Powerpoint "popups"?

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Taylor Francis

Ok, lemme see if I can even explain my question...

I'm a preacher and I uses powerpoint in my sermon presentations...

Is there anyway that i can have several slides that contain Scriptures
and call them up "randomly" in the middle of my presentation...

Ex: In the middle of a slide with several points, can I pop up a screen
that contains another text, then jump right back to the middle of the
slide I was in?

Does anyone even understand my question?

I'm using Powerpoint 2000 under WinME...

Thanks,
Taylor
 
Is there anyway that i can have several slides that contain Scriptures
and call them up "randomly" in the middle of my presentation...

Ex: In the middle of a slide with several points, can I pop up a screen
that contains another text, then jump right back to the middle of the
slide I was in?
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There are a couple of approaches that might work.

For starters, if you're good at remembering slide numbers or don't mind
having a cheat sheet handy, you can simply type the number of the slide you
want to jump to then press enter and PPT takes you there.

From there, you could either type the number of the slide you came from or
(more to my liking, less remembering involved) put a "Return to previously
viewed slide" button on the jump-to slides so you have a one-click way back.

Or if you know that on a given slide you might want to quote certain pieces
of Scripture, but only a few, you could easily make buttons that jump to
those slides then add buttons that jump back. You wouldn't have to remember
slide numbers that way, but it would limit the number of possible "jumps"
you could have.
 
I followed the instructions. My hyperlink text is now underlined. How can
I get it so that it is not underlined?

Regards;
David
 
Two methods: One is to draw a rectangle over the text, apply the link to it
and then give it "no fill" and "no line" so that it is invisible. Because
the text is not linked, it will not be underlined.

The second method works if your text is in a textbox by itself. Place the
cursor in the text, press Escape, which results in the textbox being
selected, then apply the link. The text will not be underlined.
 
Steve said:
From there, you could either type the number of the slide you came from or
(more to my liking, less remembering involved) put a "Return to previously
viewed slide" button on the jump-to slides so you have a one-click way back.
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Is there a hotkey for the "return to previously viewed slide"? I don't
know how to put a button on a slide, and I run the presentation using
the keyboard....

Thanks,
Taylor
 
From there, you could either type the number of the slide you came from
or
Is there a hotkey for the "return to previously viewed slide"? I don't
know how to put a button on a slide, and I run the presentation using
the keyboard....
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No, afraid not.

You can assign an action setting to anything on the slide pretty much. In
other words, draw a rectangle and give it the Previously Viewed action
setting. (Actually, the wording is "Last Slide Viewed" ... my mistake
earlier)

You can use TAB to skip from one action setting to the next on a slide just
as you can use it to jump between links in a browser page. When the one you
want gets a dotted outline, press Enter to activate it. The whole thing can
be set up to work nicely from the keyboard. The rectangle or whatever can
be made invisible (ie, give it no line, no fill) ... it will still work as a
clickable/keyboardable link.
 
Steve said:
No, afraid not.

You can assign an action setting to anything on the slide pretty much. In
other words, draw a rectangle and give it the Previously Viewed action
setting. (Actually, the wording is "Last Slide Viewed" ... my mistake
earlier)

You can use TAB to skip from one action setting to the next on a slide just
as you can use it to jump between links in a browser page. When the one you
want gets a dotted outline, press Enter to activate it. The whole thing can
be set up to work nicely from the keyboard. The rectangle or whatever can
be made invisible (ie, give it no line, no fill) ... it will still work as a
clickable/keyboardable link.
Click to expand...

OK, maybe I'm just dumb...but, how do I do that?
Taylor
 
You can assign an action setting to anything on the slide pretty much.
In
OK, maybe I'm just dumb...but, how do I do that?
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Sorry ... sometimes I assume people are more familiar with PPT than they
are. It's hard to tell by looking at these letters on the screen. ;-)

Let's do this with a button, though you can use any shape you'd like to draw
in PPT instead.

At the bottom of your screen, click AutoShapes, then click Action Buttons,
then click the blank button. You'll get a crosshair cursor. Click anywhere
on the slide. (you can click and drag to set the size at the same time, if
you like, but you can also change the size easily later. for now, just
click.)

That will draw a button and immediately bring up the Actions dialog box.
Click Hyperlink to: then choose Last Slide Viewed in the dropdown list box.
Click OK.

Now give it a go in slide show view to see how it works.
 
Works great! Thanks!
Is there a way to make the button automatically have the focus? As it
is (I use the Keyboard to run my presentation) I have to hit tab then
enter to activate the button... Just trying to shorten it a bit...
Thanks for the help!
Taylor
 
Sorry for the delayed reply ...

No, I don't know of any way you can automatically set the focus to the
action button.
 
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