Naming a slide

[Twebb]

How do I name a slide? I have a lengthy Powerpoint that I would like to
assign slide names to partilar slides without having it appear on the actual
slide.

 

[tohlz]

Check this out, it should helps:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00334.htm

 

[Bill Foley]

Click "Format", "Slide Layout", select the "Title only" format, type in your
Title, then drag the placeholder off the top of the slide. The title shows
up when hyperlinking, etc., but does not show up on the slide in Slide Show
mode.

Is that what you were looking for?

 

[Twebb]

what happened to right clicking and naming the slide?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

What do you actually want to do with the slide name. Names have several
purposes. Titles appear in slide outlines. Names are used in VBA to refer
to slides. Titles are used when hyperlinking.

If you want a title that just doesn't show up, one of the other
suggestions might be helpful. You can even duplicate the title
placeholder on a slide and drag the original off the screen with the
unseen title, and use the duplicate to put something different (that
looks like a slide title) on the slide.

If you want a name in order to access with VBA, you can check out Example
8.7 on my site:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

Click on "Examples by Chapter" and "Chapter 8."

If you can give us an idea for why you want a name that doesn't appear on
the slide, we might be able to give you better advice.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Twebb]

i have various powerpoints that i would like to use when i am using Live
Meeting. With Live Meeting 2005 you can see a thumbnail of all slides. if
the slides are named, the name of the slide appears with the thumb nail.
this is helpful when i do not want to go through each slide, i can look for
the slide name i want to go directly to it.

a slide name sample: if i wanted the first slide to be called introduction,
but i do not want the slide to say introduction on it. many of my slides may
be screen shots and i do not want the title on the slide, but i still want to
be able to see the name of the slide so i may quickly reference it.

 

[Bill Foley]

You can right-click an empty area of the slide and click "Slide layout" then
select the "Title only" option. The only trick is to move the placeholder
off the slide (I usually drag it off the top).

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Great. That makes sense. I believe by "name," you mean "title." Slides
have "names" that are distinct from "titles," but I don't think the name
is used for your purpose. The title is what appears in the title
placeholder, so, as Bill suggested, you want a slide layout that includes
a title placeholder (Title Only contains a title placeholder and nothing
else). Now, you want to get this title so that it is not visible. This
can be done in a number of ways. The easiest thing to do is to drag the
title off the viewable area of the slide. If you want this for every
slide, you can do this on the master slide, but if you just want it for a
few slides, you can do it individually on those slides. If you don't want
other text to appear, that should be all you need to do. If you do want
other text to appear, create another textbox (either with the drawing
tools or by duplicating the title place holder) and put the text box on
the slide.

Let us know if this helps you or if you still have questions.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Echo S]

Great. That makes sense. I believe by "name," you mean "title."

Live Meeting uses the slide titles in the slide list. So I believe you're
right.