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Action buttons are a lot like hyperlinks in
PowerPoint.

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They can be used to connect to another slide,
file, email address, or web page, except they

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give you a button to click instead of a link.

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The buttons are actually built-in shapes that
can be found on the Insert tab... on the same

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menu as the rest of the Shapes.

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You'll find them at the very bottom in a section
of their own.

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Because action buttons are so easy to understand,
they're especially useful for self-running

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presentations.

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I plan to leave this presentation up for an
entire afternoon, so new employees can re-watch

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if they need to, or go back to review a specific
slide.

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A few of the action buttons should be familiar
to you from browsing the internet, like Home,

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Back, and Next.

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To insert one, click to select it... then
draw the shape where you want it on your slide.

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Now we can define the settings for the action
button.

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I'm going to leave this one as is, which means
it'll hyperlink to the next slide when the

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user clicks it, basically starting the presentation.

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Click OK to save and close the window.

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To go back and edit the button, all you have
to do is click the Action command.

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Why don't we go to the Mouse Over tab this
time, and add a sound that'll play as soon

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as the user mouses over the button, before
they even click it.

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You can also customize the way the action
button looks by going to the Format tab.

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Remember, it's just a shape, so you can change
everything from the color and style to the

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shape itself.

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You don't even have to use one of the predefined
action buttons.

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I have something else in mind for the rest
of my presentation.

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It involves this list of topics (sort of like
a home page), and an action button that users

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can click to come back here any time, no matter
what slide they're on.

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To add this special button to every slide,
we're going to go to the View tab first, where

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we can switch to Slide Master.

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Now select the first one on the list, and
continue to the Insert tab to follow the same

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steps as before.

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Why don't we use the Home button this time?

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Instead of hyperlinking to the first slide,
which is the title slide, I want to link to

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the Topics slide.

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Click OK, and go back to the Slide Master
tab to Close the Master View...

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Now our little action button to return Home
appears on every slide.

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Let's check it out in Slide Show View to see
how it all comes together.

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There's that drum roll, triggered when I mouse
over the button.

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It takes us to the next slide like it's supposed
to... and the Home button appears to be working

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too.

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Adding Action Buttons to your slides is a
fantastic way to make your presentation fun

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and easy to navigate.