Auto Agenda Feature in PowerPoint

[RB]

It would be great to be able to mark certain slides as being "agenda" slides
(I.e. right click on a title slide that marks a new section of a
presentation) and then select a menu function to have PowerPoint
automatically create an agenda slide (inserted after the Title slide, usually
the first slide) with all the titles from the slides that were marked
previously. You could also create an option to have them autoupdate (similar
to a linked cell in Excel). Or you could selecte refresh from a menu and
have the Agenda slide update.

 

[Tony Osime]

Your wish is PowerPoint's command!

Go to slide sorter view.
Select the slides you want in your agenda.
In the slide sorter tool bar click on summary slide and "hey presto" you
have an agenda slide.

Was this a serious question or were you just testing us?

 

[Tony Osime]

This is a request to the experts here:

Are there any special features in the auto summary feature?

Is there an unusual use for this feature?

Have you noticed any quirks in its use?

Thanks...Tony

 

[Tony Osime]

Create a table of contents slide that links to custom shows
Create the table of contents slide after you have created the rest of the
presentation.

Note The following task shows you how to create a table of contents for a
presentation (.ppt) file and link it to custom shows (custom show: A
presentation within a presentation, where you group slides in an existing
presentation so that you can show that section of the presentation to a
particular audience.). If you save a presentation as a Web page (.htm file),
a table of contents is created automatically and links to each slide in the
presentation.

1.. Open the presentation for which you want to create a table of contents
slide.
2.. Create a custom show for each section of your presentation.
How?

1.. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Shows, and then click New.
2.. Under Slides in presentation, select the slides you want to include
in the custom show, and then click Add.
3.. To select multiple slides, hold down CTRL as you click the slides.

4.. To change the order in which slides appear, select a slide under
Slides in custom show, and then click one of the arrows to move the slide up
or down in the list.
5.. Type a name in the Slide show name box, and then click OK.
6.. Repeat steps 1 through 5 to create more custom shows with any slides
in your presentation.
3.. In slide sorter view, select the first slide in each custom show you
just created.
To select multiple slides, hold down CTRL and click the slides you want.

4.. On the Slide Sorter toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options
that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, use the Customize
dialog box (point to Toolbars on the View menu and click Customize). To see
more buttons, click Toolbar Options at the end of the toolbar.), click
Summary Slide .
5.. Double-click the new slide, which appears in front of your other
slides.
6.. To create a hyperlink from each bulleted item to its corresponding
custom show, select the bulleted item, and then on the Slide Show menu,
click Action Settings.
7.. Click Hyperlink to, and in the list, click Custom Show.
8.. Select the show you want to hyperlink to, and then select the Show and
return check box.
9.. Repeat steps 6 through 8 for each bulleted item on the table of
contents slide.

 

[Kathy J]

There are two special features you should know before using the auto
summary: 1) All slides must have text in the title place holders or the
summary slide can't be created. 2) If the slide have punctuation in the
titles, the summary sometimes won't create.

Other than that, it is great for creating agenda slides as you noted, as
well as creating menu slides.

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[RB]

Tony and Kathy,

Thanks for the information! I've been using PowerPoint for years and while
I've never read the manual, I've not heard about this feature/function. And
when I searched, I think I used Agenda vs. summary as a keyword.

Thanks again,

--Ron