How do I remove action buttons from a PowerPoint presentation?

[Guest]

When I am running a presentation, action buttons come up on the lower left of
the screen. I cannot go to the next slide unless I click on one of these
action buttons. How do I remove these action buttons from my presentation?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

The real question (I think) is not how to remove the action buttons but
how to allow clicking to go to the next slide without them. There are two
possibilities. One is that you really have action buttons, and the other
is that you have the standard buttons that come up (and are sort of
greyed out) when you move the mouse in a normal presentation.

There are also two possibilities as to why you can't click to advance.
Either you are in Kiosk mode or your slides are set to not advance on
click.

Try going to the Slide Show menu and choosing Set up show. If "presented
at a kiosk" is selected, then select "Presented by a Speaker."

If that doesn't work, go to the Slide Show menu and choose Slide
transition. On the right side of the screen, make sure the box for On
mouse click (under "Advance Slide") is checked and click Apply to All
Slides.

One of these should allow you to click on the screen to advance to the
next 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_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

When I am running a presentation, action buttons come up on the lower left of
the screen. I cannot go to the next slide unless I click on one of these
action buttons. How do I remove these action buttons from my presentation?

a) Your show's probably set up in Kiosk mode; otherwise, you could advance to
the next slide with the spacebar, mouse, arrow keys, etc.

b) But to get rid of the buttons on the lower left, choose Tools, Options, the
View tab, remove the check next to "Show popup toolbar" and click OK.

Now if you're in Kiosk mode, you'll have no way at ALL of navigating, so you'll
want to go to the Slide Master and add some nav buttons, most likely.