
technique regardless of the object
type used as the link button. There are
some hints on editing clipart and
creating GIFs in the more advanced
section. (Sorry about the mean trick!)
Blind Alleys
Are you sure you want to go down a blind alley?
Oh yes please, I
can’t wait!
Maybe not, please
send me back
Blind Alleys
Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
But since I’m really kind I’ll put in an exit for you in a few moments…
EXIT
Menus.
Menus typically comprise a set of buttons that enable overall navigation. Deciding
on the underlying theme of the buttons though is not as simple as it may appear and
it is as well to remember that the way you as author of the resource think of the
learning sequence may not be the same as that of the recipient. I could for example
set this resource up as a more didactic tutorial, leading the user through creating an
interactive resource, I could even have a link to an alternative menu structure that
was topic lead instead so both views were covered. (Life is short – I didn’t!).
The menu on this resource is simply a collection of buttons, it could though be a set
of text based hyperlinks set in a table.
The example on the right is constructed using hyperlinked text Home

in a table (the background and line style of the table give the Overview
apparent gaps between items. To create a menu using more
conventional buttons choose the buttons & link option on the Buttons and links
menu. Menus
To get a menu to appear on every slide simply create it once on
For a clever application
the master slide. To override it you can cover it with a filled of object based links to
shape in the background colour on the odd slide that doesn't make a graphical menu
need the default menu. click here.
Dropdown...
Menus.
Pick Area
Menus typically comprise a set of buttons that buttons
Aligning enable overall navigation. Deciding
on the underlying theme of the buttons though is not as simple as it may appear and
it is as well to remember that the way you as author of the resource think of the
learning sequence may not be the sae as that of the recipient. I could for example
set this resource up as a more didactic tutorial, leading the user through creating an
interactive resource, I could even have a link to an alternative menu structure that
was topic lead instead so both views were covered. (Life is short – I didn’t!).
The menu on this resource is simply a collection of buttons, it could though be a set
of text based hyperlinks set in a table.
The example on the right is constructed using hyperlinked text Home

in a table (the background and line style of the table give the Overview
apparent gaps between items. To create a menu using more
conventional buttons choose the buttons & link option on the Buttons and links
menu. Menus
To get a menu to appear on every slide simply create it once on
For a clever application
the master slide. To override it you can cover it with a filled of object based links to
shape in the background colour on the odd slide that doesn't make a graphical menu
need the default menu. click here.
Dropdown menus
Dropdown menus in PowerPoint are a trick. The click on the "Menu" button
from the master slide is intercepted by a see-through object on (in this case)
the menu slide, this sends the user to another slide, with the dropdown menu
on it. This menu appears over a copy of the original slide, so the user sees the
menu appear and no other change.
The menu is just a text box, the text is hyperlinked to other slides.
People are conditioned into using dropdown menus by familiarity with other
software so can generally use them but it is important that they realise that this
is the way the menu works.
(This isn't the way that such a technique would be effected on a webpage but
works well in PowerPoint.)
Another clever way of achieving this effect is to use "Triggers" – these are
covered in the Advanced area, they are very effective if a little complex!
Click on the map to go to your region.

The click should link you to an external*
web page. Click the "Back" button or
close the browser window to return to
this point.
Pick area menus can be used in a variety

of applications, they can link to other slides
as well as web pages. (This example links
to external webpages, so if you aren't
online it doesn't work, click here for an
example that is self contained.)
The method is simply to cover the picture
with clear objects that are linked to the
destination. You might need to change the
level of transparency to make a clickable
object that is translucent.
* Note the contents of an external web page are not the responsibility of this resource or its author.
Click on the map to go to your region.
Pick area menus can be used in a variety

of applications, they can link to other slides
as well as web pages or use the "trigger"
facility to bring an object on the screen.
The method is simply to cover the picture

with clear objects that are linked to the
destination. You might need to change the
level of transparency to make a clickable
object that is translucent.
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Aligning buttons
When setting up a menu using objects like buttons it is worth knowing about the
alignment tools offered by PowerPoint.
The "Grids and Guides" dialog is reached Snapped
to grid
either through the View menu or the Draw
menu. Typicaly the objects in PowerPoint are
set to click into an invisible grid on the slide. I
Not
recommend that you leave the snap to grid snapped
to grid
option on but use the Alt key while dragging an
object if you want to override it.
You can display the grid on the screen, this is like working on graph paper, you can switch
them off in the same way.
Drawing guides can be useful as a way of guiding your "by eye" judgement of silting
objects, this is especially useful when the objects are not symmetrical (e.g. pictures).
Click and drag the lines to

