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An action button is a button on a Microsoft PowerPoint slide that, as the name suggests, performs an action when clicked.By adding buttons, you can perform operations such as “move to the next slide” and “play the video.”

This article explains how to create PowerPoint action buttons, set shapes, and assign actions.

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First, open a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation andThe slide you want to create a button onwill be displayed. After that, you can add buttons to your slides in three simple steps described below.

1. Insert a shape

Image: Click on the slide where you want to add the MakeUseOf button.[insert]in the tab[Shape]and at the bottom of the menu, click[Operation setting button]Select the shape of the button you want to add from the area that is displayed. Once you have selected a shape, click and hold anywhere on the slide and drag to draw the shape.

2. Open the dialog box to set the action

Create action buttons to link to other slides, presentations, URLs, videos, and documents.

Now, let’s explain how to assign actions to buttons.

If you select a shape from the[Action settings button]

In this case, as soon as you finish drawing the button,[Object behavior settings]A dialog box will appear.

Image: MakeUseOfIf you select a shape from another category:

From the menu that appears when you right-click,[Object behavior settings…]Choose.

Image: MakeUseOfWhen using an image as an action button:

Again, right click on the image and[Object behavior settings]will be displayed.

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3. Set the action

[Object behavior settings]When you open the[Mouse click]Open the tab and set the action to be triggered when this button is clicked. or,[Mouse passing]If you select a tab, you can set the behavior when you hover the cursor over the button.

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hyperlink:

Hyperlinks allow shapes to link to the next slide, previous slide, other presentations, other files, and more.

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Run the program:

This option allows you to configure the action to run the specified program. Select this menu[reference…]Click to select the application you want to launch when you click the button.

Executing the macro:

This option allows you to paste a link to a macro. If no macros are set for the open slideshow, this option will be grayed out.

In either case,［OK］Click to apply the settings. From the ribbon menu on the file,[Slideshow]select a section,[From the beginning]You can test your action button by clicking .

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