PowerPoint:

Sequential & Non-sequential

Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative, 2005

Business Computing Skills Workshop
 Summary Slide
 Sequential PowerPoint
 Non-Sequential PowerPoint
 Technique 1: The Hidden Slide
 A Hidden Slide
 Technique 2: Summary Slide
 Technique 3: Hyperlink to Another PowerPoint Presentation
 Technique 4: Hyperlink to Another
File Type

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 Sequential PowerPoint
 PowerPoint presentations are everywhere.

 Most presentations start at slide 1, then

show slide 2, then 3, etc. to the end.

 There are other sequencing options.

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 Non-Sequential PowerPoint
 The Hidden Slide
 The Summary Slide with Links
 Hyperlink to another PPT File
 Hyperlink to another File Type

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 Technique 1: The Hidden Slide
 Designate a slide as “hidden” during
presentation building.
 Show the slide during a presentation only if
it’s needed.

Show hidden slide

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 Technique 2: Summary Slide
 Acts like a Table of Contents
 Generate from slide sorter view using the
Summary Slide button.
 Add hyperlinks from Summary Slide items
to those slides.
 Example

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 Technique 3: Hyperlink to Another
PowerPoint Presentation

 Right-click any text or graphic and add a

hyperlink to an entirely separate
PowerPoint presentation.

Click the graphic at left to

open another PowerPoint
presentation about William
Shakespeare’s play “The
Merchant of Venice”.

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 Technique 4: Hyperlink to Another
File Type

 Right-click any text or graphic and add a

hyperlink to an entirely separate file, such
as an Excel workbook.

Click the graphic at left

to open Excel and the
Xertech file.

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 Summary
 Some options for non-sequential
PowerPoint presentations:

1. The Hidden Slide

2. The Summary Slide with Links
3. Hyperlink to another PPT File
4. Hyperlink to another File Type

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