PowerPoint has some
the place you need the
guide. You can switch them
really clever tools to
off in the same way that help line up objects
you switched them on. click here for more on
these...
Aligning buttons
When setting up a menu using objects like buttons it is worth knowing about the
alignment tools offered by PowerPoint.
The objects now should be aligned on the

vertical plane on their middles. To distribute
them evenly between the ones at the extreme
Select all the objects by either shift and clicking ends click Draw then click Align Horizontally.
or dragging over the objects with the mouse. (If
you swap to edit view on this presentation you
can try this for real.)
By moving one of the objects further out and

distributing them again you can move them
further apart but still evenly spread.
When selected choose "Align Middle" from the
The same method can be used to align and
Draw menu.
distribute objects vertically.
Changing the settings for the presentation

to stop PowerPoint moving to the next
slide when you click with the mouse...
Typicaly Microsoft PowerPoint expects a slide show to be a

linear progression of slides shown on the screen in sequential
order (1,2,3,4 etc), the next slide comes on the screen when
the presenter clicks the mouse or hits The
the space
menusbar. We
have want in v2007, for
changed
to break away from this rigid linearity and
moresohelp
we disable the advanced area in
look at the
mouse click option. this tutorial for a link to a Microsoft tutorial
on the changes to find out where the
features are hidden. (Click this picture to
make it disappear.)
Users of current versions (2013) of PowerPoint can switch off
the linearity with a single adjustment. To disable this use Set Up
Show from the Slide Show menu and select the "Browsed from
kiosk – full screen" option. (Click here for a picture.)
A final issue is to check that the system is set up to produce an Where is this in 2007
"On-screen Show" click here for more details.


the presenter clicks the mouse or hits the space bar. We want
to break away from this rigid linearity and so we disable the
mouse click option.



the presenter clicks the mouse or hits the space bar. We want
to break away from this rigid linearity and so we disable the
mouse click option.

More advanced features.

Simulated scrolling text box
Some of these advanced features can make very
Pictures and resolution
impressive effects and greatly enhance the user
Planning the Resource interface, however there are some caveats; more
complex isn't always better and some of the
Naming slides, secret names
and possible traps
advanced features don't translate well into HTML if
you want to put a version up that can be viewed
Zoom in diagrams directly in a browser without PowerPoint software.
Trigger effects The solution is to use appropriate methods, resist
being carried away with the technology and always
Trigger effects - an example
game
test the product thoroughly.
Trigger effects – making

You should also be aware that there are some
menus limitations introduced by the new (at the time of
writing) version of PowerPoint (part of MS Office
Quizzes
2007). Generally the simpler techniques are the best
Automatically running for version compatibility and for compatibility for
PowerPoint shows
translation to directly readable web pages.
Versions of PowerPoint
More...
More more advanced features.

Notes on editing clipart.
This is a huge cheat in terms of a cogent menu
How to get GIFs
structure, but rather like the old programmers' adage
The master slide of always leaving a few free fields in a database, you
Pros and Cons can have menus that go on and on and on...
Exit strategies
Notes on editing clipart (1 of 2). Next
Sizing Clipart.
Select the illustration by clicking
once on it, the Picture toolbar
may well appear depending on REMEMBER:
d Hitting Delete with an image
the version you are using and ed cte
ect S ele
Sel No
t selected will delete it. (If you do
how it is set up. The object
this by mistake try the Undo
selected should then appear facility! under the Edit menu).
with the "drag handles" round it.
There are many type of clipart

that you might have. The two
main categories are "true" Place the pointer
bitmap type pictures, e.g. from over the drag
a digital camera and graphics handle and drag to
change the width. 
mad up from a selection of
geometrical shapes, often very Hint:
complex ones. If the object is The way a picture reacts to the
the latter it can be taken apart, Place the pointer over the corner corner drag handles may depend
drag handle and drag to change on the type of graphic it is, often
modified and glued back the width and height. after ungrouping the clipart the
together again within way the graphic reacts to being
PowerPoint. The photograph Place the pointer over the stretched, i.e. whether it keeps it
type picture can be edited but drag handle and drag to height to width ratio. You can alter
change the height.  this by holding the shift key down
needs photo retouching skills. while using the corner handle.
A green dot above the selected
graphic allows it to be swivelled
round.
Notes on editing clipart (2 of 2). Previous
Grouping and ungrouping clipart.

