Slide database

Is it possible to create a database of Powerpoint slides?

I give talks on local history and have many slides that may be used in
several talks. I would like to keep a record of what slides I have shown to
which group, notes on the slide, details of the source of any picture or
information on the slide, etc. Naturally I would also like to keep the
slide in the database complete with any animation effects.

When I put together a talk I would anticipate taking slides from the
database to form a presentation of an appropriate length

I did try simply putting all the slides into one huge presentation and
making custom shows for specific talks - and using the notes feature to
record relevent information - but I soon found out that Powerpoint (2003)
has a presentation size limit. It also takes an age to save a large
presentation.

In article , Phil Wood wrote:
> Is it possible to create a database of Powerpoint slides?
>
> I give talks on local history and have many slides that may be used in
> several talks. I would like to keep a record of what slides I have shown to
> which group, notes on the slide, details of the source of any picture or
> information on the slide, etc. Naturally I would also like to keep the
> slide in the database complete with any animation effects.
>
> When I put together a talk I would anticipate taking slides from the
> database to form a presentation of an appropriate length
>
> I did try simply putting all the slides into one huge presentation and
> making custom shows for specific talks - and using the notes feature to
> record relevent information - but I soon found out that Powerpoint (2003)
> has a presentation size limit. It also takes an age to save a large
> presentation.

I don't know of anything quite like this, but there are quite a few slide
library programs available in all price ranges. I'd do a bit of googling for
terms like "slide library" and the like to see what's out there.

This'll help get you started:

Create a slide library (slide repository, slide library, slide management)
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You may have trouble finding one that records the audience info you want to
track or the sources of information/images.

With a bit of work in VBA/macros, you could create a way of tagging any shape
(ie, images, text boxes, etc) on a slide with source information, and you
could tag each slide with e.g. audience and date presented fairly easily.

It'd take a good bit more work to make reasonable use of the information once
it's recorded but it could be done.

Are you a VBA coder or do you know one?


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