Time dependency in slide selection

[Jodok Schaeffler]

We need a presentation that displays different slides,
depending on the time and date.

This is used for presenting shift information in our production environment.

How could I:

present slide
1...3 for all shifts
4...6 for shift A
7...9 for shift B
10...12 for shift C
13...15 for shift D


Shift A, B, C, D are 12 hours each, with a
revolving shift pattern.

A-B-A-B-C-D-C-D-A-B-A-B-A-B-C-D-C-D-C-D

How could this be done with PowerPoint?

Jodok Schaeffler

 

[Kurt]

Hi Jodok,
Have a look at www.take-off.as/planpoint
It's a free addon to schedule slides based on dates and times.
Kurt

 

[Jodok Schaeffler]

Kurt,

if you can help me to get planpoint working in the pattern I gave below,
this definitely would be the tool to go.

I will send an email to (e-mail address removed) and ask for details.

Thanks for the help

Jodok

 

[Tushar Mehta]

A low-tech solution would be as follows:

On slide 3 add four buttons labeled A, B, C, and D respectively.

Each of those buttons links to the appropriate next slide (A to slide
4, B to slide 7, etc.)

On the last slide of each shift (6, 9, etc.), add a visual 'last
slide' reminder.

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Regards,

Tushar Mehta
www.tushar-mehta.com
Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials
Custom MS Office productivity solutions

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Or a non-commercial method would be to write your own add-in that uses
PowerPoint event captures to check the day/date/time (say, every time slide
1 shows) and hide the slides that should not be shown during the next loop.

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[Jodok Schaeffler]

Bill,

this seems to be a simple solution.

I have experience in VBA (Excel, Access), however, never used this in
PowerPoint environment.

How I understand your proposal:

Every time slide 1 shows, an event would be fired, that would do the
following:

- get date/time
- based on date/time, determine which shift X out of [A,B,C,D] is on at the
moment
- set the visibility of the slides to be shown in shift X to "visible"
- set the visibility of the slides not to be shown in shift X to "invisible"

This sound simple.

Could you direct me to a tutorial page, where I could get started to code in
VBA for PowerPoint?

Regards

Jodok Schaeffler

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Make PPT respond to events
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00004.htm would be a good starting site.

The PowerPoint environment is somewhat different from other apps. A bit of
learning, but good stuff.

Also, I was mistaken, the add-in that Kurt was suggesting is for a free
add-in (PlanPoint). I mistook it for the for sale one (DataPoint). I
haven't looked over the add-in or site, but Kurt (site owner) suggests it
will do what you want without resorting to any custom programmed add-ins.

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Bill,

this seems to be a simple solution.

I have experience in VBA (Excel, Access), however, never used this in
PowerPoint environment.

How I understand your proposal:

Every time slide 1 shows, an event would be fired, that would do the
following:

- get date/time
- based on date/time, determine which shift X out of [A,B,C,D] is on at the
moment
- set the visibility of the slides to be shown in shift X to "visible"
- set the visibility of the slides not to be shown in shift X to "invisible"

This sound simple.

Could you direct me to a tutorial page, where I could get started to code in
VBA for PowerPoint?

Regards

Jodok Schaeffler

Or a non-commercial method would be to write your own add-in that uses
PowerPoint event captures to check the day/date/time (say, every time slide
1 shows) and hide the slides that should not be shown during the next loop.

--
Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
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