I am hoping to create a PowerPoint that will enable me to check off a few boxes on the introductory slide which will then determine what a chart will look like on a slide later on in the presentation. Is this possible to do in Powerpoint only or would I need to put the check boxes in Excel and show/hide information in that program, then link the powerpoint chart to this sheet?
Alternatively, is there a way for me to insert some sort of Javascript into Powerpoint which will show/hide sections of the chart based off a user input?
Thanks for your input :p
You should take a look at Office Add-Ins. Essentially, Office Add-Ins are web applications embedded inside Office with APIs that allow interaction with the current document/application. Sounds like exactly what you need.
Gabriel Royer
Developer on the Office Extensibility Team, MSFT