Microsoft KB Archive/123450

PPT4: Using Automatic Slide Advance with Branched Presentation

PSS ID Number: Q123450 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == 

= SUMMARY =

If you run a presentation with automatic timings and that presentation contains branch presentations, the automatic slide timings do not function in the branch presentations. This article tells how to have automatic slide advance with branched presentation.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To enable the automatic slide transition in a branched presentation follow these steps:

  Go to the slide in the main presentation that contains the branch presentation.   From the Edit menu, choose Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Object, and from the menu that appears, choose Edit.   If you have not yet assigned slide timings to this branch presentation, do so now:  From the View menu, choose Slide Sorter. Select one or more slides, and choose Transition from the Tools menu. Choose the desired transition, speed, and timing, and choose OK.</li></ol> </li>  From the View menu, choose Slide Show. </li>  In the Slide Show dialog box, select Use Slide Timings, then Show. </li>  Interrupt the slide show immediately by pressing the ESC key on your keyboard. </li>  From the File menu, choose Update. </li>  From the File menu, choose Exit And Return. </li>  From the main presentation, choose Play Settings from the Tools menu. Make sure that the When Transition check box is selected. </li></ol>

When you run your onscreen slide show now, the branched presentation will advance automatically.

For more information on PowerPoint’s Slide Show Branching feature, please refer to the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q134877 TITLE : PPT: Using Transitions to Achieve Smoother Branching

ARTICLE-ID: Q111890 TITLE : PPT4: Fast Tips: Usage Questions & Answers

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