In PowerPoint 2000 you will be forced to decide if you want to make it look
good, or make it reasonably sized. I usually favor the former.
What I would do, is to create a series of three slides for each question.
For each section I would create the question slide.
- 1.1 Insert a new slide -- 'Question slide'
- 1.2 Add textboxes for the question and any instructions.
- 1.3 Add a background
- 1.4 Insert a rectangular autoshape,
- - 1.4.1 Type the answer inside this shape
- - 1.4.2 Format the text
- - 1.4.3 Select answer shape then Format | Autoshape | {tab} Lines &
colors | Fill | Background )
- 1.5 Select answer shape, copy and paste 3 times
- 1.6 Replace answers inside answer shapes 2, 3, and 4 with selection of
answers
- 1.7 SlideShow | Slide Transition | {uncheck} Advance Slide on Mouse
Click and {uncheck} Automatically after ...
Still with me? Don't worry, almost done.
- 2.1 Select the slide and copy it.
- 2.2. Select 2nd slide, we will make the 'wrong answer' slide.
- 2.3 Add a sound to play automatically on advancing into the slide (a
raspberry or buzzer -- negative type sound).
- 2.4 You may also want to add text that states "Your answer was not
correct, guess again".
- 2.5 Add a rectangle with no fill over the entire slide. (this is the
advance link)
- 2.6 Hyperlink this transparent shape back to the question slide.
- 3.1 Select slide 2 (wrong answer slide) and copy it -- this is the 'Right
answer' slide
- 3.2 Change the special wording to "Correct answer. Let's do another."
- 3.3 Change the advance hyperlink to 'next slide' instead of the first
slide of the trio
- 3.4 change the sound that plays on advancing into the slide to a happy
one
Last steps, promise.
On the first slide of the trio, hyperlink the wrong answers to the second of
the trio. Then link the right answer to the third slide.
Now you have mentioned changing the appearance of the answers when selected.
The right answer can be bolded on the 3rd slide to make it stand out, but to
do the wrong answers would require adding a separate slide for each of the
wrong answers instead of one for all three.
If you would like to insert a small box symbol at the beginning of each
answer, you can make it appear that there is a check box, but the shapes do
not care where you click inside the borders to activate the hyperlink.
See if this doesn't do the trick for you. Post back if my babbling has
taken you astray.
--
Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
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