These “action buttons” can make your presentation simpler to navigate and make the slides in your presentation behave more like web pages. ..
When adding action buttons to a PowerPoint presentation, consider how your viewers will use your presentation. Should the action buttons be a prominent part of the slides or simply occupy a small portion at the bottom or off to the side?
Your presentation is trying to portray a message that is confusing and difficult to follow. To help the viewer follow the presentation, you can add action buttons to help them understand what is happening.
Adding Action Buttons to a PowerPoint Slide
- Choose a location for your action buttons on the slide.
- Add text to the action buttons to explain what they do.
- Preview your slide presentation and make any necessary changes. ..
If you want the Next and Previous buttons to reside to the left and right of the slide, you will need to allocate enough space for them. ..
Next, locate the Home, Previous slide, and Next slide buttons and drag them to the front of your presentation. ..
This will open a new window that displays a list of shapes. Select the Rectangle shape from the list and click on the button in this section titled Properties. The Properties window will open. In the Width field, type 100 and in the Height field, type 50. Click on the OK button to close the Properties window. Now your rectangle will have a width of 100 pixels and a height of 50 pixels. ..
When you click on this button, PowerPoint will open up a long menu with many different types of shapes you can add to your presentations. ..
To access the Action Buttons for the House of Representatives, click on the button with a picture of a House on it located at the very bottom of the list. ..
Now that you have clicked on the House button, you need to place it on your slide. Position your mouse pointer approximately in the location where you want the button to be and hold down the left mouse button.
To resize a button, drag the mouse until it’s the size you want it and let go of the left mouse button. ..
PowerPoint will open the Actions Settings window, which is where you can customize the default settings. ..
The hyperlink to the first slide in the presentation is already chosen in the drop down menu on the Mouse Click tab.
The mouseover button allows you to explore a window with options for when the user hovers over the button. You can set the button to launch a program, run a macro, play a sound, and other events.
Click on the button with the arrow pointing to the left and then select the Shapes option from the list that appears. Now, you will be able to create a new shape by selecting one of the existing shapes in the list and then clicking on its thumbnail to see its details.
In this example, the main point is that you can place a button on your slide and PowerPoint will open the Actions Settings window. The window will have three tabs: thetab for the Previous button, the tab for the Next Action Button, and thetab for customizing your buttons. The default settings are what you need for both of these buttons. To place a button in this window, click on the OK button.
When you are finished, your slide should look like this: Your slide should now look like this:
Many presenters find Action Buttons difficult to use. This can be a challenge for viewers who have a copy of your presentation or for those who are trying to navigate the presentation more easily. With Action Buttons, you can quickly move to another slide or launch an application or macro without having to search through the entire presentation.
To add some fun to a presentation, you can even have a sound play when you or the viewer clicks the button. Play around with some of the settings of the Action Buttons to create a more interactive experience for your presentation.
