Slide types and slide preferences – Turning Technologies TurningPoint 5 User Manual
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Converting a PowerPoint Slide into a Multiple Choice Polling Slide
An ordinary PowerPoint slide can be converted into a multiple choice polling slide by adding a chart to a slide that is formatted
as Title and Text or Title and Content. There can be up to 10 items in the list of answers. The question/title and the list of
answers/numbered list must be in two separate boxes in order for the conversion to work properly.
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Select the PowerPoint slide or slides in the presentation that you want to convert into a polling slide or slides.
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From the TurningPoint ribbon/toolbar click the Objects icon, mouse over Charts or Animated Charts and select the
desired chart type.
The answer list is re-numbered according to the TurningPoint preferences. The bullet format can be modified in the
preferences. For more information, see
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Repeat step 2 to convert additional PowerPoint slides.
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When finished, save the presentation by selecting File > Save As from the PowerPoint File tab.
Next Steps
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Converting a Multiple Choice Slide into a Demographic Slide
A multiple choice polling slide can easily be converted to a demographic polling slide from the Slide Preferences Panel.
1
Select the Multiple Choice slide or slides in the presentation that you would like to
convert into a Demographic slide or slides.
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Click Convert to Demographic at the bottom of the Slide Preferences Panel.
The following message is displayed.
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Click Convert to continue.
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Demographic Options now appears as a section on the Slide Preferences Panel. Click
the arrow to expand. For more information on demographic polling slides, see
Slide Types and Slide Preferences
There are several slide types available for PowerPoint Polling:
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Multiple Choice
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Short Answer
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Numeric Response
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True/False
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Essay
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Demographic Assignment
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Priority Ranking
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Likert
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