Show a slide on MouseOver

[james]

Hello NG,
I just read the post by MarkE (A "manual" search for knowledge) and the
response by TAJ Simmons to that post, but I'm just starting with PowerPoint
and it seems a bit overwhelming to me.
What I want to do is create a mouse over to show a slide that is normally
hidden. If someone asks about a particular topic or question that I can show
the hidden slide, if not then it's not shown in the presentation.
I'm comfortable with the VBA editor, but I don't know the proper syntax.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
James

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Hi James,

You could do this with VBA, but really would be better off not. Use the
built-in action settings.

Create your hidden slide and hide it.
Go to the slide were you want the link to fire from.
Add or select the existing shape that will be the trigger for this jump.
Right click and select 'action settings'.

Click on the 'Mouse Over' tab and select 'Hyperlink to' then scroll down the
list to 'Slide...'. Select your hidden slide from the list and OK out of
the dialogs. You are done.

The added benefit is that this will also work with the viewer, which VBA
does not.

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[James]

Bill,
Thanks, this worked great. I tried it before and I must have missed a step
then.
James