There’s an important reason that you should consider creating a menu slide, which is a slide that links to other parts of your presentation (and maybe outside resources as well). You could also call it an agenda slide. (In fact, you could create a Questions slide at the end to link back to topics you’ve […]
Create an interactive menu in PowerPoint Office Mix
This post is by Heather Ackmann. She is a new/old PowerPoint MVP. Old, because she’s been an MVP in Microsoft Office for years. New, because Microsoft got rid of Office MVPs, so she’s come over to the light side and is now a PowerPoint MVP. And she’s an MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer). Heather is also full-time […]
Quickly create a grid of tiled images
Can you imagine creating this slide in under 5 minutes? Well, you can. Using SmartArt picture layouts Few people use or even know about the SmartArt picture layouts. They help you lay out multiple images in a preset pattern. They even crop the images for you! But you can change the cropping if you want. […]
Create a quiz in PowerPoint
Did you know that you can create a quiz in PowerPoint? You can create a simple quiz in PowerPoint using just hyperlinks. It’s simple because it doesn’t require any programming and you can’t grade it. Students take the quiz in Slide Show view. When they choose the wrong answer, they go back to the question […]
Create a tile menu with hyperlinks to slides
It’s often useful to create a menu for your first or second slide. Here are some scenarios: To facilitate easy navigation to anywhere in your presentation To allow your audience to choose the order of the content, for a non-linear, live presentation To allow viewers to navigate through an online presentation Use an updated interface […]