How to Create a Quiz Game in PowerPoint

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open up Microsoft PowerPoint.

   Draw a rectangle at the most top of the slide then press 's' on the keyboard, typing in a random question. , Draw a circle on the top-left corner of the slide and then, pressing 's' again, typing in the question number. , Draw 4 rectangles in the middle of the slide (which will look like a window) then in each rectangle, write 3 wrong answers, and 1 right answer. ,, and the other one hyper linking to another question. , slide.
   
   But you have to do it one by one. , Then the user will put the mouse on the square, then he/she will have to cross to the other square, without touching a certain color in the background.
   
   If he/she couldn't figure it out, the answer is to right-click, which deactivates the power-point presentation, making it impossible to touch the color, to the game over slide. , Draw a custom button somewhere in the slide, then add a slide.
   
   In the previous slide with the custom action button, hyperlink it to the the next slide, but this time, click the 'Mouse Over' tab, making it hyperlink when the cursor is hovered over the shape. , Then add another slide, making the second custom action button you drew, hyperlink to this slide.
   
   In the previous slide where you have the two shapes, insert/shapes/action button/custom.
   
   Draw a custom action button around the slide, which fills up the whole thing, hyperlink it to the game over slide.
   
   Once you've done that, right click/send to back.
   
   Then fill it with color with the ones you wish. , It may not be only questions, 'cos you can think of it! Once you have finished your part of the quiz, let someone else finish it!
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   Step 2: Add a title

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   Step 3: and a subtitle.

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   Step 4: Create a rectangle

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   Step 5: then press s while it is selected.

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   Step 6: Type in

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   Step 7: 'Start' or 'Play'

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   Step 8: Add another slide by pressing Control+M.

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   Step 9: Go back to the first slide

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    Step 10: then add a hyperlink to the rectangle

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    Step 11: by: right click shape/hyperlink/place in this document/slide 2.

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    Step 12: On the second slide

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    Step 13: you could either: put the main menu (which requires Play

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    Step 14: Instructions and Info to put in)

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    Step 15: or you can just start the game.

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    Step 16: now for the quiz...

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    Step 17: Insert/shapes/rectangle.

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    Step 18: Insert/shapes/oval.

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    Step 19: insert/shapes/rectangle.

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    Step 20: Now add 2 slides

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    Step 21: by pressing control+M.

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    Step 22: One slide should be saying

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    Step 23: 'Game Over!'

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    Step 24: Add hyper link to the right answer in the previous slide to the other question (which is question 2) and the other 3

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    Step 25: to the 'Game Over!'

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    Step 26: For the second question

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    Step 27: you might add something like this: "Put your cursor on the square".

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    Step 28: To make that

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    Step 29: insert/shapes/action buttons/custom.

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    Step 30: Add another slide

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    Step 31: then add another custom action button

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    Step 32: close to the other one

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    Step 33: by copying and pasting it

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    Step 34: from the previous slide.

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    Step 35: Now that's done

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    Step 36: keep on adding random questions.

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