Certainly. Navigation within a relational network is hyperlink-based, but far more is happening than meets the eye. For PowerPoint to provide the full flexibility required by relational presenters, we sometimes have to push the software beyond its normal bounds and typical uses.

Relational methods frequently rely on optical illusions and other visual tricks that cause PowerPoint to seemingly do something it cannot do, or hide what it really is doing. That is to say, what a viewer thinks is going on may not be what really is happening at all.

For example, we might set up a slide to have two invisible zones, with each zone linking to a different slide. The presenter can then choose one path or the other depending on perceived need. The only thing the audience sees is the next slide that appears, and they have no idea the presenter just made a spontaneous choice, right before their eyes.