Automating going to previous slide

I would like to have a slide upon finished execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?

Yes and no, Steve.

Without using VBA, this is not possible in a single presentation. Using a
single presentation, you could advance to a slide, run animation, and then
have a link back to the previous slide.

It is possible to have a single slide as a linked show that would display in
front of the other show. That single slide could be set to automatically do
several animations and advance forward. Since it is only one slide, it
would then close the single slide show and revert back to the slide it was
called from.

Are either of these what you were looking for?

--

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"Steve" wrote in message
...
I would like to have a slide upon finished execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?

Yes, I think, how would I do it...

I have a menu driven presentation that once a selection
is chosen by the user, it needs to run some animations on
a single slide and then return to the menu for further
selections WITHOUT any user intervention, including a
timed event, keypress or mouse click requesting the
hyperlink to return to the menu. It needs to be
completely automated and transparent to the user once
that menu selection is made.

I'm not opposed to a VBA routine, but I'm not a VBA
programmer and can't figure out how to envoke a VBA macro
without some manual intervention?

Thanks for your reply, hope you can help me...

-----Original Message-----
Yes and no, Steve.

Without using VBA, this is not possible in a single
presentation. Using a
single presentation, you could advance to a slide, run
animation, and then
have a link back to the previous slide.

It is possible to have a single slide as a linked show
that would display in
front of the other show. That single slide could be set
to automatically do
several animations and advance forward. Since it is
only one slide, it
would then close the single slide show and revert back
to the slide it was
called from.

Are either of these what you were looking for?

--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
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"Steve" wrote in
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I would like to have a slide upon finished execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?


.

Let me start by saying I was mistaken, there is a way.

It is a bit tricky, so read carefully.

1) Build your regular show without the "jump to" (J2) slides.
2) Insert the J2 slides anywhere in the presentation (to keep it easy on
yourself, you may want to insert them immediately after the menu slide).
The J2 slides are the ones that will have the effects you want to happen
when the user clicks on a menu item. Make sure that ALL the animations are
timed, not 'On mouse click' and that the slide has a transition after :xx
seconds time filled in. If any of these are manually triggered, then it
will need user intervention to continue.
3) Make all the J2 slides hidden
4) Create a series of Custom Shows, each containing 1 of the J2 slides.
5) Hyperlink each of the items on the menu page to one of the custom shows
making sure you check the 'Show and return' box.

Now, What will happen is that the show will advance to the menu slide. If
one of the menu items is clicked, the custom show that corresponds to that
item will play over the menu slide. It will do it's thing and when it
advances automatically, close. This will, once again, reveal the menu
slide. If you advance past the menu slide to the area of the presentation
where the all the Jump To slides are, the will be skipped over and not seen.

Does this make sense?

You can make it even prettier if you add picture copies of the menu slide
before and after that have nice auto-timed transitions between them. The
initial cut to and cut from will be abrupt, but if it cuts between identical
images, the user will be unaware.


--

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"Steve" wrote in message
...
Yes, I think, how would I do it...

I have a menu driven presentation that once a selection
is chosen by the user, it needs to run some animations on
a single slide and then return to the menu for further
selections WITHOUT any user intervention, including a
timed event, keypress or mouse click requesting the
hyperlink to return to the menu. It needs to be
completely automated and transparent to the user once
that menu selection is made.

I'm not opposed to a VBA routine, but I'm not a VBA
programmer and can't figure out how to envoke a VBA macro
without some manual intervention?

Thanks for your reply, hope you can help me...

-----Original Message-----
Yes and no, Steve.

Without using VBA, this is not possible in a single
presentation. Using a
single presentation, you could advance to a slide, run
animation, and then
have a link back to the previous slide.

It is possible to have a single slide as a linked show
that would display in
front of the other show. That single slide could be set
to automatically do
several animations and advance forward. Since it is
only one slide, it
would then close the single slide show and revert back
to the slide it was
called from.

Are either of these what you were looking for?

--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
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you think to ask them.

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"Steve" wrote in
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I would like to have a slide upon finished execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?


.

Almost there, thanks...
I must be doing something wrong...
I made sure "show and return" is checked and all is set
for using timings, but when I run the show it gets stuck
with the same J2 slide in a loop playing repeatedly?
never returns to menu it came from?
hmm...
-----Original Message-----
Let me start by saying I was mistaken, there is a way.

It is a bit tricky, so read carefully.

