What is an Action Button

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What is an Action Button

• An action button is a ready-made button that you
  can insert into your slide and define hyperlinks
  for. Action buttons are most commonly used for
  self-running presentations  for example,
  presentations that are shown repeatedly at a
  booth or kiosk 

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Where to find Action Buttons
Insert Shapes Action Buttons
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Button Styles
Custom
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Some styles have actions associated with them.
However, any button can be made to perform any
of the actions you see above.
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Create a Custom Action Button and Add Text on it

• Click Insert Shapes Action Buttons Select
  Custom button
• Click and drag to draw a shape for the button
• In the Action Settings dialog box, click the
  Hyperlink to radio button and select Slide
• Choose the slide you want to link to (choose 6
  You did it for this exercise) and click OK
• Right-click the button and choose Edit Text

• Create a button here

Click on Slide Show tab From Current Slide to
test the action
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Add a Picture/ClipArt Background

• Create a custom action button
• In the Action Settings dialog box, click the
  Hyperlink to radio button and select Slide
• Choose the slide you want to link to (choose
  Create an Invisible Action Button for this
  exercise) and click OK
• Click on the button - Format tab Shape Fill
  Picture browse and select a picture for the
  button

• Create a button with picture as background

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You did it!

• Hit Esc key to end the Slide Show
• Create an action button below and set an action
  to the slide Add a Picture/ClipArt Background

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Create an Invisible Action Button

• Draw a custom action Button on the Ohio
• In the Action Settings dialog box, click the
  Hyperlink to radio button and select Slide
• Choose the slide you want to link to (choose
  Yes, its Ohio for this exercise) and click OK
• You may also add sound and actions on mouse over
• Double-click the drawing object, choose No Fill
  No Outline for the shape

Where is Ohio?
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Yes, Its Ohio
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Question 1 What is the default file extension
for MS PowerPoint 2007?
.docx
.xlsx
.pptx
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.docx is the default file extension for MS Word
2007
Back to the question
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• .xlsx is the default file extension for MS Excel
  2007

Back to the question
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g.jpg
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Correct!
The default file extension for MS PowerPoint is
.pptx
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Next Question
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Action settings can be applied to Cliparts,
Shapes, WordArts, Textboxes, etc

• Question 2
• Which one below is a triangle?

Tip If you want the shape/Clipart that you chose
as an action button to perform an action, click
Insert Tab Action and then select the action
that you want it to perform.
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A triangle should has 3 sides
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Great! These are all triangles
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Add a Sound to a Shape/ClipArt

• To prevent possible problems with links, copy the
  sounds into the same folder as your presentation
  before you add the sounds to your PowerPoint.
• Click on the clipart you want to add an animal
  sound
• Click Insert Tab Action
• 4. In the Action Settings dialog box, click
  Play Sound select Other Sound locate the
  folder that contains the file, and then
  double-click the file that you want to add

Sounds from http//www.seaworld.org/animal-info/s
ound-library/index.htm
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Change PPT Show Type as a Kiosk

• The purpose of changing setting to a Kiosk mode
  is to deactivate linear navigation of
  presentation via mouse keyboard
• Click Slide Show and choose Set Up Slide Show
• Under show type Choose Browsed at a kiosk click
  OK

Important If you set up a presentation to run at
a kiosk, remember to add navigation hyperlinks or
action buttons on the slides . Otherwise, your
self-running presentation will not advance beyond
the first slide.