Hosting two different versions of a presentation in one file?

[Guest]

I'm hoping someone has a creative suggestion as to how to accomplish this.
The issue is that I've got a "master" presentation with all of the content I
need. However, I am presenting to do very distinct audiences. 50% of the
slides will be used in both presentations. But 25% of the slides will only be
used with one audience, and 25% will only be used with the other audience.
I'd like to avoid making two presentations, and it's going to be tedious to
go through and manually hide/show a bunch of slides any time I'm shifting
from one audience to the other (too much potential for a goof).

Word has the "master file" feature that allows the creation of a bunch of
"child" documents that can then be used in multiple master files so that a
coherent table of contents can be generated. I can't tell that PowerPoint has
similar functionality.

Any ideas? The challenge is that the presentation will be evolving over
time, and I'm nervous about trying to synch the shared content in two
differenr presentations continually.

TIA,
Tim

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I think you want to set up Custom Shows. You can create all the slides
you want and have a menu on the first slide with buttons that link to
either of your two custom shows. Just go to the Slide Show menu and
choose Custom Shows. Create a custom show and add all the slides you
want. Then create another custom show and add all the slides you want.
Link the buttons to the custom shows. When you present, you will just
have to press one button or the other to start your presentation.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

Perfect!

I just hadn't figured out the right keywords to search on, apparently. This
is exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks!

Tim

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Check out Custom Shows. I think they'll give you just what you're after.

The same slide can appear in one, many or no custom shows.