Interactive maps

[JulieBean]

Hey everyone! I'm trying to put together a ppt for a 25th anniversary for my
employer. One thing I would like to try and do is include an interactive map
before some of the pictures. Before I display pics from the job sites, I'd
like to have a map of our state, and have the pic zoom in on the site of the
job.

If anyone knows how to do this, please respond! I've been tearing my hair
out trying to figure it out. )

 

[Sandy]

In PPT 2002/2003

Try this:

Duplicate the map slide as many times as you have locations.
Keep slide 1 plain (no photos)

Add the location photos to each of the remaining slides, e.g., slide 2
Baltimore contains photos from that location, slide 5 - DC contains photos of
DC, and so on...

On Slide 1 draw autoshapes over each of the locations. No borders.
Right click on each shape. Select actions settings > Hyperlink To > Slide,
then select the slide number that corresponds with that location
Set the fill on all of the autoshapes to 99% transparency

Draw an action button on one of the "picture" slides. Link tishe button to
the original map. Copy this button to all of the slides that contain photos.

Now you'll be able to link to photos of each location by click "on" that
location, then return to the main map by clicking the return button on each
slide.

Hope that helps.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

In addition to Sandy's good advice, if you can find an emf or wmf map, it
can be ungrouped and you will have your locations. That is, for example, I
ungrouped one for Australia and it became all of the states.

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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
www.pptworkbench.com

glen at pptworkbench dot com

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