Looping a slide with multiple animations

Published Mon, Sep 11 2006 0:57 | tohlz
Scenario: You want to loop a particular slide that contains multiple animations, then continue with rest of the slides. The problem is, the current feature only allows you to loop the entire slide show.

Solution: One way is to use Custom Show.

First, click Slide Show > Set Up Show.
Put a checkmark to Loop continuously until 'Esc'.
Click Ok.
Now, Click Slide Show > Custom Shows.
Click New.
Select the slide you are looping, click Add.
Click Ok and Close.
Click on the slide you are looping.
Click Slide Show > Slide Transition.
Under Advance slide, put a checkmark to Automatically After. This will allow the slide to loop automatically.
Do NOT Apply to all slides.
Right click on the thumbnail of the current slide, select Hide Slide.
Now, you will need to insert a new slide just before the slide you are looping.
On the new slide, insert an action button.
Set the hyperlink to the custom show you have created.
Put a checkmark on "Show and Return".
Ok your way out.

Now, view the slide show.
If you click on the action button, you will go into the custom show, which will loop until you press the esc key to continue with the rest of the slides.
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Comments

# Alex said on October 11, 2006 9:09 AM:

Brilliant, thank you for adding this, just saved me loads of time and made my pp a little bit more pro!

# Adrian said on November 28, 2006 6:11 PM:

I would also like to thank you. I now realise I've seen this implemented in another set of PPT presentations. Very useful. Thank you.

# The Art of PowerPoint-ing said on December 28, 2006 2:26 PM:

Remember the Looping with multiple animations post: http://msmvps.com/blogs/tohlz/archive/2006/09/10/Looping-a-slide-with-multiple-animations.aspx

# RT said on June 26, 2007 2:33 PM:

I believe that I followed all of the directions, and yet the "custom show" slide only presents a single time. There is not a loop?

# RT said on June 26, 2007 2:39 PM:

When I hit <esc> I return to the action button slide, where I can restart a single view of the loop slide if I select the action button. I am guessing that the "show and return" function isn't quite correct.

# tohlz said on July 5, 2007 3:01 PM:

RT:

There's no problem with the tutorial. Under Slide Show > Set up Show, if you have checked "Loop continuously until Esc", the custom show will loop.

There's nothing wrong with the "show and return" function. It means displaying the custom show, and after that, returning to the place where you hyperlinked to the custom show.

You will then return to the action button slide, where you can continue with the slide show by pressing enter key, or through action button.

# Diana said on August 1, 2007 2:28 PM:

Thanks, that was a fantastic tip. However it worked better for me after I placed action button into my slide (instead of new slide in front of it); this way when I hit escape, it took me right to the next slide.

Thanks again.

# Pete said on September 27, 2007 6:47 AM:

Great!!  Thanks, works fine!

# mattman555 said on August 8, 2008 8:11 AM:

Freaking AWESOME!

I just applied this to PPT 2007 and it worked like a charm!

# Jake said on August 27, 2008 10:19 AM:

we are using a clicker device for our showroom so there is no esc button is there another way i can set it up to click to advance to next slide?`

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