Create a "back" hyperlink to the page you previously left

[Guest]

I have a need to create an object that has a hyperlink to send the user of
the presentation back to the page they came from. This "link" will be on
hundreds of pages so manually updating each link will be a pain. Having it
operate like a "back" button and return the user to the previous page is
perfect.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

There is an option to hyperlink to "Last Slide Viewed." Right click on
your button and choose Action Settings. Click Hyperlink and choose Last
Slide Viewed from the pull-down menu.

However, this does not work like a Back button. It only remembers the
most recent slide, unlike in a browswer, which can go back several pages
by hitting the back button more than once. In PowerPoint, if you navigate
to slides 1, 2, 3, and 4, and then hit a button for Last Slide Viewed, it
will take you to slide 3 as expected. But if you hit another Last Slide
Viewed button, it will take you back to slide 4 (not slide 2 like you
would get in a browser).

--David

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Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
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[Chirag]

You can hyperlink to "Last Slide Viewed" option. It will take users back to
the slide where they came from in the presentation.

- Chirag

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[Kathy Jacobs]

An additional comment: Instead of putting the button on the individual
slides, try putting it on the master. If you are running in PPT 2002 or
later, you can create a copy of your master just for the pages that need the
back button. Use the main master as the starting point, add the button, then
set the hyperlink as David and Chirag have suggested. Apply that master to
the required slides. The button will be clickable as long as there is
nothing from the slides covering it.

(If you need a quick way to apply the new master to all the slides that need
it, go to slide sorter view, select the slides to be changed using control
click, bring up the design task pane, click the arrow to the left of the new
master, and use "Apply to selected slides.")

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[Guest]

Kathy,

Is there a way to have multiple masters since I already have a master that I
use for part of the presentation?

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

I'm not sure I understand your question Whether you can have multiple
masters or not depends on what version of PowerPoint you are running.

If your question is whether you can have multiple masters applied to the
same slide, then the answer is no. Each slide takes its formatting from one
master and one master only. However, if you already have specialized masters
for the slides in question, then you can use those masters and just put the
button on them.

Is that any clearer? Remember, I can't see what you can. If it isn't clear,
tell us more about what you have for your master slide set up and what
version you are running, and we can all try to help more.
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Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
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[Guest]

I am setting up a training presentation for a web-based program. I need to
review a feature and then go to that feature or at least "pull up" the
web-based program. I also need an easy way to get back to powerpoint. Any
Ideas?