Making an Interactive Table of Contents in PowerPoint

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Making an Interactive Table of Contents in
PowerPoint
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Build It, Then Link It

• Type out your table of contents and continue to
  build your PowerPoint presentation.
• When you are all done, then you can make your
  table of contents interactive.

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An Example

• This is the third slide. A Table of Contents for
  this PowerPoint might read
• Title Page
• Build It, Then Link It
• An Example
• On the next slide are step-by-step directions to
  create links from this type of list.

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Example - Directions

• Were going to start with a link to the title
  page.
• Highlight the text you want to link with your
  mouse.
• Click Insert then Hyperlink
• Click Place in This Document
• Click on the plus () box next to Slide Titles
• Click on the slide you want to link to and click
  OK
• Repeat these directions for each item in your
  table of contents.
• Check out the next slide for the example, now
  hyperlinked!

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An Example - Hyperlinked

• Heres the example again, try out the links!
• Title Page
• Build It, Then Link It
• An Example
• But how does your audience get back to the table
  of contents slide? Check out the next slide to
  find out!

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Adding a Link Back to Contents

• You can either create a link back to contents by
  inserting a text box on each slide, or you can
  create a permanent link via the Slide Master
• To create a permanent link for the whole
  presentation
• Click View then Master then Slide Master
• Click on the footer box and delete it
• Click Insert then Text Box
• Draw the text box where the footer box used to be
• Type some text such as Back to Contents Page
• Highlight the text in the box with your mouse.
• Click Insert then Hyperlink
• Click Place in This Document
• Click on the plus () box next to Slide Titles
• Click on the table of contents slide title and
  click OK
• Click Close

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