Next slide selection from a hidden slide...

[Guest]

Hi, I have built an awsome .ppt RESUME, with history, information, goals and
some personality and placed into ".pps" format. Within the show I have placed
a few slides only accessable by hyperlink. What I would like to do is direct
the next slide selection to the previous slide and the viewer can then
continue with the show.

Example: The person viewing is on slide 6, there is a hyperlink to slide 16,
(a hidden slide) after viewing the hidden slide, the viewer "clicks" again
and goes to slide 6 and then on to slide 7 and so on.
As it is now, if the viewer were to click slide 16 it goes directly to the
last slide in the show.

How can this be done? Thank you for any help you can give.

 

[Luc]

Thad,
If I understood correctly you want to return to the last viewed slide after
hyperlinking to another one.
If that is the case, you can use an action button which links to the last
viewed slide. Slide Show - action buttons - choose one and drag the button
in an appropriate spot on your slide, choose last viewed slide in the
hyperlink to list.
If I misunderstood, no sweat someone else will help out.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

The easiest solution would be to place the horse before the cart, or
something like that. Just change the way you are thinking a bit

Example A, B, C, D (hidden), E
You are linking from your slide C to the hidden slide D and want it to
return to C, correct? Why not just change it to ...
A, B, D (hidden), C, E ?

The hyperlink on Slide C takes you to the hidden slide (D) in front of C.
This way you will advance normally back to C.

This method will only work if each of the hidden slides only has a single
referencing slide link. You may also want to change the order of the slides
for any printouts.

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[David M. Marcovitz]

Here's another possibility in addition to the excellent suggestions you
have already received. Put the hidden slide in a custom show. Then link
to the custom show with the "Show and Return" box checked. I believe this
will have the effect you want without even needing a button on the hidden
slide.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
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