On some pieces of
clipart you may find that
The Grouping/UnGrouping tools are under the the grouping is all at one
Draw button in older versions or the Arrange area level.
of the Drawing section under the Home menu in The car on the left has
version 2007. been selected then
ungrouped (from top to
The car on the left is as it bottom), notice it isn't
was imported from the made up of a group for
each wheel, one for the
clipart gallery, to change body and another for the
just the colour of the body driver, the entire
collection of component
we need to select just that parts is grouped at one
one object of the ones level.
making up the picture. To

do this select the object, Using the mouse, you can select all the objects
in an area by clicking and dragging a selection
ungroup the object, make rectangle - see below.
the changes to the
components and then
regroup them.
How to get GIFs

GIF, Graphics Interchange Format, supports 256 colours. GIFs can be put together for animated
images.
Creating your first GIF can be done online at; http://www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifworks.pl this
software remotely run, i.e. on the server rather than on your PC. If you want to download some
shareware to run locally and create GIFs then try downloading Easy GIF Animator at;
http://www.blumentals.net/egifan/download.php . Users with access to Paint Shop Pro can run
Animation Shop and access a very fully featured GIF creation tool. It is not realy within the scope of
this tutorial to go into the minutia of using these tools but I imagine there'll be resources on the
inter-web that should help if just playing gets too frustrating. Inserting the finished product is like
any other picture, just use "Insert, Picture from file".
The master slide

Changing a Slide Master
To change a Slide Master select Master from the View menu, and then choose
Slide Master.
The Slide Master appears. You can work on the master just as you would a slide,
adding a logo, changing text attributes, adding a background etc.
When you've finished making changes, from the View menu, choose Slides or
Normal so you're no longer viewing the master slide.
Now, when you look at the slides in your presentation, you see the changes you
made applied to every slide.
If you put a menu on your master slide then this will appear on all slides, you can
temporarily disable it by covering it up on a specific slide. You might also investigate
the use of multiple master slides, a feature available in later versions.
You can have multiple master slides within a presentation, each master can be set
to govern a set of slides.
Any changes you make to the Master Slide will affect all the other
slides dependant on it, usually all the slides in the presentation.
What are the good and bad issues of using interactive PowerPoint?
• The resource site in one file, can be • Using the Microsoft PowerPoint
easily stored, emailed, hosted on an e- platform can give a hostage to fortune,
learning platform and even password Microsoft can happily remove support
protected if needed. for certain features in new versions.
• Easier than a conventional webpage to • Needs a special viewer, i.e.
construct and uses transferable skills, PowerPoint.
building on existing PowerPoint skills. • Requires a new way of thinking about
• Simple to put colour and movement in. structure and delivery, at first this can
• Allows us to be innovative about be difficult.
structure and delivery or the resource. • Can be a great draw on time and
• Browse-able by people with minimal IT encourage us to add more content
skills, just like any web type resource. than we might in other media.
• Can be saved as raw HTML if the • Limited functionality compared to
more complex features of PowerPoint “proper” web authoring tools.
are avoided.
I’m sure there are lots and lots more, enjoy finding them!
Exit Strategies
How do you create an exit button? Easy, its a button, like
any other, it can say "Exit" on it but might have some
graphic, the "action buttons" are useful, choose a blank
one and change its action settings to "End Show".
Add text to the

blank action
You can if you want give the user the button.
option of changing their mind, i.e. get
the exit button to send them to a slide
with "Are you sure?" and buttons for
"Yes" & "No" on.
Are you realy sure you want to go?

it's still early and when you go we all
get frozen! please don't do that to us
again, GIF files have feelings too!
Are You Sure
If you can see this message and want to use the

resource interactively again then hit the F5 button on
the function keys you are currently in edit mode.
Are You Sure?

Yes No
Creating a simulated
scrolling text box in
PowerPoint.
Creating a scrolling text box in

PowerPoint.
This method is useful because it looks
like a similar system that users may
have seen on the web BUT it is only a
"sham" and so is to be used sparingly.
It does lead to considerable
duplication in order to give the effect
unlike the real thing.
How to do it...
First you need a spellchecked version
of the text you want to appear in the
box.
You can have this in one long text box
PowerPoint.
How to do it...
First you need a spellchecked version
of the text you want to appear in the
box.
You can have this in one long text box
in PowerPoint, remember that the
textbox in PowerPoint can be set to
automatically resize as more text is
added, this is fine for the initial typing
but we'll need to change it later.
When you have the text in a long
textbox, probably too long to fit the
screen, you can start the fun.
First make an estimate of how many
PowerPoint.
First make an estimate of how many

