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Create a drop-down menu
Youre familiar with drop-down menus in software applications
and on websites. You can create a drop-down menu in PowerPoint,
too. The main menu button is used as a trigger, so that when you
click it, the animation starts. If you want the dropped-down menu
to disappear for the next use, the method is a little more complex.
Look at a drop-down menu in PowerPoint 2003 or other program.
Youll notice that the drop-down menu just appears under the
menu name. If theres some animation involved, its too fast to see.
However, I liked the effect of a wipe down animation, so thatswhat I used. You can use the Appear animation instead.
1. Insert an AutoShape/Shape. Add some appropriate text,
such as Main Menu.
2. Then create your submenu items on AutoShapes/Shapes,
just below the Main Menu button . Add text for the topics that
you want to cover.
3. Select all of the submenu buttons and group them, by
choosing Draw on the Drawing toolbar>Group. (In 2007, press
Ctrl+G to group the selected buttons.) You do this so that all of
the buttons drop down at the same time.
all of the buttons drop down at the same time
4. Choose Slide Show> Custom Animation. (In 2007, choose
Animations tab> Animations group> Custom Animation.)
5. Select the grouped submenu buttons, and choose Add
Effect> Entrance> Wipe. Set the Direction to From Top. Set the
Speed to Very Fast.
6. You want the menu to wipe down when you click the Main
Menu. In the Custom Animation task pane, click the submenus
drop-down arrow and choose Timing.
7. ClickTriggers, then choose Start Effect on Click Of. From
the drop-down list, choose the Main Menu object. Click OK.
8. Its nice if the submenu buttons disappear so that the next
time you display the menu slide, you again have to click the Main
Menu button to drop them down. Select the grouped submenu
buttons, and choose Add Effect> Exit> Disappear in the
Custom Animation task pane. The new exit animation (shown
with a red star) should appear above the trigger; if not, drag it up.
the new exit animation
If you now create links on the other slides to go back to this slide,
youll find that the submenu doesnt disappear. It may disappearonce, but try again, and the Disappear animation wont work any
more! thats because PowerPoint disables certain features when aslide is displayed more than once. The next two steps fix this
problem.
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9. To make sure that the submenu disappears each time, click
the Main Menu Slide in the left Slides pane and press Ctrl+D to
duplicate that slide. Then select the first of the two identical slides.
On that first slide, delete the submenu so that only the Main Menu
button remains.
10. With that first slide still selected, choose Slide Show>
Slide Transition. (In 2007, choose the Animations tab.)Uncheck the On Mouse Click check box and check the
Automatically After check box, which should say 00:00.
11. Select the topmost of the submenu AutoShapes. Because
the submenus are grouped, this selects all of them. Now click the
edge of the top submenu shape. Choose Insert> Hyperlink. (In
2007, choose Insert tab> Links group> Hyperlink.) In the
Hyperlink dialog box, choose Place in this Document, and choose
the slide that the topmost submenu should link to. Do the same for
the other submenu AutoShapes.
12. Display the first slide that your first submenu button links
to. Add an AutoShape and choose Insert> Hyperlink. (In 2007,
choose Insert tab> Links group> Hyperlink.) In the Hyperlink
dialog box, choose Place in this Document, and choose the first of
the two duplicate slides. This will ensure that the Disappear
animation always works. No one will notice that youre going to a
dummy first slide because the slide timing moves youimmediately to the next slide which is your real menu slide. (If
you dont want the submenu to disappear, just link to the menuslide.)
13. Copy your hyperlinked button onto the other slides that
youre linking to. These buttons get you back to the Main Menu.
Heres how the presentation looks:
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