you
action buttons are a lot like hyperlinks
in PowerPoint they can be used to
connect to another slide file email
address or webpage except they give you
a button to click instead of a link the
buttons are actually built in shapes
that can be found on the insert tab on
the same menu as the rest of the shapes
you'll find them at the very bottom in a
section of their own because action
buttons are so easy to understand
they're especially useful for
self-running presentations I plan to
leave this presentation up for the
entire afternoon so new employees can
re-watch it if they need to or go back
to review a specific slide a few of the
action buttons should be familiar to you
from browsing the internet like home
back and next to insert one click to
select it then draw the shape where you
want it on your slide now we can define
the settings for the action button I'm
going to leave this one as is which
means it will hyperlink to the next
slide when the user clicks it basically
starting the presentation click OK to
save and close the window to go back and
edit the button all you have to do is
click the action command why don't we go
to the mouse over tab this time and add
a sound that'll play as soon as the user
Mouse's over the button before they even
click it you can also customize the way
the action button looks by going to the
format tab remember it's just a shape so
you can change everything from the color
and style to the shape itself you don't
even have to use one of the predefined
action buttons I have something else in
mind for the rest of my presentation it
involves this list of topics sort of
like a homepage and an action button
that users can click to come back here
any time no matter what slide they're on
to add the special button to every slide
we're going to go to the View tab first
where we can switch to slide master now
select the first one on the list and
continue to the insert tab to follow the
same steps as before
why don't we use the home button this
time instead of hyperlinking to the
first slide which is the title slide I
want to link to a specific slide and
that's the topic slide click OK and go
back to the slide master tab to close
the master view now our little action
button to return home appears on every
slide let's check it out in slideshow
view to see how it all comes together
there's that drum roll triggered when I
mouse over the button it takes us to the
next slide like it's supposed to and the
home button appears to be working too
what a fantastic way to make your
presentation fun and easy to navigate
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