There are two ways to create an agenda slide (or an overview slide) in PowerPoint. The first way to create an agenda slide makes a simple slide, complete with all selected items. The second way to create an agenda slide creates more than just a list of items to be covered. It is actually an interactive slide that allows you to jump from the agenda slide to a supporting slide then jump back to the agenda slide, and so on . . .

To create a quick agenda slide

1. Create a PowerPoint presentation as you like. Do not create the agenda or overview slide.



2. In Slide Sorter, select the slides whose titles you want to use.



3. Click the Summary Slide button. PowerPoint creates the agenda slide, with titles from the selected slides.

To create an interactive agenda slide

1. Create a PowerPoint presentation as you like. Do not create the agenda or overview slide. Next you will create a custom show for each topic that you want to include on the agenda slide. A custom show is a sub-group of slides within a presentation. Custom shows can be quite useful when you want to create one presentation for multiple audiences. Consider the following example.




Presentation Topics	Custom Shows
Dogs	Custom Show 1 (Dogs)
Labrador Retrievers	Labrador Retrievers
Italian Greyhounds	Italian Greyhounds
Welsh Terriers	Welsh Terriers
Cats	Custom Show 2 (Cats)
Siamese	Siamese
Maltese	Maltese
Manx	Manx
Fish	Custom Show 3 (Fish)
Guppy	Guppy
Grouper	Grouper
Garibaldi	Garibaldi



2. Create a custom show for each topic you want on the agenda slide. Include all topics within the custom show.



• On the Slide Show menu, select Custom Shows. The Custom Shows dialog appears.



• Click New. The Define Custom Show dialog appears. All of the slides contained in the presentation are listed on the left: the slides in the custom show are listed on the right.



• Select the slides to include in the first custom show. Use the Add button to add the slides.



• When you are finished, click OK. The Custom Show dialog reappears.



• Continue creating custom shows for each sub-group of slides that you want to create. When you are finished, click Close.



3. Now that the presentation contains custom shows, you are ready to create the agenda slide.



• Go to the PowerPoint Slide Sorter (so that you can view all of the slides in the presentation).



• Select the first slide in each custom show (Shift + select slides).



• Click the Summary Slide button. PowerPoint creates the agenda slide, with titles from the selected slides.



• Select the agenda slide, and then switch to Slide view (so that you view only this slide).



4. Now you can create the hyperlinks from the items on the agenda slide to their respective slides.



• Select (highlight) the agenda item.



• From the Slide Show menu, select Action Settings.



• Select Hyperlink to. Then, select Custom Shows from the drop-down listbox.



• Choose the desired Custom Show.



• Select Show and Return, and then click OK.



• Complete all necessary steps for each item on the agenda slide.