Powerpoint text/link strikethrough or black out

Hey,

I am working on a jeopardy game for a work retreat, and need to figure out
how to have power point either cross off, or black out questions that have
already been viewed so the presenter doesn't have to keep track of the
questions that have been chosen already. Does anyone know how to do this?
It's the last thing I need to do, and I cannot figure it out.

Thanks so much,

Holiday

On 8/3/09 2:46 PM, in article
, "HolidayG"
wrote:

Hey,

I am working on a jeopardy game for a work retreat, and need to figure out
how to have power point either cross off, or black out questions that have
already been viewed so the presenter doesn't have to keep track of the
questions that have been chosen already. Does anyone know how to do this?
It's the last thing I need to do, and I cannot figure it out.

Thanks so much,

Holiday


This depends on what your links look like and what version of PowerPoint you
are using. If your links to the questions are all hypertext links, then they
should automatically change to the "Followed hyperlink" color in your color
scheme, which should be all that you need. If they are buttons, then you can
use trigger animations to do what you want. You will set an animation effect
(possible an Exit animation to make the button go away entirely and possibly
and emphasis animation to make the button change in some way) to be
triggered by a click on the button itself. If you are using a version of
PowerPoint that is older than 2002, you might have to do something
different.

--David

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

I am using buttons to click on, not text. I have tried using an animation to
do it, the problem I run into is when I link back to that main page, I lose
the animation. I can't keep it for every page. It's not remember what has
been clicked and I can't think of a way to make it work any other way. I
guess I'll just have to play around with it. If you have any other
suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks for your help!

Holiday

"David Marcovitz" wrote:

On 8/3/09 2:46 PM, in article
, "HolidayG"
wrote:

Hey,

I am working on a jeopardy game for a work retreat, and need to figure out
how to have power point either cross off, or black out questions that have
already been viewed so the presenter doesn't have to keep track of the
questions that have been chosen already. Does anyone know how to do this?
It's the last thing I need to do, and I cannot figure it out.

Thanks so much,

Holiday


This depends on what your links look like and what version of PowerPoint you
are using. If your links to the questions are all hypertext links, then they
should automatically change to the "Followed hyperlink" color in your color
scheme, which should be all that you need. If they are buttons, then you can
use trigger animations to do what you want. You will set an animation effect
(possible an Exit animation to make the button go away entirely and possibly
and emphasis animation to make the button change in some way) to be
triggered by a click on the button itself. If you are using a version of
PowerPoint that is older than 2002, you might have to do something
different.

--David

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

What do you mean, "I lose the animation." If you have a triggered animation,
it should happen when you click on the button. If you have a hyperlink back
to the slide, whatever animation happened (such as an emphasis) should
already have happened, and you should see the effect. The animation will
only be reset if you advance to the slide from the previous slide. This will
work; I'm just not sure from your description what you are doing wrong.
--David

On 8/3/09 3:11 PM, in article
, "HolidayG"
wrote:

I am using buttons to click on, not text. I have tried using an animation to
do it, the problem I run into is when I link back to that main page, I lose
the animation. I can't keep it for every page. It's not remember what has
been clicked and I can't think of a way to make it work any other way. I
guess I'll just have to play around with it. If you have any other
suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks for your help!

Holiday

"David Marcovitz" wrote:

On 8/3/09 2:46 PM, in article
, "HolidayG"
wrote:

Hey,

I am working on a jeopardy game for a work retreat, and need to figure out
how to have power point either cross off, or black out questions that have
already been viewed so the presenter doesn't have to keep track of the
questions that have been chosen already. Does anyone know how to do this?
It's the last thing I need to do, and I cannot figure it out.

Thanks so much,

Holiday


This depends on what your links look like and what version of PowerPoint you
are using. If your links to the questions are all hypertext links, then they
should automatically change to the "Followed hyperlink" color in your color
scheme, which should be all that you need. If they are buttons, then you can
use trigger animations to do what you want. You will set an animation effect
(possible an Exit animation to make the button go away entirely and possibly
and emphasis animation to make the button change in some way) to be
triggered by a click on the button itself. If you are using a version of
PowerPoint that is older than 2002, you might have to do something
different.

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

Have a look at triggers Pt 4 , see if it points you in a suitable direction
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoi....html#triggers
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"HolidayG" wrote:

I am using buttons to click on, not text. I have tried using an animation to
do it, the problem I run into is when I link back to that main page, I lose
the animation. I can't keep it for every page. It's not remember what has
been clicked and I can't think of a way to make it work any other way. I
guess I'll just have to play around with it. If you have any other
suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks for your help!

Holiday

"David Marcovitz" wrote:

On 8/3/09 2:46 PM, in article
, "HolidayG"
wrote:

Hey,

I am working on a jeopardy game for a work retreat, and need to figure out
how to have power point either cross off, or black out questions that have
already been viewed so the presenter doesn't have to keep track of the
questions that have been chosen already. Does anyone know how to do this?
It's the last thing I need to do, and I cannot figure it out.

Thanks so much,

Holiday


This depends on what your links look like and what version of PowerPoint you
are using. If your links to the questions are all hypertext links, then they
should automatically change to the "Followed hyperlink" color in your color
scheme, which should be all that you need. If they are buttons, then you can
use trigger animations to do what you want. You will set an animation effect
(possible an Exit animation to make the button go away entirely and possibly
and emphasis animation to make the button change in some way) to be
triggered by a click on the button itself. If you are using a version of
PowerPoint that is older than 2002, you might have to do something
different.

--David

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

I recently created a Jeopardy template which will do exactly what
you're asking (using buttons, not text). I used VBA Macros to make the
button disappear when you click on correct or incorrect on the
question slide (it automatically keeps track of scores). You're
welcome to use my template, and I've kept the code open so anyone may
use it and hopefully learn from it. See screenshots and download the
template from:

http://sites.google.com/site/dufmedi...for-powerpoint

I'm not sure how much of your PowerPoint backbone you've already done,
but if you'd like, you can also use my Excel template and then use my
"Import from Excel" button to import all your questions, answers, and
explanations. I hope you find this useful! Let me know if I can be of
further help.

Kevin

This looks sweet, Kevin. Thanks for posting it here.


In article 5daa6859-f37a-477b-a743-
, Kevin Dufendach wrote:
I recently created a Jeopardy template which will do exactly what
you're asking (using buttons, not text). I used VBA Macros to make the
button disappear when you click on correct or incorrect on the
question slide (it automatically keeps track of scores). You're
welcome to use my template, and I've kept the code open so anyone may
use it and hopefully learn from it. See screenshots and download the
template from:

http://sites.google.com/site/dufmedi...for-powerpoint

I'm not sure how much of your PowerPoint backbone you've already done,
but if you'd like, you can also use my Excel template and then use my
"Import from Excel" button to import all your questions, answers, and
explanations. I hope you find this useful! Let me know if I can be of
further help.

Kevin


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