Nah, you must be doing something wrong here. Let me try and talk you
through it.
What you need to do is create your two presentations with all the slides.
On the first slide of presentation 1 make sure the Drawing toolbar is open,
click "AutoShapes, "Action Buttons" and click the "Next" button. Draw,
position, color, and size the button to your liking. With the button
selected click "CTRL+C" to copy it. Click on each subsequent slide and
click CTRL+V to paste it in the same position on each slide. Repeat for
each of the slides in your other presentation and save both.
Now, you have a navigation button that goes to the next slide for every
slide of your two presentations. On the ones you want to link to a slide in
the other presentation right-click that button and select "Action Settings".
Click the "Hyperlink to" dropdown and select "Other presentation". Browse
to and find your second presentation and select it. Click the desired slide
you want to link to. Repeat as necessary for subsequent slides (leaving
those alone that are merely going to the next slide). On the other
presentation change the links to link back to the first presentation at the
desired slide by performing the same instructions above.
Save both files (they both should have been in the same folder to begin with
to ensure the links will work even if you move both files somewhere else).
Essentially what you might end up with is a presentation that starts on
slide 1 of presentation 1 and goes through to slide 5 then links to
presentation 2 on slide 1. It might go to slide 4 where you will link back
to slide 6 of presentation 1, etc., etc., etc.!
Try it out. Holler back if you have questions/problems!
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Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor
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