1) Build your regular show without the "jump to" (J2)
slides.
2) Insert the J2 slides anywhere in the presentation (to
keep it easy on
yourself, you may want to insert them immediately after
the menu slide).
The J2 slides are the ones that will have the effects
you want to happen
when the user clicks on a menu item. Make sure that ALL
the animations are
timed, not 'On mouse click' and that the slide has a
transition after :xx
seconds time filled in. If any of these are manually
triggered, then it
will need user intervention to continue.
3) Make all the J2 slides hidden
4) Create a series of Custom Shows, each containing 1 of
the J2 slides.
5) Hyperlink each of the items on the menu page to one
of the custom shows
making sure you check the 'Show and return' box.

Now, What will happen is that the show will advance to
the menu slide. If
one of the menu items is clicked, the custom show that
corresponds to that
item will play over the menu slide. It will do it's
thing and when it
advances automatically, close. This will, once again,
reveal the menu
slide. If you advance past the menu slide to the area
of the presentation
where the all the Jump To slides are, the will be
skipped over and not seen.

Does this make sense?

You can make it even prettier if you add picture copies
of the menu slide
before and after that have nice auto-timed transitions
between them. The
initial cut to and cut from will be abrupt, but if it
cuts between identical
images, the user will be unaware.


--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
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"Steve" wrote in
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Yes, I think, how would I do it...

I have a menu driven presentation that once a selection
is chosen by the user, it needs to run some animations
on
a single slide and then return to the menu for further
selections WITHOUT any user intervention, including a
timed event, keypress or mouse click requesting the
hyperlink to return to the menu. It needs to be
completely automated and transparent to the user once
that menu selection is made.

I'm not opposed to a VBA routine, but I'm not a VBA
programmer and can't figure out how to envoke a VBA
macro
without some manual intervention?

Thanks for your reply, hope you can help me...

-----Original Message-----
Yes and no, Steve.

Without using VBA, this is not possible in a single
presentation. Using a
single presentation, you could advance to a slide, run
animation, and then
have a link back to the previous slide.

It is possible to have a single slide as a linked show
that would display in
front of the other show. That single slide could be
set
to automatically do
several animations and advance forward. Since it is
only one slide, it
would then close the single slide show and revert back
to the slide it was
called from.

Are either of these what you were looking for?

--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
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"Steve" wrote in
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I would like to have a slide upon finished
execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?


.



.

In main show, under slide show | Set-up show, uncheck the 'loop continuous
until escape' box. If Kiosk is selected, change to 'Presented by speaker'.

Are you planning on this running as a Kiosk? I didn't know that. If so,
then I am not aware of a way to mix presentation types within a single show.

Bill D.

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Almost there, thanks...
I must be doing something wrong...
I made sure "show and return" is checked and all is set
for using timings, but when I run the show it gets stuck
with the same J2 slide in a loop playing repeatedly?
never returns to menu it came from?
hmm...
-----Original Message-----
Let me start by saying I was mistaken, there is a way.

It is a bit tricky, so read carefully.

1) Build your regular show without the "jump to" (J2)
slides.
2) Insert the J2 slides anywhere in the presentation (to
keep it easy on
yourself, you may want to insert them immediately after
the menu slide).
The J2 slides are the ones that will have the effects
you want to happen
when the user clicks on a menu item. Make sure that ALL
the animations are
timed, not 'On mouse click' and that the slide has a
transition after :xx
seconds time filled in. If any of these are manually
triggered, then it
will need user intervention to continue.
3) Make all the J2 slides hidden
4) Create a series of Custom Shows, each containing 1 of
the J2 slides.
5) Hyperlink each of the items on the menu page to one
of the custom shows
making sure you check the 'Show and return' box.

Now, What will happen is that the show will advance to
the menu slide. If
one of the menu items is clicked, the custom show that
corresponds to that
item will play over the menu slide. It will do it's
thing and when it
advances automatically, close. This will, once again,
reveal the menu
slide. If you advance past the menu slide to the area
of the presentation
where the all the Jump To slides are, the will be
skipped over and not seen.

Does this make sense?

You can make it even prettier if you add picture copies
of the menu slide
before and after that have nice auto-timed transitions
between them. The
initial cut to and cut from will be abrupt, but if it
cuts between identical
images, the user will be unaware.


--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
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answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

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"Steve" wrote in
message
...
Yes, I think, how would I do it...

I have a menu driven presentation that once a selection
is chosen by the user, it needs to run some animations
on
a single slide and then return to the menu for further
selections WITHOUT any user intervention, including a
timed event, keypress or mouse click requesting the
hyperlink to return to the menu. It needs to be
completely automated and transparent to the user once
that menu selection is made.

