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Subject:PowerPoint & access to information -Reply From:Lisa Comeau <COMEAUL -at- CSA -dot- CA> Date:Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:12:37 -0400
Question:
Is there a quick/easy way to automatically generate a table of contents
based on something like a level or font (this functionality does not
exist in PowerPoint)?
Also, is there a tool for indexing the
presentation (I'm looking for something with Frame-like indexing--you
tag specific index entries, indicate sub-entries and generate the
index)?
Answer:
What about printing out the Outline View? Not particularly ideal, but functional (better than nothing...)
Question:
Do you have any other suggestions, keeping in mind the
constraints, that would make the printed information more useful in a
non-classroom environment?
Answer:
If you placed the PowerPoint presentation within a Microsoft Binder file, you could then add other Microsoft Office files (or sections) which would make it possible for you to do most of this. It's not perfect, but it's better than having useless reference materials after a class.
Lisa Comeau
IS Super-User/Trainer
Certification and Testing Division
Canadian Standards Association
Rexdale, ON
comeaul -at- csa -dot- ca
