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Hi, I am using PowerPoint 2003. Is there something I can put into my
slides, so that when I do a presentation I will know that I have reached the
last item on the slide, and that if I click again I will go to the next
slide? Sometimes I want to wait for answers from my audience before I move
to the next slide, but occasionally I have thought there is something else on
the current slide, only to find I have gone too far, and then have to go back
to previous. I know I can have my notes in front of me, but I try to be
prepared and not use them. Any suggestions would be most welcome :-)
Thanks. Trish
 
Trish,
A common solution to this problem is to add a design element to one of the
slides. Give that animation an appear animation and move that animation to
the end of the animation list. Now, copy that element to every slide and
ensure the animation is last on the list for each slide.

This also works with a faded box over one of the corners of the slide and
adding the animation to that object. The idea is that you will notice the
change to the slide, but the audience won't. Believe me - it works!

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
 
Trish,

Dual monitors is another possibility (Windows setting).
Your laptop can display the entire slide, while the projector shows the
actual presentation (PowerPoint setting). One glance at the laptop tells you
whether there is more on the slide.

Dave
 
Hi Trish

I always use Kathy's method which works great (50% transparent right angle
triangle in the top corner) but I've also seen this method.

I hate it but it might suit your needs.

Add an extra line to text animation with a couple of spaces OR an off slide
shape with a click animation. This way moving to the next slide takes two
clicks and the first time "nothing happens" is the warning.
 
Hi Trish

I always use Kathy's method which works great (50% transparent right
angle triangle in the top corner) but I've also seen this method.

I hate it but it might suit your needs.

Add an extra line to text animation with a couple of spaces OR an off
slide shape with a click animation. This way moving to the next slide
takes two clicks and the first time "nothing happens" is the warning.
Click to expand...

Oh boy, I get to play professor again...This is a common design issue
known as "absence of signals." That is, our clue that something is up is
that nothing happens. This is generally a problematic way to design
things. Our brains tend to ignore "nothing" (because we don't notice it
or we think that something is wrong that caused the nothing--in this
case, did I actually click?). This isn't that big a deal in a PowerPoint
presentation, but it can wreak havoc in a nuclear power plant.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
 
David M. said:
Oh boy, I get to play professor again...This is a common design issue
known as "absence of signals." That is, our clue that something is up is
that nothing happens. This is generally a problematic way to design
things. Our brains tend to ignore "nothing" (because we don't notice it
or we think that something is wrong that caused the nothing--in this
case, did I actually click?). This isn't that big a deal in a PowerPoint
presentation, but it can wreak havoc in a nuclear power plant.
Click to expand...

Moral: Don't use PPT to implement the new control system at Three Mile Island.
 
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