PowerPoint Tip: Use Custom Slide Shows to Get More Mileage out of your Presentation

PowerPoint's Custom Slide Shows


PowerPoint's Custom Slide Show feature allows you to use the specific slides from a single presentation in a customized presentation.

For example, I have a workshop on Winning Website Strategies for Small Business Owners. One of the topics in my workshop explores 3 Keys to a Website that Sells. Another offers tips for Selecting the Right Web Development Team. While the full workshop runs for 3-4 hours, the two shorter sections are perfect for lunch and learn presentations.

I could have two or three separate PowerPoint presentations. In the 10 years I've been conducting website strategy workshops, however, I know that information changes rapidly. I do not want the hassle of synchronizing information in two or more presentations. Instead, I use PowerPoint's Custom Slide Shows.

Creating a Custom Slide Show

• Launch PowerPoint and open your presentation.
  
• From the Slide Show menu, select Custom Show
• Click the New button.
• Next to Slide Show Name, type in the name of your show (ex., DPA_Teachers).
• Double-click on each slide you'd like to add to your custom show.
• Once you've added all of the slides, click the OK button.
  
• Click Close.

To use a Custom Show.

• Click the Slide Show menu
• Click Setup Show
• Click the name of the show you'd like to select (ex., DPA_Teachers).
• Run the presentation.