I understand what you are saying, but you are choosing the wrong word. To
get truly random sequences you would need VBA/macro coding, but to get user
controlled sequences you can use triggers.
If, you are using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003, than these are fairly easy to set
up.
1) Create the slide with all the shapes
2) If you want the blue box to become visible when the green box is clicked
than you will first need to know the PowerPoint name for the green box.
This can be done from the PPTools starter set (piggy icon) or by
temporarily adding any animation (checking the name in the custom animation
task pane and then removing the temp animation).
3) Now, select the blue box.
4) Add the type of animation that you want to happen (for this example we'll
use the fade entrance animation)
5) Modify the fade animation to suit
6) On the custom animation task pane select the fade animation for the blue
box and click on the pulldown (on the right edge)
7) Select timing from the list
8) Click on the 'triggers' button from the dialog box
9) Select the 'Start effect on click of:' option and pulldown the list of
shape names
10) Pick the name you found in step 2
11) OK out of the dialog box
12 A little finger pointy hand (instead of the animation number) will appear
beside the blue box on the slide to indicate that this is a triggered
animation
Now when you click on the green box, the blue box will fade in.
While this seems fairly simplistic, it can be very powerful. If you do not
reveal a hyperlink until conditions are met, if you remove masking shapes as
a letter is called (hangman, family feud, etc.), if you respond to the items
that they call out. PowerPoint can be very interactive. It isn't just a
slide show any more.
--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
billdilworth.mvps.org
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