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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
an entire afternoon so new employees can
re-watch 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 will 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 to the
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 this 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 the topic slide click okay
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 the
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 to adding action buttons to your
slides is a fantastic way to make your
presentation fun and easy to navigate