I am trying to animate a slide, PowerPoint 3003.
Title
answer
answer
answer
…
answer
I would like to have all the numbers shown and the answer appear when the number is clicked on, or a key is hit so I can display the answer in “My” order.
Please I need a Kiss orientated answer.
Thanks
Your description is very cryptic. I have no idea what you’re trying to accomplish.
Assuming the test is ten questions.
[ul]
[li]You need 11 slides. [/li][li]All 11 slides have the numbers one thru ten. [/li][li]Slide #1 only has the list with no answers. [/li][li]Slide #2 has the answer for Q1. [/li][li]Slide #3 has the answers of Q1 and Q2, [/li][li]Slide #4 has the answers for Q1, Q2 and Q3. [/li][li]And so on.[/li][/ul]
As you play the presentation, viewers see an empty list to begin. As each slide comes up it appears as though each answer appears in a static view when in reality it is a different slide.
Do you always want the answers to appear in order from 1-11, or do you want to be able to click any number at any point and have its corresponding answer appear?
ETA: Duckster, that’s a clunky way to do it. You can accomplish the same thing on a single slide using custom animation. Doing it in arbitrary order would be more tricky, though.
Of course, the REALLY clunky way to do it is to make slides with all possible combinations of answers and hyperlink them (i.e. 1, (1,2), (1,3), etc).
I think the real question here is “can you tie an animation to a certain hyperlink or invisible “box” instead of just a generic ‘on click’?” Which I think you can do using “Animation Trigger” (which is probably either under Custom Animation or wherever you hyperlink stuff), but I can’t check since I don’t have MS Office on this computer.
Here’s one (admittedly clunky) way to do it (I’m decidedly not a Powerpoint expert):
1-Start with a slide that is formatted to just contain a title. The remainder should be empty space.
2-On your slide, make two textboxes for each item; you’ll need one for the number and one for the corresponding answer. I’d recommend that you draw one textbox, then copy & paste it till you have enough. You’ll want to use the first n textboxes for the numbers, and the second n for the answers.
3-Resize and line up the textboxes. To move the textboxes, it will probably be easiest to click on the border to select the textbox object, then use your arrow keys to move it.
4-Type in the textboxes to fill in the numbers and answers, then format the text appropriately.
5-Click in the text for answer #1, then click the textbox border to select the textbox object. Right-click, and select “Custom animation”. The “Custom Animation” pane will appear. Note that there’s a big empty listbox that takes up most of the space.
6-Click the “Add Effect” dropdown, then expand the “Entrance” menu. This will give you a variety of different entrance effects. I like “Dissolve In” (you may have to select “More effects” to get this the first time). Select the effect you want. You’ll now see an item in the previously-empty listbox in the “Custom Animation” pane.
7-Note the dropdown arrow to the right of the new item. Click it, then select “Effect Options”. A dialog for the effect will appear.
8-Click the “Timing” tab.
9-Click the “Triggers” button. A pair of radio buttons will appear.
10-Select the “Start effect on click of” radio button, then click the dropdown. Select the “Shape <number>” item for number 1. (This is why you want to have the textboxes in that specific order; it’ll make this step easier.)
11-Click OK. The dialog will close, and you’ll now see a new “Trigger” item in the listbox in the “Custom Animation” pane.
12-Repeat steps 5-11 for the remaining “answer” textboxes.
That is an accurate description (in bold underlines) of what I want. This is a review of a youth firearms safety training film, The Last Shot. There are more than 11 points that I want the students to have remembered from seeing the movie Monday. I have been writing these on the board as they are remembered, but would love to do it through PowerPoint. I already have my custom PowerPoint slide show with all kinds of 1-2-3-4… animations and
would like to improve. Ya I thought of building 122 slides and hyperlink everything, but my aged ADD and the hereditary procrastination that my Father blessed me with, well those slides would not get done.
Thanks for the thoughts, and I have some head scratching to do to understand hunter Hawks suggestion:confused:
Yeah, it’s clunky but it works. I’m not a PP expert, or even an aficionado. I actually discourage the use of PP because it is so overused and abused that it hides a multiple of sins. It’s a crutch. It’s also not accessible.
Thanks Hunter,
It works just like I wanted! I have 16 lines of text and 16 lettered buttons to coincide with my cheat sheet. I am very happy:):)
Your instruction’s were perfect. I just can’t imagine how many pages one would have to study in the manual to learn this:eek:
Not on my level, I am state of the art with my PowerPoint/projector setup. Most are still doing flip charts and 19 TV’s.
I do miss the remote control for running the video. Running it with the DVD drive is a challenge, at least for me. Good thing the pause button is the space bar or I would really struggle:o
I did get my start with slide shows with a pirated copy of Harvard Graphics. Then I had Corel with Word Perfect and that was very hard for me.
Thanks again.
Greg
What’s the alternative? What method of communication do you use that is not overused and abused?
The majority of MS Word documents communicate badly. Most spreadsheets are poorly designed. Even the older technology of transpariencies on a projector show all the same flaws. It doesn’t seem to matter what the actual tool is. They are all abused.
Cool, glad it turned out okay.
The documentation is actually pretty decent, though it definitely helps to have had to work through similar issues in the past.