times longer than the box the text is.
This will dictate how many slides you
need. Don't create them yet.
Change the textbox setting from
Automatically resizing to being
manually sized (see opposite) then
manually change it to the size you
want.
Make sure you've saved the file. Copy
the slide as many times as the text is
longer than the box and maybe
another for luck .
Picture resolution issues.
The two pictures here seem similar, there is a

difference however in the amount of information
each contains. The lower resolution version
takes up 24.79 KB (25,389 Bytes) of space on
disk and typically takes 16 milliseconds to
display on the screen, the higher resolution one
display on the screen.
A larger resolution picture from a digital camera
might well take up 500 KB or more, even several
megabytes if a modern high resolution camera is
used! this makes the presentation very large and
unwieldy and offers no benefit to the viewer,
since the limiting factor is the screen resolution,
it just slows the interaction down.
A guide to changing
resolution – a simple way. Click to see the pictures larger
Picture resolution
issues.
The two pictures here seem similar, there is a
difference however in the amount of information
each contains. The lower resolution version
display on the screen, the higher resolution one
display on the screen.
A larger resolution picture from a digital camera
might well take up 500 KB or more, even several
megabytes if a modern high resolution camera is
used! this makes the presentation very large and
unwieldy and offers no benefit to the viewer,
since the limiting factor is the screen resolution,
it just slows the interaction down.
A guide to changing
resolution – a simple way. Click to see the pictures larger
Back to Picture resolution issues.
Medium resolution picture shown large.
This picture is stored in

roughly the same
resolution as the screen,
there is little point in using
files of a higher resolution
for showing on a screen,
they simply make the file
larger and pictures will be
slower to load and display
on the screen.
A guide to changing
resolution – a simple way. Click the image to switch between low and high resolution
Very Low resolution picture shown large.
This picture is stored in a

low resolution lower than
the screen resolution
when expanded to this
size. When used as a
smaller picture there is
not much difference
between the two
versions, only when
seeing this expanded
version does the lack of
resolution become
apparent..
A guide to changing
resolution – a simple way. Click the image to switch between low and high resolution
An ideal solution to the size effect

If you have a document that is huge then this may well be due to embedded pictures that are of a
very high resolution, (many modern digital cameras work on a 6 megapixel resolution or more, each
picture may be well in excess of a megabyte! so if they are embedded in a document that
document it will become a big one!)
In The 2007 versions of Office products the "Compress

Pictures feature is available under the "Format tab" when
a picture is selected.
You can select the "Options" button to see the specific

settings before clicking "OK".
A similar feature was available on earlier versions.
You can check the file size in the well hidden "Advanced
document properties", or simply look at it on disk to see if
it is smaller.
Another method of reducing resolution for pictures

rather than within a document or presentation.
Solutions to the size effect...

Copy the picture from the source (a right mouse click over the picture then choose copy is easiest) – you can use
this method to reduce the size of pictures in a presentation (in edit mode) or even from the web.
Start the "paint" program. (under Start, Programs, Accessories...on a SHU PC it is Start, Programs, Tools and
Accessories, Accessories)
Once in the Paint program choose Paste from the Edit menu.
You may be asked if you want to "enlarge the bitmap" if the picture you want to paste is bigger than the current
canvas – if so answer yes.
If your picture is smaller

than the canvas you can
reduce the size of the
white canvas by clicking
on the white area then
clicking and dragging the
bottom right corner.
When the picture looks reasonable choose Save As from the File menu
and change the file type to JPEG (.jpg) – this is the format that saves
space. Then click Save. Once back in PowerPoint, use Insert, Picture,
From file to insert the picture.
• Paper and pencil are still

excellent tools for designingPlanning the Resource
• If designing a resource along
the structure and feel of the with others the rough outline
resource. helps collaborators share and
buy into a common view,
hopefully they will then be pulling
in roughly the same direction.
• Good “off-keyboard planning” is the key to a • The plan isn’t written in stone
good structure. A good tip in designing a but should be a fluid thing.
menu structure is to allow for expansion, this
resource originally didn’t have the
“Advanced” menu item, when I added it I put
in an intermediate sub-menu page to allow for
future expansion!
• Sketching out the design is
a useful development step,
you can do it in a way that
has meaning to you. There
is no need to use formal
flowcharting conventions!
Naming slides secret

