PowerPoint is far from a static presentation tool. You can use it to create interactive slides that allow people to click on objects and get feedback. By adding actions to objects on a slide, they stop being static and become interactive. If you have several interactive slide modules, you can easily link them together using hyperlinks so that you build an entire PowerPoint presentation that has interactive modules. One example would be an interactive, computer-based quiz.
1. Launch PowerPoint and enter the elements for your first module. For example, for an interactive quiz you might type out the question and then the multiple choice answers beneath that.
2. Select the first object you want to make interactive. If you are creating a quiz, you would select the letter preceding the first answer, "A." Click the "Insert" tab in the Office ribbon, and then click the "Action" button. Click the check box next to "Play Sound" and then choose a sound from the drop-down menu. For example, if the answer is wrong, you might choose "Bomb" or if it's correct, choose "Applause." Repeat the process for all the interactive elements on the slide.
3. Save the PowerPoint file as a module when you've added all the interactive elements that you want. Click the "File" tab and then click "Save." Choose a file name and location that you will easily remember, for example: "Module 1." Repeat this process for all the modules that you want to have in your final PowerPoint presentation.
4. Click "File" and then "New" to create a new, blank PowerPoint. Click "Insert" and then click "Shape" and choose a shape that you want to use a the link to your modules. Select and drag on the slide to draw the shape. Double-click the shape to open the "Drawing Tools: Format" tab; click "Text Box" on the left side of the Office ribbon. Click inside the shape and type the name of the first module. For example, you might use "Module #1."
5. Right-click the shape and select "Hyperlink." Click "Existing File or Web Page" from the options on the left. Browse to the location of your first module and double-click the file to link it. Repeat this process for all the modules you created. You now have a PowerPoint presentation built with interactive modules.
- If you don't want to see the warning about unknown sources when you click the module link, you can copy all the modules into one PowerPoint presentation and then hyperlink to a slide within that document.
- Hold down "Shift" when creating a new shape if you want it to be regular instead of oblong, so it would be a perfect square instead of a rectangle or a circle instead of an oval.
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