progress bar

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Hi, all:

Does anybody know if it possible to have a progress bar embedded in your
presentation that would inform the viewer/listener where the presenter is at
in his talk? IF so, then how can one install such a progress bar? Is it a
macro or add-on or something else?

Thank you,

Edgar
 
The merits of including progress bars in most types of presentations has
been discussed and was generally frowned on. However, for those rare cases
where it is appropriate, Steve was kind enough to write code that
demonstrates how it can be done.

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Bill:

Could you please let me know why is the 'progress bar' generally frowned
upon? Does that make the audience fall asleep or not care about presentation?

thank you,

edgar
 
In a nutshell, it boils down to focus.

Usually the focus of the audience should be on the topic being discussed. A
progress bar will draw their attention to how much is left, rather than what
is being shown now.

On slide 11 of 12, people are already packing their bags and mentally done
with the presentation. On slide 3 of 392 they are thinking of all the ways
they could have chosen to spend the afternoon.

Bill D.
 
On the other hand, if it's an automatic presentation that I'm sitting through,
I really do appreciate knowing how far along we are and how much is left to go.

(And if it's moving too slowly and doesn't give me any way of controlling the
slide advance, where the "I'm OUTA here" button is.)
 
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Hello,

It sounds that, although there are workarounds, you would like this to be a
lot easier to do in PowerPoint.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint should provide this kind of functionality natively (not
requiring add-ins or ActiveX controls), don't forget to send your feedback
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