Naming slides, names
secret names and traps.
(Tricks and traps when naming slides.)
and traps
• If the slide has a title it is easier to recognise it when linking to it.
• Only certain types of slide offer a title for you to fill in when they are
created, so if you want a blank slide but also want to title it then you can
create a title only slide, type in the title but then set the text colour for the
title to the same as the background so it can't be seen.
• Be careful, the linking system doesn't work if you try to link to a slide with
certain punctuation in the title! Don't ask me why not, and it might not be
a problem in some versions but in PowerPoint 2003 this is an issue. The
title of this slide is realy "Naming slides secret names and traps"
however, the one you see has all kinds of punctuation in it.
• If you open this presentation in edit mode you’ll see that the title isn't
“Naming slides, secret names and traps. (Tricks and traps when naming
slides.)” but is actually “Naming slides secret names and traps”, this title
is hidden from the user by making the font colour the same as this slides’
background, the title the user sees is realy just a text box. While not an
essential trick it can be useful in complex resources to help the author
keep track!
Zoom in diagrams.
This very simple demonstration shows the general idea of zooming in/out. Given time and patience the entire
picture could be covered with areas to link to “zoomed in” images. I only did one part as a demo. On a picture
similar to this we might have the clickable areas take us to specific instructions or detail about how the particular
control works, ideal for tutorials about specific equipment or systems.
How does it work?

In a similar fashion to the
other methods and it is Have a go at
used in other areas of this reading the dial
resource. A drawing object half way down
is created over the area in the picture on
the picture we want to
make clickable.
the far right,
click it to zoom
This annoyingly covers up in…
the bit we are interested in,
don't worry yet.
We set this object (a
rectangle or in this case I
used an oval) to hyperlink
to the slide with the
zoomed in view on it.
Finally set both the fill
colour and the line colour
to “none” so we can see
through it.
Zoom in diagrams.
How does it work?

make clickable.
the far right,
click it to zoom
don't worry yet.
used an oval) to hyperlink Zoom
to the slide with the out
through it.
Zoom in diagrams.
How does it work?

make clickable.
the far right,
click it to zoom
don't worry yet.
used an oval) to hyperlink Zoom
to the slide with the out
through it.
What are "Triggers"? Link to MS pages

on triggers.
A trigger is an item on a PowerPoint slide (a picture, shape, button, or text etc.) that
sets off an action when you click it. The action might be a sound or video clip or more
likely an animation effect on some other object, for example making a picture move or
text appear. It is relatively easy if you make sure you start it simple! Already if you use
a hyperlink on an object it becomes a trigger, but PowerPoint has built in some clever
features in the animation system that allow you to trigger events other than simply
going to another slide.
This text should appear when the top oval is clicked. This textbox was
Click here
to trigger
selected and a "custom animation" set for it. Under the "timing"
some text options click "Triggers" and select "start effect on click of" then use
the dropdown to pick the object to be clicked as the trigger.
Click here The trigger is set as part of the animation for the object you want to
to read
more, click appear or play. This text has two trigger events, one to appear and
again for it
to go away another to make it disappear – very messy!
Click here,
the text This text is triggered by the bottom oval but has an exit animation
should stay
only 2
set to make it dissolve 2 seconds after it is triggered to appear
seconds
Click here to see how to set up triggers.
Setting up trigger events.

Click on the item you want to be triggered, choose custom animation from the
Slideshow menu and add an entrance effect. This determines how the object
will appear on the screen. the object should appear in the list in the custom
animation pane. To make it appear when another object is clicked rather than
in a sequence of other objects click the arrowhead on the right of the objects'
name in the list on the custom animation list. The menu that drops down lets
you access the Effect Options. The timing tab is the most important for our
simple needs. Click the trigger button and choose the "start effect on click of:"
option. Then choose the object to be the trigger.
When you've set the trigger check it

works by displaying the slide.
When you get more than a couple of
triggers on a slide it can get very
complex and I certainly get easily
confused, for a complex example look
at the apple picking game.
It is important to note that if you are
intending to save the slides as a
For a step by step webpage later then this is one of the
guide click here.
features that probably won't translate to
pure HTML.
How many apples can you pick in 3 seconds?
Time remaining
0
1
2
3 seconds
Time done, how
many did you get?
did you get all ten?
Menus and triggers

