Verification checks

Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a slide show
for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here goes.

During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document before
they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on the web so I need
to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them
up in the slide if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
all .pdf files.

Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by clicking a
check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed read the document.

That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.

Anthony

Which version of PPT are you using?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

"Cecil14" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:87F94029-132F-469E-8741-D3C1182EE701@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a slide
show
> for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here goes.
>
> During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document before
> they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on the web so I
need
> to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd like to be able to bring
them
> up in the slide if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They
are
> all .pdf files.
>
> Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by clicking
a
> check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed read the
document.
>
> That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.
>
> Anthony

For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and hyperlinks
for all of your navigation and to set the show to Kiosk Mode (Slide Show
menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at Kiosk). Then you can have a button
that says "I have read the document" that is linked to the next slide.

For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas (LiveWeb is
regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the Web site.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

"=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:87F94029-132F-469E-8741-D3C1182EE701@microsoft.com:

> Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a
> slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here
> goes.
>
> During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document
> before they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on the
> web so I need to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd like to
> be able to bring them up in the slide if possible, if not I can work
> around it I suppose. They are all .pdf files.
>
> Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by
> clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed
> read the document.
>
> That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.
>
> Anthony
>

2003

"Echo S" wrote:

> Which version of PPT are you using?
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> http://www.echosvoice.com
>
> "Cecil14" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:87F94029-132F-469E-8741-D3C1182EE701@microsoft.com...
> > Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a slide
> show
> > for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here goes.
> >
> > During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document before
> > they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on the web so I
> need
> > to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd like to be able to bring
> them
> > up in the slide if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They
> are
> > all .pdf files.
> >
> > Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by clicking
> a
> > check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed read the
> document.
> >
> > That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.
> >
> > Anthony
>
>
>

I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it to only
advance by a button click if you want, right?

Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the document in
it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to the next
slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though. Can I do
that?

"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

> For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and hyperlinks
> for all of your navigation and to set the show to Kiosk Mode (Slide Show
> menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at Kiosk). Then you can have a button
> that says "I have read the document" that is linked to the next slide.
>
> For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas (LiveWeb is
> regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the Web site.
>
> --David
>
> --
> David M. Marcovitz
> Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
> Loyola College in Maryland
> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
> http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
>
> "=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:87F94029-132F-469E-8741-D3C1182EE701@microsoft.com:
>
> > Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a
> > slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here
> > goes.
> >
> > During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document
> > before they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on the
> > web so I need to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd like to
> > be able to bring them up in the slide if possible, if not I can work
> > around it I suppose. They are all .pdf files.
> >
> > Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by
> > clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed
> > read the document.
> >
> > That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.
> >
> > Anthony
> >
>
>

Kiosk mode should do what you want. For the Web page, I think you have
two options: linking to the Web page (takes you out of PowerPoint to the
Web), or using something like LiveWeb to add the functionality to want to
PowerPoint. You can check it out at:

http://www.mvps.org/skp/liveweb.htm

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

"=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
newsBAFA717-30EB-4D1A-9B59-BEF318981786@microsoft.com:

> I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it to
> only advance by a button click if you want, right?
>
> Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the
> document in it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and
> goes to the next slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the
> slide though. Can I do that?
>
> "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
>
>> For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and
>> hyperlinks for all of your navigation and to set the show to Kiosk
>> Mode (Slide Show menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at Kiosk). Then
>> you can have a button that says "I have read the document" that is
>> linked to the next slide.
>>
>> For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas (LiveWeb is
>> regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the Web site.
>>
>> --David
>>
>> --
>> David M. Marcovitz
>> Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
>> Loyola College in Maryland
>> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
>> http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
>>
>> "=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in news:87F94029-132F-469E-8741-D3C1182EE701@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create a
>> > slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so here
>> > goes.
>> >
>> > During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a document
>> > before they can move to the next slide. The documents are out on
>> > the web so I need to be able to link them to the slide show, I'd
>> > like to be able to bring them up in the slide if possible, if not I
>> > can work around it I suppose. They are all .pdf files.
>> >
>> > Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide by
>> > clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have indeed
>> > read the document.
>> >
>> > That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.
>> >
>> > Anthony
>> >
>>
>>
>

Do you really want to complicate things with code? Of course to get
exactly what you originally describe would require code, but you can
probably get close enough with ordinary buttons. Instead of a check box
to confirm that the user has read the material and a button to take them
on (only if the check box is checked), you can simplify your life
tremendously by just having two regular buttons, one labeled "I have read
the material" and one labeled I haven't read the material.

Let us know if you still want to do this with code.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

"=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:B12FB6BC-4D1A-4BC2-A045-6D7D24067F79@microsoft.com:

> Ok, guys. So far you rock. I've got the pages on the slides. Now
> all I need are the buttons. Anybody have any pages with some sample
> code for some validation checks and ways to link a button to a slide?
>
> Thanks again,
> Anthony
>
> "Echo S" wrote:
>
>> I was going to suggest that you link to the PDF -- or put it on the
>> slide itself as a bitmap -- and then animate in (using a trigger or a
>> "animate after previous" with a significant delay) the action setting
>> button to get to the next slide.
>>
>> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00054.htm for PDF into PPT.
>> Although you could also go the Live Web route as David's suggested.
>>
>> --
>> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
>> http://www.echosvoice.com
>>
>> "Cecil14" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsBAFA717-30EB-4D1A-9B59-BEF318981786@microsoft.com...
>> > I was thinking that to start with. Kiosk makes is so you can set it
>> > to
>> only
>> > advance by a button click if you want, right?
>> >
>> > Now I'm thinking use a button to link to the next slide with the
>> > document
>> in
>> > it, then a button on that slide that says I've read it and goes to
>> > the
>> next
>> > slide. Need to be able to bring up a web page in the slide though.
>> > Can I
>> do
>> > that?
>> >
>> > "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
>> >
>> > > For the checkbox, the easiest solution is to put buttons and
>> > > hyperlinks for all of your navigation and to set the show to
>> > > Kiosk Mode (Slide Show menu, Set Up Show, check Browsed at
>> > > Kiosk). Then you can have a button that says "I have read the
>> > > document" that is linked to the next slide.
>> > >
>> > > For the web stuff, someone else can give you better ideas
>> > > (LiveWeb is regularly suggested) if you can't just link to the
>> > > Web site.
>> > >
>> > > --David
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > David M. Marcovitz
>> > > Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
>> > > Loyola College in Maryland
>> > > Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
>> > > http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
>> > >
>> > > "=?Utf-8?B?Q2VjaWwxNA==?=" <Cecil14@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> > > wrote in news:87F94029-132F-469E-8741-D3C1182EE701@microsoft.com:
>> > >
>> > > > Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to powerpoint but I need to create
>> > > > a slide show for someone at work. Got a couple of questions, so
>> > > > here goes.
>> > > >
>> > > > During the slide show, the person watching needs to read a
>> > > > document before they can move to the next slide. The documents
>> > > > are out on the web so I need to be able to link them to the
>> > > > slide show, I'd like to be able to bring them up in the slide
>> > > > if possible, if not I can work around it I suppose. They are
>> > > > all .pdf files.
>> > > >
>> > > > Next I only want them to be able to progress to the next slide
>> > > > by clicking a check box, or something similar, saying they have
>> > > > indeed read the document.
>> > > >
>> > > > That should get me started. Thanks a bunch everyone.
>> > > >
>> > > > Anthony
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
>