Actioin Buttons: How can I repeat the same ones in all slides?

[Sylvia]

I placed the Action Buttons on my initial slide and would now like to repeat
these on all the rest. How can I duplicate this automatically with out going
throught he process every time?

 

[Ute Simon]

I placed the Action Buttons on my initial slide and would now like to

repeat
these on all the rest. How can I duplicate this automatically with out
going
throught he process every time?

Hi Sylsim,

cut the action button out of the slide and place it on the master (View -
Master - Slide master). It will appear on every slide.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

What Ute said. But if you don't want it to appear on the master for some
reason (like you don't want it on absolutely every slide or you want it
to appear in front of things on the slides), you can right click on the
button and choose copy. Then go to each slide you want it on and choose
paste. Using ctrl-v for paste, you can probably do about 100 slides in a
minute.
--David

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Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[tohlz]

A better option would be to paste it in the slide master. Anytime you do not
want a particular slide to adopt the action button, just go to that slide,
click Format > Background, then put a checkmark to Omit background graphics
from master. That should save a lot of work.
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[David M. Marcovitz]

That's another good option. Which one works best really depends on the
specific situation, so it is good that we have given the original poster a
few options to try.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/