Jeopardy-Style Table in Powerpoint?

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I'm trying to create a table in one slide in which each cell links to
a different slide, and after returning to the main slide that link is
no longer visible(think Jeopardy, for lack of a better description).
It's simple except for removing the link upon return and having all of
them stay deleted for the remainder of the presentation, which I can't
seem to make work at all. Can anyone point out to me the trick to
this?
 
This is fairly easy to do if you use VBA. The "cells" can be made up of shapes (buttons or regular rectangles). The shapes can run a macro that links to another slide and hides the original shape. I don't have an example on my Web site that does exactly this, but I have examples that include navigating (jumping from one slide to another) and hiding shapes. Check out

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint

Click on Examples by Chapter, and look for example 6.6

--Davi

David M. Marcovit
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint

----- Zek wrote: ----

I'm trying to create a table in one slide in which each cell links t
a different slide, and after returning to the main slide that link i
no longer visible(think Jeopardy, for lack of a better description)
It's simple except for removing the link upon return and having all o
them stay deleted for the remainder of the presentation, which I can'
seem to make work at all. Can anyone point out to me the trick t
this?
 
I have some sample code from my Jeopardy-type game that I have available for
a download. It talks about the code necessary to "name" your shape
(compliments of one of our other MVPs), plus there is some code that hides
the dollar amount when you come back to the slide. The concept will work
for you. Holler back if you need additional VBA assistance.

Here is the link: http://www.pttinc.com/ppt_faq1.html

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Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor
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Dorogoi Zek
You don't need VBA to do exactly what you asked, though you might need i
if you want to add some bells & whistles, such as keeping score automatically
Using VBA would be a problem if your audience had to use the show vi
PowerPoint Viewer
1. Inset rectangles using autoshape. Type your point values on the rectangles (just select and type
2. Select the rectange and hyperlink to the page with the question on it.
I use multiple choice questions on this page, with hyperlinks to "Correct" and "Incorrect" pages
Have a hyperlink back to the "Point values" page, on each of these pages
3. On the "Point Values" page do the following with each rectangle
a. Use custom animation for both entrance and exit (say fly in for entrance & DISSAPPEAR for exit
b. on the custom animation task pane, point to the arrow to the right of each exit action, select timing
trigger, and then rectangle##, where ## is the number of the rectange you want to dissappear
(i.e.the same one you've selected on the task pane)
That should do it
I'll send you a copy of my "5 minute quiz" file that uses this technique if you'd lik
pdekman2000 at yahoo dot co
Now if somebody could show me how to keep score without VBA ....
 
Does this technique work with PowerPoint versions prior to 2003
--Davi

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Dorogoi Zek
You don't need VBA to do exactly what you asked, though you might need i
if you want to add some bells & whistles, such as keeping score automatically
Using VBA would be a problem if your audience had to use the show vi
PowerPoint Viewer
1. Inset rectangles using autoshape. Type your point values on the rectangles (just select and type
2. Select the rectange and hyperlink to the page with the question on it.
I use multiple choice questions on this page, with hyperlinks to "Correct" and "Incorrect" pages
Have a hyperlink back to the "Point values" page, on each of these pages
3. On the "Point Values" page do the following with each rectangle
a. Use custom animation for both entrance and exit (say fly in for entrance & DISSAPPEAR for exit
b. on the custom animation task pane, point to the arrow to the right of each exit action, select timing
trigger, and then rectangle##, where ## is the number of the rectange you want to dissappear
(i.e.the same one you've selected on the task pane)
That should do it
I'll send you a copy of my "5 minute quiz" file that uses this technique if you'd lik
pdekman2000 at yahoo dot co
Now if somebody could show me how to keep score without VBA ....
 
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