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A slide template designed to demonstrate how
hyperlinks & triggers can be used to control navigation
Produced by:
Learning Technology
BPP College of Professional Studies
Before we start …
Which version of PowerPoint?
These slides have been created in PowerPoint 2003, and have not been tested for
compatibility with earlier versions of the software.
PowerPoint skills
We’ll assume that you are familiar with Custom Animation settings, Slide Transition and
AutoShapes:
The basic idea
In a standard presentation, you click through the slides in order 1, 2, 3, 4 …
With hyperlinks, a presenter can have much greater control over the route through a
presentation. The result is a non-linear presentation – a bit like a website – which the
presenter can navigate according to the needs of the audience.
2
3
4
5
1
6
So, stop thinking linearly, and start thinking flexibly!
Let’s look at an example …
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Example 1
This is slide number:
4
Click this button to go to Slide 5:
Or click here to go to Slide 6
Slide 5
You can click on
these as many times
as you like …
Example 1
Welcome to slide number:
5
Click this button to go to Slide 4:
Or click here to go to Slide 6
Slide 4
You can click on
these as many times
as you like …
Example 1
Hooray, this is slide number:
6
Click this button to go to Slide 5:
Or click here to go back to Slide 4
Slide 5
You can click on
these as many times
as you like …
Ready to move on? Then click on the green arrow
How did they do that?
To create navigation options like this, you’ll need to do two things:
1. Decide what object on the slide to hyperlink
This can be an Autoshape, or text, or an image. We used all 3 examples on the previous
slide
(like this
Slide 4
) or text (like this) or an image (like this
2. Define the “target” page for each hyperlink.
Stopping slides progressing on a click
When we use hyperlinks, we must stop slides progressing automatically whenever the
mouse is clicked. So, please note this final technical point …
A final technical note
PowerPoint automatically moves to the next slide or animation
when the mouse is clicked. To stop this happening when you want
to click buttons, uncheck the box called On mouse click on the
Slide Transition menu. This will allow you to click away merrily
without progressing to the next slide until you are good and ready.
Of course, you’ll need a way to move on when you want, so make a
“Next slide” button with a simple hyperlink, just like this little
orange chap below …
Next slide >>
The basic idea
Hyperlinks allow you (or the class) to control navigation
This template allows us to retain a high-level list on the screen (in this example the 3
cases) while presenting more detail as required and in whatever order we choose.
This box shows which
topic is selected
These can be clicked for
more information
The further
information can
contain text and/or
pictures
The ruling in Smith vs Dermott has influenced the
rulings in 3 subsequent cases:
• Laurel vs Hardy (1979)
• Morecambe vs Wise (1983)
• Reeves vs Mortimer (2001)
The court found in
favour of Laurel and
found Hardy negligent
for failing to maintain a
safe piano moving
business.
Let’s see how these slides are constructed …
This is a
non-working
mock up!
Example slide 1
Let’s start with a simple example with just 2 buttons. Click on the two buttons in
turn to see how this slide works.
Remember that the cursor looks like this
when you’re over a link.
You can click on these as many times as you like. When you’re done, click “Next
slide” below.
Button A
Button B
Next slide >>
Hurrah,
Well
done
youonhave
clicking
clearly
Button
mastered
A! You’ll
see that
Basic
Mouse
the button
Skills …has turned blue
and this text has appeared.
Try clicking Button B now …
Click Button A again
if you’re the inquisitive
type
How did they do that?
To create that last slide, we used 3 distinct components (each of which was a group of
items). We used:
1. The yellow buttons and the outline of the content box
This was made to appear at the start of the slide and never changed.
2. The blue version of Button A (to show it was chosen) and the related text
These are made to Appear when the yellow version of Button A is clicked *.
These are made to Disappear when the yellow version of Button B is clicked *.
3. The blue version of Button B (to show it was chosen) and the related text
These are made to Disappear when the yellow version of Button A is clicked *.
These are made to Appear when the yellow version of Button B is clicked *.
* We can link the timings of these animations to the buttons being clicked by using
Triggers commands within PowerPoint …
Triggers
Once you’ve added an Appear or Disappear custom animation effect to an item on a slide,
edit the timing options by choosing Triggers and selecting Start effect on click of and
choose the relevant object (in this case a button) from the dropdown list:
Final Custom Animation settings
Here are the final animation settings from Example Slide 1.
Remember that a red star indicates disappear and a green star
indicates appear.
So, when button A is clicked, Group 11 (that’s blue button B and
text) disappears, and Group 8 (blue button A and text) appears.
And when button B is clicked, Group 8 (blue button A and text)
disappears and Group 11 (blue button B and text) appears.
Finally, set both of these groups to disappear at the outset to make
sure they don’t appear until the appropriate button is clicked.
Simple 3 option slide
This simple slide includes 3 build elements and shows a different way to identify which
option has been selected - an orange highlight box rather than a different colour button.
Apples
Bananas
Oranges
Next slide >>
Quiz
The idea of a Quiz is that a tutor can ask students to name items in a list. As long as
the tutor knows which order these items appear in the correct answer, the tutor can
display the answers one at a time as the students participate.
In this example, click on the numbers below to reveal the answers in whichever order
you like:
Quiz
Name the 5 most popular boys’ names in the UK in 2006
1.
Jack
2.
Thomas
3.
Joshua
4.
Oliver
5.
Harry
Next slide >>
Glossary
This slide illustrates the idea of a Glossary in which we can “look up” some key
terms on the page. A pop-up appears to define the key term that is clicked. This
pop-up can be closed by clicking on the
in the top right corner of the pop-up.
The terms included in the glossary are indicated using underlining, just like a web link.
OK, click on the key term in the sentence below and you’ll see what I mean …
There has been much debate about the role of Government in public health issues.
The level of fluoride in public drinking water is regulated under the Utilities Act 1981.
The UK is also subject to …
Utilities Act 1981
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah
Next slide >>
That’s all folks
We hope you found these slides useful, and that they have given you some ideas about
how to use PowerPoint creatively.
Triggers are relatively easy to use and give tutors the opportunity to control the content
shown on a slide and the order in which that content is displayed.
Feel free to open and edit these slides to explore which settings were used to create the
effects you’ve just seen.
More creative ideas and technical support for presentations can be found in the
Professional PowerPoint section of the intranet.
If you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear from you.
Brought to you by the
Learning Technology Team
at
BPP College
learningtechnology@bpp.com