Directions to
Create a Non-Linear PowerPoint Presentation
which could be a
Virtual Field or Virtual Tour
1. Before starting it might be a good idea to view a
couple of simple examples.
View a
Non-Linear PP Presentation of Seasons
View Virtual Tour of
a few buildings at Malone College
2. The examples above should help to visualize a
Non-Linear PP Presentation.
below are directions for the Seasons PP
Presentation. This will be a learning
experience.
3. Double
Click PowerPoint, Select a
Blank Presentation, Select a
Blank Template
4.
Start in Outline View (Tab at Top Left) create (5) slides with headings of:
Seasons, Spring, Summer,
Autumn, Winter
5.
On the first slide of the PP called
Seasons ( Table of Contents )
enter a Heading
of * Seasons by First &
Last Name * Your First &
Last Name???
6.
On the other slides, only enter Headings of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter at this time.
7.
Now to Sorter
View (Control A) include global Transition
& Background
(Design) to all slides.
8. Now to Slide View (Outline,Slide,Notes) to include bullets not included in Outline View.
If bullets were added in Outline View then clicking would not
be controlled by links.
9.
In Slide View, select the slide
with Spring on it and we will
include the bullets from our example.
10.
Using the Text Box Tool on
Draw Tool Bar at the bottom
of the screen,
Create a text box somewhere in the
middle of slide and type in the bullets from the example.
11. After all of the slides Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter have bullets select slide Seasons.
12. Now we are ready to include the Non-Linear Links on the slide Seasons ( Table of Contents ).
13.
Using the Text Box Tool on
Draw Tool Bar at the bottom
of the screen,
create a text box in each corner &
include a season in each box: Spring,
Summer, Autumn, Winter.
14.
After you have all four seasons in small text boxes, one in each of the corners,
select anyone of them then
click on the command Slideshow at top of screen.
15.
After the Slideshow command
appears then click on Action
Settings
Action Settings will only show when one
of the boxes is selected.
16.
After you click on Action Settings, click
in front of Hyperlink to: then
use drop down arrow to select the name of
the slide you have selected.
17.
Continue linking the other slides to
each of the text boxes in the corners.
18.
After you have linked all the four boxes to appropriate slides
then go to the
Slide for Spring and we
are still in Slide View.
19.
At the bottom of Spring create a text box with Home Slide in it.
Select the box with
Home Slide in it and
click Slideshow
then click in front of Hyperlink to:
then use drop down arrow
to select
the Title and Credits / Table
of Contents page. ( Seasons )
20.
After you have completed the link back to
Seasons then
copy and paste this text box with Home Slide in it to each of the other slides.
21.
Now return to Sorter View
and make sure the slide Seasons
is selected
Save your Non-linear
PP as NLPP## The two ## are for your first and last initials.
22.
Don’t forget to have only the first slide selected when saved in Sorter
View.
Now go to where you have saved this PP
and double click on it and see how it works.