PowerPoint: Sequential & Non-sequential Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative, 2005 Business Computing Skills Workshop

Return to Contents Summary Slide  Sequential PowerPoint Sequential PowerPoint  Non-Sequential PowerPoint Non-Sequential PowerPoint  Technique 1: The Hidden Slide Technique 1: The Hidden Slide  A Hidden Slide A Hidden Slide  Technique 2: Summary Slide Technique 2: Summary Slide  Technique 3: Hyperlink to Another PowerPoint Presentation Technique 3: Hyperlink to Another PowerPoint Presentation  Technique 4: Hyperlink to Another File Type Technique 4: Hyperlink to Another File Type

Return to Contents Sequential PowerPoint  PowerPoint presentations are everywhere.  Most presentations start at slide 1, then show slide 2, then 3, etc. to the end.  There are other sequencing options.

Return to Contents Non-Sequential PowerPoint  The Hidden Slide  The Summary Slide with Links  Hyperlink to another PPT File  Hyperlink to another File Type

Return to Contents Technique 1: The Hidden Slide  Designate a slide as “hidden” during presentation building.  Show the slide during a presentation only if it’s needed. Show hidden slidehidden

Return to Contents A Hidden Slide  In a normal run through this presentation, this slide would not be shown.

Return to Contents Technique 2: Summary Slide  Acts like a Table of Contents  Generate from slide sorter view using the Summary Slide button.  Add hyperlinks from Summary Slide items to those slides.  Example Example

Return to Contents Technique 3: Hyperlink to Another PowerPoint Presentation  Right-click any text or graphic and add a hyperlink to an entirely separate PowerPoint presentation. Click the graphic at left to open another PowerPoint presentation about William Shakespeare’s play “The Merchant of Venice”.

Return to Contents Technique 4: Hyperlink to Another File Type  Right-click any text or graphic and add a hyperlink to an entirely separate file, such as an Excel workbook. Click the graphic at left to open Excel and the Xertech file.

Return to Contents Summary  Some options for non-sequential PowerPoint presentations: 1. The Hidden Slide 2. The Summary Slide with Links 3. Hyperlink to another PPT File 4. Hyperlink to another File Type

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