Custom “Slideshow”

We have the opportunity to show different versions of our presentation.

What I mean is that we can make a “shortened” version of the original version.

 

 

For example, you have a presentation that contains slides that some staff do not have to see.

For this we can create a custom show, so that these slides will be excluded from the presentation. You do not need to create a new slideshow.

 

Choose the “Slideshow” tab in the “Ribbon”.

Click the “Custom Slide Show” button and then click “Custom Shows” in the menu that appears.

 

This opens the “Custom Show” dialog box.
Click the “New” button.

This opens a dialog box.
In this dialog box, we give a suitable name for our customized version.

Select the slides you want to add on the left side of the dialog and click the “Add” button. If you have added slides that you do not want, highlight them in box on the right and click the “Delete” button.
Click the OK button when you’re done.

Click the “Close” button of the first dialog.

 

Now to play this abridged version, click the “Custom slide show” button in the “Ribbon” and choose the newly created version that will appear in the drop-down menu.
You can create as many customized versions as you want.

 

Pointer Options

With the pointer options, we can emphasis on certain parts of our slides while we show the presentation.

We do this when we need to draw on the slide show while playing.

 

To draw and hence emphasize on certain parts of your slides, click the “Draw” button at the bottom left in your presentation.
This opens a menu where we have a choice of using an “Arrow”, a “Pen” or “Highlighter” .

The difference between a ballpoint pen and a marker is that, one is a bit thicker than the other.

With the “Highlighter” option, you can highlight certain parts of your slides.

Click and drag the mouse pointer around the text or the object you like to emphasize.

We can define a color with the “Ink Color” option.

We can erase drawn lines with the “Eraser”.

Or we can erase all the drawn lines and markings by clicking on the “Erase All ink in slide.”

 

If you want to switch back to the regular mouse actions instead of drawing, click the “Draw” button again in the show, and choose the “Arrow” option in the menu.

 

When you close the presentation, you will be asked if you want to keep these notes.

Select “Keep” if you wish.

Select “Discard” if you do not want them.

 

Featured Courses

• Downloading iPad Apps
• Lesson 1: Introduction to Publisher
• Lesson 65: File Formats