shuffle order of slide presentation

[stefan]

I'd like to find out if it is possible/relatively easy to randomly
shuffle the order in which the slides in a PowerPoint presentation
occur.

The ultimate would be to have a master list of say 100 slides, and
generate at random a presentation of say 20 slides. Going one step
further, I'd like to be able to vary the probability of that an
individual slide will be "chosen" based on formulas that use user
input data (from previous sessions). The slides are to be interactive
questions requiring the user to make responses.

Is PowerPoint the right medium for this idea? Would I be better off
using Excel?

Thanks!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Without resorting to VBA, this wouldn't be possible (other than doing it
manually) in PowerPoint.

With VBA it should be quite practical, though doing the weighting might get
tricky.