I'm not opposed to a VBA routine, but I'm not a VBA
programmer and can't figure out how to envoke a VBA
macro
without some manual intervention?

Thanks for your reply, hope you can help me...

-----Original Message-----
Yes and no, Steve.

Without using VBA, this is not possible in a single
presentation. Using a
single presentation, you could advance to a slide, run
animation, and then
have a link back to the previous slide.

It is possible to have a single slide as a linked show
that would display in
front of the other show. That single slide could be
set
to automatically do
several animations and advance forward. Since it is
only one slide, it
would then close the single slide show and revert back
to the slide it was
called from.

Are either of these what you were looking for?

--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

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"Steve" wrote in
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I would like to have a slide upon finished
execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?


.



.

Unfortunately, Yes...
This is a kiosk based presentation.
Will a VB routine wrok?
How would I activate it without user intervention?
Maybe I need a different presentation program?
-----Original Message-----
In main show, under slide show | Set-up show, uncheck
the 'loop continuous
until escape' box. If Kiosk is selected, change
to 'Presented by speaker'.

Are you planning on this running as a Kiosk? I didn't
know that. If so,
then I am not aware of a way to mix presentation types
within a single show.

Bill D.

"Steve" wrote in
message
...
Almost there, thanks...
I must be doing something wrong...
I made sure "show and return" is checked and all is set
for using timings, but when I run the show it gets
stuck
with the same J2 slide in a loop playing repeatedly?
never returns to menu it came from?
hmm...
-----Original Message-----
Let me start by saying I was mistaken, there is a way.

It is a bit tricky, so read carefully.

1) Build your regular show without the "jump to" (J2)
slides.
2) Insert the J2 slides anywhere in the presentation
(to
keep it easy on
yourself, you may want to insert them immediately
after
the menu slide).
The J2 slides are the ones that will have the effects
you want to happen
when the user clicks on a menu item. Make sure that
ALL
the animations are
timed, not 'On mouse click' and that the slide has a
transition after :xx
seconds time filled in. If any of these are manually
triggered, then it
will need user intervention to continue.
3) Make all the J2 slides hidden
4) Create a series of Custom Shows, each containing 1
of
the J2 slides.
5) Hyperlink each of the items on the menu page to one
of the custom shows
making sure you check the 'Show and return' box.

Now, What will happen is that the show will advance to
the menu slide. If
one of the menu items is clicked, the custom show that
corresponds to that
item will play over the menu slide. It will do it's
thing and when it
advances automatically, close. This will, once again,
reveal the menu
slide. If you advance past the menu slide to the area
of the presentation
where the all the Jump To slides are, the will be
skipped over and not seen.

Does this make sense?

You can make it even prettier if you add picture
copies
of the menu slide
before and after that have nice auto-timed transitions
between them. The
initial cut to and cut from will be abrupt, but if it
cuts between identical
images, the user will be unaware.


--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

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"Steve" wrote in
message
...
Yes, I think, how would I do it...

I have a menu driven presentation that once a
selection
is chosen by the user, it needs to run some
animations
on
a single slide and then return to the menu for
further
selections WITHOUT any user intervention, including
a
timed event, keypress or mouse click requesting the
hyperlink to return to the menu. It needs to be
completely automated and transparent to the user
once
that menu selection is made.

I'm not opposed to a VBA routine, but I'm not a VBA
programmer and can't figure out how to envoke a VBA
macro
without some manual intervention?

Thanks for your reply, hope you can help me...

-----Original Message-----
Yes and no, Steve.

Without using VBA, this is not possible in a single
presentation. Using a
single presentation, you could advance to a slide,
run
animation, and then
have a link back to the previous slide.

It is possible to have a single slide as a linked
show
that would display in
front of the other show. That single slide could
be
set
to automatically do
several animations and advance forward. Since it
is
only one slide, it
would then close the single slide show and revert
back
to the slide it was
called from.

Are either of these what you were looking for?

--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking
vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will
yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

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"Steve"
wrote in
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I would like to have a slide upon finished
execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous
slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?


.



.



.

Ok, if you thought the last one was complicated, you'll flip over this one.

Let's say you have 3 animations you want to demo on the menu slide.


Insert the 3 slides with demos BEFORE the menu slide, these will be your J2
slides. Select them and make them hidden.

