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Barbara J Kelly-Gilbert

I have a presentation that will be used simultaneously with training
materials. SMEs are insisting that reviews/knowledge checks appear in the
presentation without answers. Answers to the questions are animated.
Unfortunately, however, the answers appear on the printed documentation.

Is there any way to print the presentation without the answers in the
documentation--only having the answers fly in or whatever during the actual
class?

Appreciate any help on this subject.
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Barbara J Kelly-Gilbert
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The mind never dies; not if it has been part of the conversation.
 
Barbara, we have this same issue with the PowerPoint Live Trivia Contest,
where questions and answers live on the same slide. Instead of a straight
animation, try using a trigger:

1. Place the answer behind a rectangle

2. Set the rectangle to disappear when it is clicked on. In other words,
apply an exit animation to the rectangle and set its trigger to be itself.

On the printout, the rectangle will obscure the answer. During the show, the
rectangle will disappear when clicked to reveal the answer. Should work.
Triggers are one of the true sleepers in the program when it comes to
working through creative solutons to things. I devote almost an entire
chapter to it in my book and we usually dedicate a seminar session to it at
the conference, because we know how potentially valueable they can be...





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Hi Rick and thanks for replying.

You sound a PP guru. Though I think of myself as quite proficient in using
PP, I don't have any idea what you are talking about here. Your solution
seems reasonable enough, but I'm afraid that I must first have an
understanding of the term "trigger" and what it does. Is similar to a macro?
Where can I find out more about them and how to use?

Thanks again for your suggestion.

Barbara
 
Hi Barbara -- a trigger is not rocket science or programming, but it comes
as no surprise to me that you haven't heard about it. It remains one of the
least utilized parts of the program. There is a snippet of video from last
year's PowerPoint Live User Conference that would describe and show it to
you at the same time:

http://www.powerpointlive.com/video/intelligentpres.htm

It's about halfway into the video, after the part about hyperlinking. A
trigger is simply an object that acts like the catalyst for an animation.
Normally an animation occurs one of three ways:

1. When you click the mouse (On Click)
2. After another object animates (After Previous)
3. At the same time as another object (With Previous)

You can also direct an object's animation to take place when a particular
object is clicked. You've probably seen the setting a thousand times -- it's
in the Timing dialog box when you right-click an animation in the task pane.
Create a circle and a rectangle on a blank slide and you'll probably be able
to teach yourself triggers in about 10 minutes. Most books on PowerPoint,
including mine, devote discussion to it, as well...





Rick Altman
 
Thanks again Rick. I will try to find to view the video soon. From what you
wrote, it seems an easy enough process. I am definitely going to take a
close look at your site!

Barbara
 
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