Summary slide not available

[Guest]

I am trying to create a table of contents that when a picture is clicked, a
series of slides will play. The help file says to create a show, open slide
sorter and createa a summary slide. Only one problem, the summary slide is
not available!?
Can someone please help?

Troy Harris

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Troy,

I'm not sure what version of powerpoint you are using.....

These instructions work for me with powerpoint 2002/XP

View > slide sorter

Select the slides that you want to make a summary slide from (hold down the ctrl key to select multiple individual
slides)

Then on the toolbar (to the left of the button that reads 'Notes') at the top click "summary slide"

This will create a summary slide (bullet list) using the titles of the slides you have selected.

How this helps you play a series of slides I do not know. Help files - huh!

See this
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointmenu.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

 

[Kathy J]

Tony,
More information to add to TAJ's post:
1) You have to have more than one slide selected for it to work
2) All selected slides must have a title in the title placeholder
3) Those titles shouldn't have commas in them, as punctuation can play havoc
with the summary slide creation

If your slides don't have title placeholders, add them in. If you don't want
them to show, drag them off the slide.

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