Each of the sub links could have a hyperlink to another slide or be a trigger for
another event on the current slide. Having the menus drop or size is easier than
moving from the side because if the user doesnt "put them away" they can get quite
tangled up. In this example I haven't made the sub menus do anything in order to try
to keep the slide as clear as possible. Notice I changed the animation slightly on item
three, you can be quite clever with such things – depending upon how sure you are
that anyone is watching! (If you do click the items then you should hear an animal
sound, this is another feature of PowerPoint, accessed via the "Action settings"
menu on a right mouse click over the object you want to link to a sound. Click here if
you are desperate to know what each sound is.)
Cow Horse Owl
Duck Lamb Seagull Notice the concertina
Frog Lion Tiger effect on the sub
menus, this is
because I've set each
Item 1 sub choice 1 Item 2 sub choice 1 Item 2 sub choice 1 item in a separate text
box rather than all in
Item 1 sub choice 2 Item 2 sub choice 2 Item 2 sub choice 2 one with a clear
button on top. The
advantage of my way
Item 1 sub choice 3 Item 2 sub choice 3 Item 2 sub choice 3 is that it makes the
linking easier in the
trigger dialog because
Item one Item two Item three the text in the box
helps navigation.
Triggers step by step
This animation will cycle through repeatedly, just let it wash over you a few times then have a go on a blank slide.
Quizzes
I recon there are three basic ways to set up a quiz in interactive PowerPoint –
there may be more, but three is enough for me!
1. Putting a yes/no or other selectable link after the question, the link takes the
user to a slide saying the answer is correct or not. These feedback slides
can be common and just link back to the "last slide viewed". This method is
simple but can lead to a lot of slides. (To link back to the previous slide
viewed right click the button or item that activates the link and use the
Action Settings menu to hyperlink to "last slide viewed".)
2. Use the trigger technique to give answers and feedback, this works well
and allows quite in depth feedback but is complex to set up and may not
transfer well to HTML if the resource is to be converted later. (Example)
3. Use the "Highlight click" action setting in older versions BUT it doesn't work
if viewed in version 2007. This enables the answer to be hidden on the slide
and revealed when an area is clicked on. The first two methods are covered
in this tutorial though not in the context of testing, the last is explained here.
This is an excellent system that works well in versions prior to Office 2007.
Unfortunately it appears to be interpreted differently in this later version!
however there is a workround.
Quizzes not using the "Highlight on click" – an example.

True
• Bar charts show categorical data, there is no
True
continuous progression between one bar and the
Click the
next hence the bars not touching. (True/False?)
boxes to see
the answer
when you've
True
had a think.
• Histograms are for data that is continuous or in True
continuous groups, e.g. age 0-9,10-19,20-29...
(True/False?)
• What kind of graph is the graph below? Histogram
NOTE: This method works Office 2007.

%age of NHS Stop Smoking Services clients in
England who succeeded in stopping. You can have the answer appear over
I've left the action setting on for the
58.00
the button BUT this may mean that
Percent reporting they
56.00
clicking on the centre of the button

had stopped
54.00
third answer, the effect works well in 52.00
doesn't trigger the answer, the answer

50.00
either version but has the added zest if 48.00

46.00
viewed in pre 2007.

44.00
March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005
text may shield it. You must test these
Year ending
effects.
How do we do it?
Quizzes Version 2007 – how.

How does this work?
The answer buttons are set as trigger events for the box containing the answer. To do
True
this create both objects, the trigger and the one that should appear when the trigger is
pressed. True
select the answer and set its custom animation to add an effect on entrance, e.g. set it
to "appear" – this would make the object appear on a mouse click – not what we want.
next, customise this effect so that it appears only when you click a given object (the True
trigger) do this while the object is still selected. The object will appear in the Custom True
Animation pane, click the dropdown to the right of the description, in the example below
it says "Rectangle 11"
From the menu that drops down pick "Timing" and then "Trigger on the dialog box,
select the button for "Start effect on click of:" and use the dropdown to select the Histogram
object that will trigger the objects appearance. This method is quite complex and
it is easy to get confused, do be sure to check that the objects do as you want
before releasing the resource to a wider audience! You can of course make the
object trigger itself, the last of the three answer boxes does this. Instead of having
a second box for the answer we simply change the font using the "Emphasis"
option rather than the "Appear" option, the button itself has the text already in but
in the same font as the background, by triggering "Change font colour" as the type
of emphasis we can make it change to a contrasting colour, the effect options are
useful, we could set "rewind after playing" so the answer disappears after
appearing. To get used to using this method I recommend trying it out on a
sparsely populated slide.
Quizzes using the Highlight on click feature – an example.

(Pre 2007 versions of PowerPoint only.)
• Bar charts show categorical data, there is no
True
Click or swipe continuous progression between one bar and the
the boxes to next hence the bars not touching. (True/False?)
see the
answer when
you've had a • Histograms are for data that is continuous or in True
think. continuous groups, e.g. age 0-9,10-19,20-29...
(True/False?)
• What kind of graph is the graph below? Histogram
%age of NHS Stop Smoking Services clients in

NOTE: This is an excellent method England who succeeded in stopping.
that works well in versions prior to

58.00
Percent reporting they
56.00
had stopped
54.00
Office 2007. Unfortunately it 52.00

50.00
appears to be interpreted 48.00

46.00
44.00
differently in this later version! March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005
Year ending
How do we do it?
Quizzes – how we do it (pre 2007 versions).

