How to Create a Sliding Navigation Menu in Microsoft PowerPoint

This video tutorial demonstrates how to create a sliding navigation menu in Microsoft PowerPoint. It covers the process of drawing a bookmark, adding link buttons, and animating the bookmark to slide up and down. The tutorial also explains how to set triggers for these animations and how to copy the bookmark to other slides for easy navigation. This technique is useful for presentations where you need to jump between slides without following a linear path.

What is the primary benefit of using a sliding navigation menu in PowerPoint presentations?

• It automatically summarizes the presentation content.

• It provides a visual effect to impress the audience.

• It enables jumping to specific slides without following a linear order.

• It allows for automatic slide transitions.

What is the first step in creating a sliding navigation menu?

• Linking slides with hyperlinks.

• Creating a new PowerPoint template.

• Inserting a rectangle shape for the bookmark.

• Adding animations to the slides.

Why is it recommended to duplicate link buttons instead of copying and pasting them?

• Duplicating automatically positions the buttons correctly.

• Duplicating changes the button color.

• Duplicating adds animations automatically.

• Duplicating links the buttons to the same slide.

What is the purpose of grouping the bookmark and buttons?

• To link them to external websites.

• To make them invisible on the slide.

• To apply animations to them as a single unit.

• To change their color simultaneously.

Which animation effect is used to make the bookmark slide down?

• Fade

• Zoom

• Lines

• Wipe

What is a trigger in the context of PowerPoint animations?

• An action that initiates an animation.

• A tool for editing slide content.

• A command that changes slide layout.

• A button that starts the presentation.

How can you ensure the bookmark animation moves in a straight line?

• By holding the Alt key.

• By holding the Shift key.

• By using the mouse wheel.

• By pressing the Enter key.

What should you do if you want the bookmark to appear on every slide?

• Copy and paste the grouped bookmark onto each slide.

• Create a new bookmark for each slide.

• Link each slide to the bookmark manually.

• Use the slide master to insert the bookmark.

What is the function of the 'back to last slide viewed' button?

• It restarts the presentation.

• It returns to the previous slide.

• It jumps to the first slide.

• It ends the presentation.

Why might you choose not to list every slide in the navigation menu?

• To ensure the menu is hidden during the presentation.

• To keep the menu concise and focused on key slides.

• To prevent the menu from being too colorful.

• To avoid technical issues with PowerPoint.