Changing slide properties
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Viewing slide properties for all slides in a presentation
You can view a short description of all slides in a presentation in one central location. For
example, you can see what presenters are associated with each slide, if navigation names have been
assigned, and if any slides must be advanced by the user.
To view slide properties for all slides:
1.
In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
2.
From the Breeze menu, select Slide Properties.
The Slide Properties dialog box appears.
3.
Use the scroll bar on the right side to view all of the slides in the presentation.
Setting a navigation name
You can set a navigation name for a slide that is different than the slide title. A clear and
descriptive navigation name can make it easier for users to navigate through the published
presentation. The navigation name appears in the sidebar (Outline and Thumb panes) in the
published presentation.
For more information about the sidebar and panes, see
Chapter 5, “Designing the Presentation
Experience,” on page 69
.
A navigation name can be useful if your slide titles are long or if you want to display a more
descriptive name than the slide title in the final presentation for users. For example, the first slide
in the presentation might have the generic slide title “Introduction,” but you can assign a
navigation name such as “About Product X.”
To set a navigation name:
1.
In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
2.
From the Breeze menu, select Slide Properties.
3.
Select a slide and click Edit.
4.
In the Navigation Name text box, enter the text you want to use.
5.
Click OK twice.
Setting a Go to Slide option
Presentations usually play linearly (slide 1, slide 2, and all the way through until the end).
However, you can change the order by using the Go to Slide option. This enables you to skip
slides in the presentation, without having to remove them. For example, if you set Go to Slide 8
after slide 5, your presentation will play until slide 5 and then jump to slide 8.
The Go to Slide option can be useful if you are creating one presentation that several audiences
must use. For example, you can create a presentation about benefits options for full-time and
part-time employees. When part-time employees view the presentation, they can skip slides
containing information for full-time employees. The Go to Slide option works the same whether
the presentation is used within Macromedia Breeze or viewed locally in a web browser.