If using Office 2007 this is not the method to use, Action settings are not
available from the RH mouse menu and if selected from the main menu, where
available (and it isn't for all objects) it doesn't have the desired effect of reversing
Create a
the video on a click.
shape... In version 2007 use Custom animation,
Add the answer Emphasis, More effects, Change Font Colour,
to the shape then set the box to trigger itself. Set the font
(Right Hand click colour on the shape to the same as its
the shape - add background, when this changes on a click the
or edit text) text becomes visible.
Select the object
(not the text).
Right Hand click
the shape and
choose Action
The action setting option does still exist in version Settings.
2007 but is interpreted differently!
Choose Highlight
NOTE: This is an excellent Click.
method that works well in
versions prior to Office
2007. Unfortunately it
appears to be interpreted The shape colour
differently in this later will now change
when clicked.
version! Rather than
Change the text
changing the colour of the colour to the same
object it simply reduces its as the un-clicked
size slightly, presumably to shape colour. You
can now only read it
indicate it has been clicked. when clicked.
Versions of PowerPoint
There are many versions of PowerPoint available on the PC and Apple Mac
platforms. Typicaly versions after version 97 support most of the features covered
in this resource. There are some changes in using version 2007. In v2007 the menu
structure is very different from the previous versions, this is likely to be quite a
barrier to many users – it certainly surprised me! Microsoft have created a simple
online tutorial designed to help people translate from version 2003 to 2007. The link
may decay in time but presently accessible here.
Help.
Select a help topic by clicking the appropriate

button...
What does the menu at

the top do?
Why doesn't the slide

change if I click?
This feels like a website

what's the difference?
Back to the help index.
About.
Help.
the “Home” button, it takes you back to the

opening page.
goes back to the last page (slide) viewed,

rather like the back button but only one shot..
What does the menu at
Overview gives an overview of the process, and roughly
the top do? how it can be done.
Buttons & links covers the basics of creating buttons and

Why doesn't the slide making hyperlinks.
change if I click?
Menus creating a menu that appears on all the
pages/slides.
This feels like a website
what's the difference? Settings covers the changes in PowerPoint default
settings needed
Back to the help index. Advanced

covers some quite advanced features you
might want to inflict on yourself.
About.
Help goes to the help index (these
pages).
Exit Exits the presentation and returns to the

referring web page if viewing over the internet.
Help.
PowerPoint by default is set to move from slide n

to slide n+1 missing any hidden slides. This can
be overridden in the slide transition settings. This
can be done either on the “Master Slide” or a
What does the menu at single slide and applied to all slides.
the top do?
The Settings area on this presentation gives
Why doesn't the slide more detail.
change if I click?
An alternative method on older versions is to
This feels like a website create a transparent object the same size as a
what's the difference? slide that is set as a link to the slide it is on, this
is then sent behind the active objects on the slide
Back to the help index. and so catches any mouse clicks on the body of
the slide. This however doesn’t defend against
About. the spacebar being used to move to the next
number slide.
Help.
It is very similar to a website. It uses hyperlinks in a similar way and

can even link to web based resources. The advantage of this
method is that it is based on similar skills to ordinary PowerPoint
and the rest of MS Office and so is easier to work with and the
content is packaged in a direct-able form, i.e. it can be placed on a
website or emailed, or sent on disk for use on a PC with no internet
What does the menu at connection.
the top do?
It is possible to compile the slides into web pages using PowerPoint
and with a few caveats this is a quick way to create online content
Why doesn't the slide simply. You will see though that for some advanced features this
change if I click? conversion isn't always available, the file will save as HTML but not
all features will function as they did in the PowerPoint file. These
help pages for example are set up simply as linked pages, rather
This feels like a website like they would be in a simple web site, if we had used the
PowerPoint "trigger" method to create them they would not have
what's the difference? translated using version 2003 however we would have used less
slides, but had considerably more content and complexity on one.
Back to the help index. Note: currently (in Office 2003) the files, if kept as PPT or PPS files,
need the full PowerPoint version to browse them, the PowerPoint
About. viewer is not currently enabled for this level of interaction. If
converted to html though they can be viewed in a we browser.
These issues I believe are due to change in Office 2007. However
this latest version brings some other changes, I've tried to note the
important ones in the appropriate parts of the tutorial.
Help.
Interactive PowerPoint: an interactive guide, was

