Action Buttons

[Discman]

Is it possible to create my own buttons and import them into PPT for use?

 

[Bill Foley]

You can't really "import" them into the list of available action buttons,
but you can certainly use any sort of image as an action button. The only
difference is that an Action Button automatically opens the Action Settings
dialog box and has the "Highlight Click" checkbox checked. Any other image
all you need to do is to right-click the object, select "Action Settings",
select the desired action, then make sure the "Highlight Click" is checked.
Works the same!

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Any object in PowerPoint can be used as an action button. Insert any
ordinary picture, right click on the picture, and choose Action
Settings. It will work just like an action button. I don't think you
can add your own buttons to the menu for easy adding, but once you get
it on your slide, it can behave just like an Action Button. --David

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

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Discman,

Yes, More of less any object in powerpoint can be assigned "an Action". (Unless it's grouped with the title/bullet
placeholder).

So, either design your buttons in powerpoint, or use something else like photoshop / psp / gimp / corel etc

Then insert them into powerpoint, right click them and choose "action settings"

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[shihhua123]

If you like the idea of having it "sinking" and "pop out" while clicking. I
would use command button from the Control Toolbox. You can load any image
anytime you like by changing the picture property of the command button
without changing anything else.