Help in Creating Layers
May 20, 2011
Hello All,
I could use some help from the community:
I have five slides that I want to function as layers. Common to all slides is a table 4 columns wide and 2 rows deep. In the top row cells, I have graphics (A, B, C, and D) that are hyperlinked to slides 2 (for A), 3 (for B), 4 (for C), and 5 (for D). Slide 1 just shows the graphics; slides 2-5 include a text description for a particular graphic. in short, I want to create an interaction that has the learner clicking on the graphic in order to access additional information about what it represents. I don't want to force them into a specific sequence.
My settings: PPT: 1) no animations in the slides; 2) advance slide on mouse click.
Presenter: slide properties - advanced: by user.
The layers work fine as part of a PPT slide show, yet when I preview all 5 in the Presenter player, they don't function at all (though the hyperlinks are still there as indicated by the mouse pointer change).
Any insight as to what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance!
Jeremy
5 Replies
Hi Jeremy - is the problem just that the hyperlinks aren't working as expected when you preview? If so, try publishing instead. Testing of hyperlinks isn't supported during Preview, but if you publish and then view the published output, you should see the behavior you want.
Thanks for the reply, Jeanette. I'll give it a try later this weekend and let you know if that does the trick.
It worked! Thanks for the help.
All the best,
Jeremy
As an aside, it sounds like something you could also do in Engage with a labeled graphic. If you don't have Engage, try the demo and check it out, lots of good stuff. Might be able to get the same effect on a single Engage slide without all the fiddling.
I have Engage and have been experimenting with both approaches to get the look and feel that I want. Thanks for the suggestion.
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