originally developed as a by-product of a set of
interactive tutorials to aid students understanding
of descriptive statistics and used as part of the
What does the menu at About
teaching on anthis tutorial resource.
undergraduate module at
the top do? Sheffield Hallam University. The general
applicability of the technique is such that the
Why doesn't the slide technique is relevant to a vast range of teaching
change if I click? situations at many levels, consequently, with the
help of the CIPEL project I was able to create
This feels like a website this generic tutorial.
what's the difference? I hope you enjoy playing
with it as much as I've
Back to the help index. enjoyed developing it!
Andrew Garth, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield,
About.
England. 0114 2255555 http://www.shu.ac.uk/
Annotated Bibliography (1 of 2)
NORMAN K L. (1991), The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface Ablex
Publishing Corporation, also online at; http://lap.umd.edu/POMS/
Written at the dawn of computer science this book covers basic menu structure issues but before the general acceptance of WIMP
technology. It covers types of menus and cognitive structures, which is highly relevant to informing the menu structure for this
resource. Menu selection is emerging as an important mode of human/computer interaction. This book is gives detailed theoretical
and some empirical information of general interest to people designing human useable interfaces to complex information systems.
GILLESPIE J, (2005) Web Page Design for Designers [online] last accessed in November 2006 at; http://www.wpdfd.com/index.htm
The power of colour is an important one if not over used, in the resource Joe Gillespie gives many ideas for the use of colour,
contrast and tone as well as addressing some more technical such as palette complexity and its possible effects on transferability.
Specific colour and palette issues are addressed at; http://www.wpdfd.com/wpdpal3.htm
Idaho State University, Instructional Technology Resource Center (2005), Enhancing PowerPoint Presentations for PowerPoint XP
and 2003 [ONLIN] LAST ACCESSED November 2006 AT; http://www.isu.edu/itrc/resources/enhancingppt.pdf
This short guide on additional features of PowerPoint is a useful starting point for more advanced PowerPoint skills development. It
covers embedding additional media types into the slides and gives links and references to other useful resources.
Annotated Bibliography (2 of 2) <
gifanimations.com (2005) GIFAnimations [online] last accessed in November 2006 at;

http://www.gifanimations.com/
Purports to be the Internet's original and largest collection of free animated GIFs. Right here, you have access to
more than 20,000 animations, clipart and backgrounds. Resources structured in topics – one of many free GIF
sources on the Web. It is always important to check the copyright on resources to be used, this site offers free
downloading but does have some limiting terms.

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Overview Buttons & links Menus Settings Advanced Help Exit

If you can see this message hit the F5 button on

Interactive PowerPoint, an overview.

OK – what's it all about?

1 learn how to make objects become links to other

2 switch off the default settings in PowerPoint that

This resource covers doing just that.

Buttons and Links.

Simple buttons are easy to play with

Text can act as a link rather like on a simple web page

When you point to a hyperlink, the pointer becomes a hand, indicating

Pictures and Animated GIF files can be used as links

The example on the right is constructed using hyperlinked text Home

The example on the right is constructed using hyperlinked text Home

Click on the map to go to your region.

Pick area menus can be used in a variety

Click on the map to go to your region.

Pick area menus can be used in a variety

The method is simply to cover the picture

Click and drag the lines to

The objects now should be aligned on the

By moving one of the objects further out and

Changing the settings for the presentation

Typicaly Microsoft PowerPoint expects a slide show to be a

Changing the settings for the presentation

Typicaly Microsoft PowerPoint expects a slide show to be a

Users of current versions (2013) of PowerPoint can switch off

Changing the settings for the presentation

Typicaly Microsoft PowerPoint expects a slide show to be a

Users of current versions (2013) of PowerPoint can switch off

More advanced features.

Trigger effects – making

More more advanced features.

Notes on editing clipart (1 of 2). Next

There are many type of clipart

Notes on editing clipart (2 of 2). Previous

Grouping and ungrouping clipart.

making up the picture. To

How to get GIFs

The master slide

Add text to the

Are you realy sure you want to go?

Are You Sure

If you can see this message and want to use the

Are You Sure?

Creating a scrolling text box in

First make an estimate of how many

Picture resolution issues.

The two pictures here seem similar, there is a

Back to Picture resolution issues.

Medium resolution picture shown large.

This picture is stored in

Back to Picture resolution issues.

Very Low resolution picture shown large.

This picture is stored in a

An ideal solution to the size effect

In The 2007 versions of Office products the "Compress

You can select the "Options" button to see the specific

A similar feature was available on earlier versions.

Another method of reducing resolution for pictures

Back to Picture resolution issues.

Solutions to the size effect...

If your picture is smaller