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Non-Linear PowerPoint Tutorials (Flash)

Flash Tutorials for Building the Learner Interface

Building the Navigation Background
Learn to use common drawing tools in PowerPoint to create backgrounds for navigation controls in PowerPoint. Create shapes and fill with colors, textures, fill effects and more.

Creating Navigation Buttons
Use common PowerPoint tools to create design and build a navigation scheme for you PowerPoint presentation that allows your user more control over the content you are providing.

Aligning and Distributing Buttons
Use PowerPoint drawing tools to create, align, and evenly distribute navigation buttons and objects in PowerPoint.

Creating the Navigation Bar
Use common drawing tools in PowerPoint to create a navigation bar and navigation tools for branching PowerPoint presentations.

Adding Links to the Navigation Buttons
Add new slides for the major topic and subtopic areas. Use the linking
feature in PowerPoint to add links to the navigation buttons to enable
branching from topic to topic.

Other General PowerPoint Tutorials

Creating Presentations
Create a New Blank Presentation
Create a New PowerPoint from a Template

PowerPoint Toolbar Interface
Turn On/Off Toolbars

PowerPoint Drawing Tools
Using the AutoShape Tool to Create a Cube
Filling a Shape with a Gradient Fill
Filling a Shape with a Photograph

Formatting Slide Backgrounds
Formatting the Slide Background with a Photograph
Formatting the Slide Background with a Gradient Fill