Linking a definition to a word on a slide

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Mark Maio

I need to create a presentation which will be used by newly hired sales
managers for a company involved in ophthalmology. They will be required to go
through the presentation by themselves and will not have any formal training
in ophthalmology. As I introduce new terms or words in the presentation, I
would like to have them highlighted so the user will be able to click on them
and a definition of the word or term will appear within the slide. They could
then return to the slide/presentation and continue going through it. Is this
possible in PowerPoint?

Thank you,

Mark Maio
 
Lucy's suggestion of using triggers is a good one. Other alternatives
include Sonia's Quick Trick #16:

http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/quicktricks.htm

Another alternative is to create hyperlinks to other slides with the
definitions. Or, you can hyperlink to custom shows (which allows you to
use Show and Return to get back to the original slide). Finally, if none
of these work for you, there are VBA solutions, but they are probably
not necessary for this.

--David
 
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