Running macro at end of slide

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Hi,

I need to make a macro run automatically some time after viewing a slide, or
could be when I click the button after the last item in the slide has been
shown.

How can I do that?
 
Create some sort of Action Button, set the Custom Animation of the button to
be the last object animated on the slide, then set the Action Setting to
"Run macro". You can access most of these features by right-clicking on the
button you want to assign these actions to.

What exactly is it you are trying to do?
 
Thanks for your prompt response. what I am trying to do is to make the slide
presentation go back to the previous slide seen (the one which made the
current slide appear). I realize there is an action button for just this, but
I can't make it execute automatically.

Any more info?
Juan

Bill Foley said:
Create some sort of Action Button, set the Custom Animation of the button to
be the last object animated on the slide, then set the Action Setting to
"Run macro". You can access most of these features by right-clicking on the
button you want to assign these actions to.

What exactly is it you are trying to do?
Click to expand...
 
What do you mean by "automatically," and how do you get to the slide in
question? In order to view the slides out of their normal order, you are
probably going to have to click on a link at some point. I can picture a few
options. Basically, I think you want to have some way to go from slide A to
slide B and back to slide A again.

1. Use the action button that links slide A to slide B as you described (and
rejected).
2. Put slide B before slide A and hide it (so it won't show up normally).
Then put a link on slide A to slide B. When B is finished, it will
automatically jump forward to A. The only click necessary is to get to slide
B, not to return to slide A.
3. Use a custom show that includes A B A. In this case, the only link that
is necessary is to go to the custom show (the original link to A).

I get the impression from your question that these solutions are too simple,
and you have something more complicated in mind. Please let us know.

--David

David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
Yes, I wanted the action button to be "clicked" automatically (triggering its
associated action), without having to actually click it. I wanted that to
happen after the last item appeared in the slide. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks,
Juan
 
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