Single text box linking to multiple slides

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drew

Let me explain the slide I'm trying to create:

It will have a list of subjects at the top.
Below, it will have a SINGLE text box providing a summary of each subject.
....
I would like it so that when you scroll over a subject in the top box, a
summary of the subject will automatically appear in the below box. So,
single text box, multiple slides.

I know how to create scroll-over links using the "Actions" tool. But I'd
like to know how to have a single text box that can load different slides
depending on what subject your cursor is on.

This would provide all the information on one slide-- very useful when
making a presentation.

Thank you.
 
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David Marcovitz

If you don't mind clicking, then this can be done with animation triggers.
Otherwise, you will have to use VBA (which can be triggered with mouse
over). So, your three options are:

(1) Click and use animation triggers (no VBA) to get it on one slide.
(2) Use multiple slides (no VBA and no click).
(3) Use VBA and get everything you want (but you are stuck with VBA with all
it's limitations).

To put it more simply, you can have two out of three: no VBA, no clicking,
single slide.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
 
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drew

Thanks David.

Let's not waste your time in trying to explain the VBA method to me.

The first option, using animation triggers, will suffice. I tried it out
but can't seem how to do it or use the correct terminology in "help" to lead
me the right direction.

So, I come back to you.

To reiterate what I'm trying to do: at top of page there is a list of
subjects. When you click on a subject, a summary of that subject appears in
a below text box. When you click on another subject, that summary appears.
So the info inside of the text box changes, but without ever changing slides.

Thanks in advance.
 
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David Marcovitz

OK. First, you should note that when the user sees this it won't make any
difference as to whether it is one slide or 100. However, you have your
reasons for one slide.

I just remembered that I have a ready-made example that uses VBA on my Web
site. So, if you are interested in the VBA solution, you might want to look
at the Tabbed Browsing example on my Web site
(http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/) under the Examples from Real People
section (it's currently the ninth example, but if I get some time, I plan to
add some more examples so it might not always be 9th).

The basic idea is that you have each bit of text in it's own text box with
an entrance animation and several exit animations. The only tricky part is
getting the entrance and exit animations triggered properly. Imagine that
your list of subjects consists of 3 things: Basket Weaving, Thumb Twiddling,
and Napping. Thus, you need three text boxes that are sitting one on top of
the other and three buttons (or other shapes) above them. The Basket text
box will have one entrance effect (triggered by clicking the Basket button)
and two exit effects (one triggered by the Thumb button and one by the
Napping button). The Thumb text will have the same effects, but the entrance
effect is triggered by the Thumb button, and the exit effects are triggered
by the other two buttons. The same idea applies to the Napping text.

That's really all there is to it. It just gets tricky deal with if you have
a long list of subjects along with overlapping text boxes.

If you need help setting the animation triggers, there are several online
tutorials, including:

<http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/cool/trigger01.html>

<http://pptheaven.mvps.org/tutorials/trigger.html>

<http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html#trigge
rs>

--David



Thanks David.

Let's not waste your time in trying to explain the VBA method to me.

The first option, using animation triggers, will suffice. I tried it out
but can't seem how to do it or use the correct terminology in "help" to lead
me the right direction.

So, I come back to you.

To reiterate what I'm trying to do: at top of page there is a list of
subjects. When you click on a subject, a summary of that subject appears in
a below text box. When you click on another subject, that summary appears.
So the info inside of the text box changes, but without ever changing slides.

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...

--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
 
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drew

Thanks David!
It's coming along... slowly but surely.

Any yes, I have a lot of overlapping shapes, and that makes it more
challenging.

One additional question that I didn't find the answer to anywhere else-- how
can I cut and paste tables on top of each other? I don't want to make my
tables into images so I can more easily edit the info inside of them. So can
I keep them as tables and stack them somehow?

Thanks.
 
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David Marcovitz

I don't do much with tables so I'm not sure. But I don't see why you
couldn't have multiple tables stacked on top of each other.
--David

Thanks David!
It's coming along... slowly but surely.

Any yes, I have a lot of overlapping shapes, and that makes it more
challenging.

One additional question that I didn't find the answer to anywhere else-- how
can I cut and paste tables on top of each other? I don't want to make my
tables into images so I can more easily edit the info inside of them. So can
I keep them as tables and stack them somehow?

Thanks.
Click to expand...

--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
 
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drew

Thanks, text boxes will do instead of tables. They are easier to manipulate,
I think.

I have another question relating to animation triggering. I have
successfully made text boxes appear with the click of other boxes. However,
how can I trigger them to disappear when you click on another text box? They
are on top of each other, and right now appear on top of each other. Somehow
making them nontransparent (so that you can't see the box underneath) will
probably also work, no? I tried that but couldn't figure how to do that.
I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks a bunch.
 

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