

(For more information about macros, see Run a macro.) The Run macro settings are only available if your presentation already contains a macro, and when you save the presentation, you must save it as a PowerPoint Macro-enabled Show. Note: To link to a file created by another program, such as a Word or Excel file, in the Hyperlink to list, click Other File.Ĭhoose None to use the shape without a corresponding action.Ĭhoose Run program, then click Browse to locate the program that you want to run.Ĭhoose Run macro and then select the macro that you want to run. To choose the action that takes place when you click or move the pointer over the action button, do one of the following:Ĭhoose Hyperlink to and then select the destination (for example, the next slide, the previous slide, the last slide, or another PowerPoint presentation) that you want the hyperlink action to go to. If you want the action to occur when the action button is simply pointed at, do the following steps on the Mouse Over tab of the dialog box. If you want the action to occur when the action button is clicked, do the following steps on the Mouse Click tab of the dialog box. Keep the dialog box open and go to the next procedure.

On the Insert tab, click Shapes, and then under Action Buttons at the bottom of the menu, click the button shape that you want to add.Ĭlick a location on the slide, and then drag to draw the shape for the button. Some examples of built-in action button shapes in the Shapes gallery include right and left arrows (commonly understood symbols for going to next, previous, first, and last slides), for playing videos or sound bites, and more.

Go to the next slide, the previous slide, the first slide, the last slide, the most recent slide viewed, a specific slide number, a different PowerPoint presentation, or a Web page. The idea is that when you deliver your presentation, you can click or point at an action button to:

Then you assign an action that occurs when (during Slide Show) you click the shape or point the mouse at it. There are two basic steps for setting up an Action button:įirst, you pick an action button from the Shapes gallery Use an Action button to do an action in your presentation, such as going to the next or a specific slide, running an app, or playing a video clip.
