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Re-introducing the "Insert Summary Slide" functionality in Ms PowerPoint 2007 2010 2013 and 2016 with an Add In
This project was needed to add an old missing functionality in Ms PowerPoint.
In PowerPoint 2003 we were able to insert quickly, at the touch of a 'hidden' button, a "summary slide". This table of content slide can also be manually created using fixed text of even with hyperlinks.
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VBA programming in a PowerPoint Add-In we were able to reinstate this functionality in newer versions of PowerPoint and we're adding some extras:
Automatic hyperlinks in the summary titles.
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Automatic Backlinks in the slides pointing back to the created summary slide.
On top of that we can insert summaries based upon your presentation Sections. Sections were introduced in PowerPoint 2010. These sections can now be used as pointers to make the summary slide contents. This makes it possible to have a dynamic summary slide that is NOT based upon a very long slide Titles list.
This Add In is tested in Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 32 Bit English version.
- Feature: Summary slide as a SmartArt, with or without Hyperlinks to the Sections or section start slides, inserted in the SmartArt node's text
- Feature: Settings: All settings Are now stored IN the presentations
- Change: Backlinks: positioning: now values are from Bottom instead of from top for better positioning
- Change: Backlinks: positioning: including text rotation
- Change: Ribbon menu layout: Selection menu's with dividor's for clarity
- Further code opmitizations, code review
- Known bugs: Out of memory error right after install (only installer related)
- Possible Feature for a next release: Looking into a summary slide as a SmartArt + Automatic embedded Slide images + hyperlink feature
Changes in version 3.20:
- Feature: Backlinks:Text links positioned in the footer area on slides that will jump back to the summary slide.
These text-links make it possible to jump back from a slide to the summary slide while performing a presentation/slideshow.
- Feature: Backlink options: Used text and text size for Backlink
- Ribbon Layout: Simplify and slimmer ribbon layout. Moved existing Summary options, about and Backlink options to a separate options form.
- Ribbon Layout: Separate options ribbon button and form.
- Code optimization.
Changes in version 3.11:
- Better error handling & code continuation & warnings for improper and problematic formed presentations and Presentation Masters.
Capabilities of version 3.10:
- Automatic summary slide generation. An automatic way to create a table of contents of your presentation.
- Summary based upon selected slides or based on all presentation slides having a title
- Optional hyperlinks in summary slide items to jump to the slides directly during a live presentation
- NEW: Use presentation sections as summary items. This is only for pptx 2007/10/13 presentation files that contain sections.
Sections are an efficient way to organize your presentation into several named sections. Each section contains a number of slides. Sections could correspond to "Chapters"
Sections make it possible to use a dynamic table of contents that is not tied to any slide titles.
The download of this latest PowerPoint 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 3.20 Add-In is available here: Download installer
(This is an installer that will install the Add In automatically on your office system so that it's ready to use in Ms PowerPoint.)
Screen shots:
After the installation this Add in adds an extra group in the existing "Insert" Tab on your PowerPoint ribbon.
Check the right side on this tab: It has now an extra group located after the group "Media" and "Symbols"
The group is named "Summary Slide".
In version 4.20 this menu is slimmed down while at the same time adding functionalities. |
Usage: Adding a Summary slide
Summary:
This button insert a summary slide after the slide that you have selected. It will use the master design of this selected slide to generate the Summary slide for you.
Inside the button you will discover other options.
If you click on the button: All Slides. The Add in will insert a Summary slide that will take into account all normal slides with a title in your presentation. Title slides and slides without a title are ignored when the summary slide is created.
If you click in the Selected slides button by using the split button-menu functionality, only the selected slides will be taken into account as a source for the creation of the summary slide.
Make sure that you have selected more than 1 slide!
Using the button "Section Summary" will create a summary slide based upon the available sections in your presentation.
Attention: in the options of this tool: by default you add the title from the 1st
slide in that section. You can also decide to add the title of the section/ |
Usage: Insert Backlinks
Be sure to have a Summary slide BEFORE you use this functionality.
This will add Backlinks to the complete presentation leaving out the Summary slide.
- Add Backlinks to Selected slides
This button inserts Backlinks. Backlinks are text-links on normal slides that jump back to the Summary slide.
The system avoids putting a Backlink on the summary slide.
Backlinks are only usable DURING a presentation.
- Add Backlinks to all slides
This will add Backlink, pointing to the Summary slide to a selection of slides leaving out the Summary slide.
- Add Backlinks to Section start slide
This will add Backlinks to the first slide in the section pointing to the Summary slide.
This selection will remove all Backlinks made with this tool from your presentation. |
Options: Summary Slide Title
If you want to choose another title for the summary slide, you can change it in the text box called Slide Title, available in the ribbon menu.
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Options: Insert Hyperlinks in summary slide lines
If you want a summary slide with dynamic hyperlinks in the titles, activate the check box Hyperlinks. These hyperlinks are always pointing to the slides, even when you insert other slides in the presentation. The hyperlinks option is On by default.
Attention: These hyperlinks are only active DURING a presentation. SO after you press F5 to start the presentation, you can go to the slide by clicking on a title in the inserted summary slide.
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Options; Use Title of 1st Slide of section
This option is for if you use sections. It uses the Title of the first slide in your section instead of the section name. If you use hyperlinks in combination with this option, the hyperlink points to the 1st Available slide after the section begins.
By default, this option is ON.
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