Interactive powerpoint?

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Is there a way to create a self-running interactive powerpoint presentation?
What I am trying to create is a mailout that when a customer places it in
his/her cd bay, it automatically starts with a title page that has a choise
of links (presentations) like the Investor Presentation or the Annual Report
scanned into a presentation. The customer clicks on a link and is
automatically brought to the chosen presentation.

I guess it is almost like when you are installing a program and you are
given the choice of installing multiple programs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

--
Mike McCall
McCall Management Associates
McCall Photos
TEL: 985.875.3020
FAX: 985.875.0659
www.mccallphotos.com
 
I've experimented and am having touble with the the button recognizing the
"link" on the cd. It searches for the original link on my hard drive. I
have not done the self-running cd yet, just the links on a cd. I recorded
the three ppt files on the cd without directories. Opened the first
"holding" presentation and clicked on each of the links. The first link
worked like a charm, but powerpoint searched and could not find the second
link.

I have 2002.

Echo S said:
Yeah, sure this is pretty easy using hyperlinks.

What exactly do you need help with?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! San Diego, September 17-20 http://www.pptlive.com


Mike McCall said:
Is there a way to create a self-running interactive powerpoint
presentation?
What I am trying to create is a mailout that when a customer places it in
his/her cd bay, it automatically starts with a title page that has a
choise
of links (presentations) like the Investor Presentation or the Annual
Report
scanned into a presentation. The customer clicks on a link and is
automatically brought to the chosen presentation.

I guess it is almost like when you are installing a program and you are
given the choice of installing multiple programs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

--
Mike McCall
McCall Management Associates
McCall Photos
TEL: 985.875.3020
FAX: 985.875.0659
www.mccallphotos.com
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Put all the presentations in the same folder, then create the various links.
That should do the trick.

If you have PPT 2003, you can try Package for CD. It resolves links to a
variety of files -- it should resolve the links to your PPT files also.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


Mike McCall said:
I've experimented and am having touble with the the button recognizing the
"link" on the cd. It searches for the original link on my hard drive. I
have not done the self-running cd yet, just the links on a cd. I recorded
the three ppt files on the cd without directories. Opened the first
"holding" presentation and clicked on each of the links. The first link
worked like a charm, but powerpoint searched and could not find the second
link.

I have 2002.

Echo S said:
Yeah, sure this is pretty easy using hyperlinks.

What exactly do you need help with?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! San Diego, September 17-20 http://www.pptlive.com


Mike McCall said:
Is there a way to create a self-running interactive powerpoint
presentation?
What I am trying to create is a mailout that when a customer places it
in
his/her cd bay, it automatically starts with a title page that has a
choise
of links (presentations) like the Investor Presentation or the Annual
Report
scanned into a presentation. The customer clicks on a link and is
automatically brought to the chosen presentation.

I guess it is almost like when you are installing a program and you are
given the choice of installing multiple programs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

--
Mike McCall
McCall Management Associates
McCall Photos
TEL: 985.875.3020
FAX: 985.875.0659
www.mccallphotos.com
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Thank you for the advice. I noticed that the link that worked had no
reference to drive but the one that didn't work had a reference to the
drive. I did both the same way. Go figure.

I'll try your suggestion tomorrow

Thanks again.

Echo S said:
Put all the presentations in the same folder, then create the various
links. That should do the trick.

If you have PPT 2003, you can try Package for CD. It resolves links to a
variety of files -- it should resolve the links to your PPT files also.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


Mike McCall said:
I've experimented and am having touble with the the button recognizing
the "link" on the cd. It searches for the original link on my hard
drive. I have not done the self-running cd yet, just the links on a cd.
I recorded the three ppt files on the cd without directories. Opened the
first "holding" presentation and clicked on each of the links. The first
link worked like a charm, but powerpoint searched and could not find the
second link.

I have 2002.

Echo S said:
Yeah, sure this is pretty easy using hyperlinks.

What exactly do you need help with?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! San Diego, September 17-20 http://www.pptlive.com


:

Is there a way to create a self-running interactive powerpoint
presentation?
What I am trying to create is a mailout that when a customer places it
in
his/her cd bay, it automatically starts with a title page that has a
choise
of links (presentations) like the Investor Presentation or the Annual
Report
scanned into a presentation. The customer clicks on a link and is
automatically brought to the chosen presentation.

I guess it is almost like when you are installing a program and you are
given the choice of installing multiple programs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

--
Mike McCall
McCall Management Associates
McCall Photos
TEL: 985.875.3020
FAX: 985.875.0659
www.mccallphotos.com
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That's why you should put them in the same folder. The links to items in the
same folder won't have drive letters. The links to items elsewhere will.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


Mike McCall said:
Thank you for the advice. I noticed that the link that worked had no
reference to drive but the one that didn't work had a reference to the
drive. I did both the same way. Go figure.

I'll try your suggestion tomorrow

Thanks again.

Echo S said:
Put all the presentations in the same folder, then create the various
links. That should do the trick.

If you have PPT 2003, you can try Package for CD. It resolves links to a
variety of files -- it should resolve the links to your PPT files also.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


Mike McCall said:
I've experimented and am having touble with the the button recognizing
the "link" on the cd. It searches for the original link on my hard
drive. I have not done the self-running cd yet, just the links on a cd.
I recorded the three ppt files on the cd without directories. Opened
the first "holding" presentation and clicked on each of the links. The
first link worked like a charm, but powerpoint searched and could not
find the second link.

I have 2002.

Yeah, sure this is pretty easy using hyperlinks.

What exactly do you need help with?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! San Diego, September 17-20 http://www.pptlive.com


:

Is there a way to create a self-running interactive powerpoint
presentation?
What I am trying to create is a mailout that when a customer places it
in
his/her cd bay, it automatically starts with a title page that has a
choise
of links (presentations) like the Investor Presentation or the Annual
Report
scanned into a presentation. The customer clicks on a link and is
automatically brought to the chosen presentation.

I guess it is almost like when you are installing a program and you
are
given the choice of installing multiple programs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

--
Mike McCall
McCall Management Associates
McCall Photos
TEL: 985.875.3020
FAX: 985.875.0659
www.mccallphotos.com
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I produced a menu system for an aviation ground school program. Individual
ppt files covered pictures/text describing each system like hydraulics, air
conditioning, landing gear, flight guidance, etc. The pps menu system
contained squares with a different system named on each one. I.E. On the
square labeled Hydraulics I placed a hyperlink to the hydraulic ppt file.
At the end of the file was a link back to the menu ppt. The program used
the menu.pps as the means to start the presentation. With the menu
displayed the user could click on whatever aircraft system he wished to
review and it would change to that particular system ppt file.

The entire program was set up to change to the next page using a mouse
click. A right mouse click allowed the user to return to the previous page
if he wished. The Escape Key when held down caused the current ppt file to
close and return to the Menu when desired.

So it was interactive to some degree.
 
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