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Microsoft PowerPoint© allows designers to create medium fidelity interface prototypes. This paper describes how PowerPoint© can easily be used to create dynamic displays that are interactive and provide animation, when resources do not permit the purchase of computer-based prototyping software and the design requires more than a pencil-and-paper prototype. With PowerPoint©, designers can create interactive displays by hyperlinking objects to connect multiple slides. Additionally, animations can be created by using the same principles that govern children's “flip books”.

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Rapid Prototyping with Microsoft Powerpoint©: Page Linking and Animation

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