Reset kiosk mode on inactivity

tohlz — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:12:00 GMT

In the earlier PowerPoint versions, when you set your presentation to run in kiosk mode (Slide show > Set up Show > Kiosk mode), your slide show will automatically reset and goes back to the first slide after a period of inactivity (approx. 5 mins). This feature however, vanishes in the later versions. If you need a kiosk mode reset, you will have to do it manually. But how?

Since you have set your presentation to run as a kiosk mode, ensure that you have already created navigation buttons in the slide master to advance back and forth the slides. Now, go to View > Master > Slide Master. We can put invisible linking technique into good use.

First, draw a rectangle that covers the entire slide master.
Double click on the rectangle, set fill color to 99%. Line color to no line.
Click Ok.
Right click on the invisible autoshape, select Action Settings.
Select Mouse Over tab, set it Hyperlink to the Slide 1.
To make the mouse over work, Click Add Effect > Entrance > Appear.
Set the Start from "On Click" to "After Previous".
Double click on the added effect.
Select Timing tab, set the delay to lets say 60 seconds (equiv to 1 min) or a time of your preference.
Click Ok.
Close Master view once you are done. Now, the invisible linking (kiosk reset) will apply to the entire presentation.

The Art of PowerPoint-ing : kiosk

Reset kiosk mode on inactivity