Dramatic Slide Showing Number of Items

[Bill Callaghan]

I need to create a slide showing how many devices we manage in our network.
I was thinking of having a slide with transitions that will show the smallest
category first (Firewalls) with the number of items displaying. This would
continue on the screen with each transition concluding with desktop PCs which
would overwhelm the screen. I don't expect for it to be legible at the
conclusion but to create an impact of how much work we do!

I am an average user of PowerPoint but do not know how to go about creating
this slide.

Thanks -

Bill Callaghan

 

[Austin Myers]

I would suggest using Visio to create the graphic and then import it.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

The easiest way is to first create the FINAL slide - the one with everything
everywhere. Duplicate it however many steps there are (if there are 4 levels
of network structure, duplicate the final slide 3 times so you have 4
slides). Now go to the first slide and delete everything but the level 1
items. Go the 2nd slide and delete everything but the level 1 and 2 items.
Continue on until you have a series of slides representing each level of the
network. Now when you animate with a slide transition (Fade if using PPT
2002/2003, something like Dissolve if using PPT 2000) the items will not
shift position from 1 slide to another and the additional items will appear
to be added to the single slide.

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Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
www.tlccreative.com
troy at tlccreative dot com
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[Bill Callaghan]

Thanks Austin - I can create the individual graphics with individual items
but how do I transition and layer the graphics? In other words, I would
create the first graphic with four firewalls, the second graphic would be
switches, etc. How do I use one slide to add each graphic on top of one
another?

Bill

 

[Bill Callaghan]

Great! I can do this, with a little bit of effort.

Thanks -

Bill Callaghan