How do I block mouseclick event -> slide advances during a show?

[KR]

I have slides (a low-level quiz) where I want users to have to click on a
shape (which has a text anwer in it) to move on to the next slide- during
testing, when I click anywhere else on the slide, it just moves to the next
slide.

(1) How do I disable the user's ability to use anything other than the
navigation buttons to move from slide to slide?

(2) Is there an easy way to disable/enable the navigation buttons (while
leaving them on the screen), so that I can only enable them after an answer
has been selected?

Many thanks,
Keith

 

[Sonia]

Set your slide show to Kiosk mode. The user will have to click on links in
order to navigate. Only the Escape key will work.

 

[Bill Foley]

Depending on the version of PowerPoint you have you can get Item #2 to work
on a Trigger. This feature was added in PPT XP (2002). It also exists in
2003. If you have an earlier version, it would probably require some VBA
(code) to accomplish.

I have an example on the link below (bottom example - Review Questions) that
you can download and use (or at least look at the code). It utilizes VBA to
move you around. basically if you click an incorrect answer it tells you to
try again. When you get it right, the code takes you automatically to the
next slide. Holler back if you have any questions (or want to learn about
Triggers).

http://www.pttinc.com/cbt_development.html

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Also, see the example quizzes on my site:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

Click on Examples by Chapter and Chapter 7 to see several examples. They
all use VBA.

--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/