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How to make a Jeopardy type game in PowerPoint. Open a blank PowerPoint. Go to your slide layout section in the task pane. Choose a blank slide layout for your title slide. Add a table for your Grid. 1. 2. Make your table 5 columns and 6 rows. Make your table 5 columns and 6 rows.
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Make your background blue • Right click on the white area in your slide and choose background
Make your background blue to match the Jeopardy color scheme
Now you need to format the text Since a blue background does not work well with black text we need to format the text to show up for our grid. Select your table.
Make 26 more slides • Hold the Ctrl and M key to create new slides. You will need 27 slides total. • Title/Category/Value slide=1 • Categories=25 • Final Jeopardy=1 • Total=27
Add hyperlinks to your values • Highlight the value • Click on the Hyperlink button • Place the link in your document • Click on the slide you want to hyperlink
Title your category slides. Start with your first category and label it with the category name, the value, and the question.
Make a back button for each of your category slides. • Go to your drawing toolbar at the bottom of the screen. • Click on Autoshapes • Click on Action buttons
Draw your button on your second slide, put it in the bottom corner.
An Action Settings dialog box will appear • Click on the drop down box and choose hyperlink to first slide.
Format your back button to be the same color as your background • Right click on the button • Choose Format AutoShape
Copy your button to all of your question slides. • Ctrl + C is Copy • Ctrl + V is paste
Add a small button to your first page to jump to final Jeopardy • Repeat the last few steps to create a button that will go to final jeopardy.