Adding Action Buttons

Adding Action Buttons

When you create a self-running presentation to show at a kiosk, you might want a user to be able to move easily to specific slides or to a different presentation altogether. To give a user this capability, insert action buttons , which are onscreen objects that users can click to control a presentation. Clicking an action button activates a hyperlink , a connection between two locations in the same document or in different documents.

Insert an Action Button

Click the Slide Show menu.

Point to Action Buttons, and then choose the action button you want.

Drag the pointer to insert the action button, and then release the mouse button when the action button is the size you want.

If necessary, fill out the Action Settings dialog box, and then click OK.

If the button is custom, right-click the button, click Add Text, and then type a name .

Test an Action Button

Click the Slide Show View button.

Display the slide containing the action button.

Click the action button.

Create an Action to Go to a Specific Slide

Select the text or object in which you want to apply an action.

Click the Slide Show menu, and then click Action Settings.

Click the Mouse Click tab or the Mouse Over tab, which determines how the action behaves.

Click the Hyperlink To option, click the list arrow, and then click Slide from the list of hyperlink destinations.

Select the slide you want the action button to jump to.

Click OK.

Click OK.

Click outside the action button to deselect it.

Run the slide show, and test the action button.

Did You Know?

You can create a hyperlink to external places . In the Action Settings dialog box, click the Hyperlink To list arrow, and then click a place where you want to go, such as a URL, a PowerPoint presentation, or another slide show.

You can insert the Return action button to help navigate the slide show . If you want to return to the slide you were previously viewing, regardless of its location in the presentation, insert the Return action button.