Insert a blank slide between the fist and second J2 slides. It should NOT
be hidden and should have a 00:00 seconds auto transition. Copy this blank
slide and paste another between the 2nd and 3rd J2 slides.

On your menu slide, hyperlink (within the presentation) to the hidden J2
slides. Trust me, if you do everything right, it'll come back to the menu
after completing it's run.

So, just so we are clear, the order is:

.... misc slides
10) Slide J2 #1 {hidden auto with animations timed and auto advance set}
11) Blank {non-hidden slide with 00:00 second auto advance}
12) Slide J2 #2 (same settings as slide #10 but with different effects}
13) Blank {exact copy of slide 11}
14) Slide J2 #3 {same settings as slide #10 but with different effects}
15) Menu slide
.... misc slides


Now, when you click the first Jump to (J2) effect, you go back in the
presentation to a hidden slide, this then advances to the next slide which
is not hidden but advances immediately to the next non-hidden slide and then
to the menu slide.

Hope this helps,
Bill D.


wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, Yes...
This is a kiosk based presentation.
Will a VB routine wrok?
How would I activate it without user intervention?
Maybe I need a different presentation program?
-----Original Message-----
In main show, under slide show | Set-up show, uncheck
the 'loop continuous
until escape' box. If Kiosk is selected, change
to 'Presented by speaker'.

Are you planning on this running as a Kiosk? I didn't
know that. If so,
then I am not aware of a way to mix presentation types
within a single show.

Bill D.

"Steve" wrote in
message
...
Almost there, thanks...
I must be doing something wrong...
I made sure "show and return" is checked and all is set
for using timings, but when I run the show it gets
stuck
with the same J2 slide in a loop playing repeatedly?
never returns to menu it came from?
hmm...
-----Original Message-----
Let me start by saying I was mistaken, there is a way.

It is a bit tricky, so read carefully.

1) Build your regular show without the "jump to" (J2)
slides.
2) Insert the J2 slides anywhere in the presentation
(to
keep it easy on
yourself, you may want to insert them immediately
after
the menu slide).
The J2 slides are the ones that will have the effects
you want to happen
when the user clicks on a menu item. Make sure that
ALL
the animations are
timed, not 'On mouse click' and that the slide has a
transition after :xx
seconds time filled in. If any of these are manually
triggered, then it
will need user intervention to continue.
3) Make all the J2 slides hidden
4) Create a series of Custom Shows, each containing 1
of
the J2 slides.
5) Hyperlink each of the items on the menu page to one
of the custom shows
making sure you check the 'Show and return' box.

Now, What will happen is that the show will advance to
the menu slide. If
one of the menu items is clicked, the custom show that
corresponds to that
item will play over the menu slide. It will do it's
thing and when it
advances automatically, close. This will, once again,
reveal the menu
slide. If you advance past the menu slide to the area
of the presentation
where the all the Jump To slides are, the will be
skipped over and not seen.

Does this make sense?

You can make it even prettier if you add picture
copies
of the menu slide
before and after that have nice auto-timed transitions
between them. The
initial cut to and cut from will be abrupt, but if it
cuts between identical
images, the user will be unaware.


--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

Change org to com to defuse anti-spam,
ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection.
..
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"Steve" wrote in
message
...
Yes, I think, how would I do it...

I have a menu driven presentation that once a
selection
is chosen by the user, it needs to run some
animations
on
a single slide and then return to the menu for
further
selections WITHOUT any user intervention, including
a
timed event, keypress or mouse click requesting the
hyperlink to return to the menu. It needs to be
completely automated and transparent to the user
once
that menu selection is made.

I'm not opposed to a VBA routine, but I'm not a VBA
programmer and can't figure out how to envoke a VBA
macro
without some manual intervention?

Thanks for your reply, hope you can help me...

-----Original Message-----
Yes and no, Steve.

Without using VBA, this is not possible in a single
presentation. Using a
single presentation, you could advance to a slide,
run
animation, and then
have a link back to the previous slide.

It is possible to have a single slide as a linked
show
that would display in
front of the other show. That single slide could
be
set
to automatically do
several animations and advance forward. Since it
is
only one slide, it
would then close the single slide show and revert
back
to the slide it was
called from.

Are either of these what you were looking for?

--

Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking
vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will
yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

Change org to com to defuse anti-spam,
ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection.
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"Steve"
wrote in
message
...
I would like to have a slide upon finished
execution of
animations automatically retrieve the previous
slide
without user intervention.
Is this possible in PP2000?


.



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