CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

TASK: Create your own interactive Science Fiction story using Powerpoint.

• A Choose Your Own Adventure story is made up of choices.
• Each choice made by the reader takes him or her into a different story direction.
• The make up of your story can get complicated depending on how many choices you give your readers.
• Planning is important. Use a template or flow diagram to help you plan your story.

USING POWERPOINT

Inserting slides

From the Insert drop down menu choose New Slide

Select a blank layout for your slide

Add as many slides as you need

Add Text

- Select the text box and click and drag to draw on your slide

- Enter text

- Edit and format text

- Move the text box as required

Insert Background

- From the Format menu, choose Background….

- In the Background dialog box, in the Background Fill drop-down list box, choose Fill Effects….

- Click on the More Colours, Picture or Pattern tab.

- If you select Picture, then navigate to and select from a file or clip art.

- Click on the Insert button.

- In the Fill Effects dialog box, click OK.

-In the Background dialog box, click Apply

Connecting the slides

With your slides complete, you will need to connect slide choices within the presentation

You can connect using shapes, action buttons, text or illustrations.

- With the shape highlighted, from the Slide Show menu, choose Action Settings

- In the Action Settings dialog box, select Hyperlink to:.

- In the Hyperlink to: drop-down list, select the number slide you wish to connect to

- In the Hyperlink To Slide dialog box, select the number slide/s

- Link the remaining slides according to your planning document

Action Buttons

- From the Slide Show menu, choose Action Buttons then Action Button: Back or Previous.

- Click on the slide.

- In the Action Settings dialog box, click the Hyperlink to: drop-down list box and select Slide….

- In the Hyperlink To Slide dialog box, select the slide you want the user to go back to

- Click OK twice.

Viewing the slide show

- From the Slide Show menu choose View

- Or, click on the play button at the bottom of the window.

- Or, click F5 on the keyboard.

April 2004