stopping a loop

[Carl Zinn]

Is there a way to stop a loop of slides withiout using esc, and go on to the
next slide which is not part of that loop?

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Carl,

You could set an "action setting" on the set of looped slides, that when
clicked with the *MOUSE* will "exit/quit" the looped show, hence returning
to whence it came from (another show)

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
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[Bill Dilworth]

There is technique using slide advance timings, 'loop until escape' (instead
of kiosk) and hidden slides.

First, set up the loop area of your presentation and make sure all the
animations and slide advances are timed to advance without user input. This
will be your primary loop that will be able to run unattended.

Second, hide all the slides NOT in the looping section. To make a slide
hidden, right click on the slide miniature(s) and select hidden from the
list.

Third, in the SlideShow => Set-up Show menu pulldown dialog box, check the
box marked 'Loop until escape'

The looping section will show, will advance and repeat until you jump to a
hidden slide. You can do this by entering a number of a slide outside the
looping area followed by the Enter key or by creating a hyperlink to one of
the non-hidden slides). The presentation will then advance alone the
continuous range of hidden slides until either A) the end of the show (in
which case it will re-start the looping section) or B) a non-hidden slide is
displayed (in which case it will proceed showing just non-hidden slides,
which you have set to auto-advance and loop).

It is not an elegant solution, but is rather useful at times. It allows you
to set-up a series of manual sub-presentation displays with-in a larger
looping presentation.

For instance:
1 (auto advance)
2 (auto advance)
3 (auto advance)
4 (hidden)
5 (hidden)
6 (auto advance)
7 (hidden)
8 (hidden)

Most of the time, the presentation will run the loop showing slides 1, 2, 3,
6, 1, 2, 3, 6 ... and so on.
However if you manually jump (or are linked) to slide 4, the presentation
will run 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1 ... restarting the original loop and not
re-showing slides 4 & 5. Similarly the 7 & 8 slides can be linked to and
run in the middle of the loop.

You can also use this technique to have a loop that runs prior to the 'main'
presentation.

Post back if I have not explained this well or you need a small demo file of
the technique. Please always mention your version of PowerPoint.


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[Carl Zinn]

Quote- "You can also use this technique to have a loop that runs prior to
the 'main'

presentation."

This is exactally what I need to do,only I desire it to be seamless, no
mouse tracks or drop downs visible to the audience. I was hoping for one
click to move
me from the loop running prior, to the main presentation run manually. I
currently have pp97 but may need to upgrade??

Carl

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Then, using the example I gave you, just add the main presentation slides to
the end and make sure you hide them all. Then run the looping part until
ready to jump out of it. When you are ready, type 7 <Enter> and the show
will then proceed along the hidden slides.


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[MikeK]

Bill,
This was an enormously useful post for me, thanks.
It took me awhile to get it right, because I had set up a show to run *just*
the slides I wanted to loop... it did not dawn on me right away that the
entire presentation should be set to loop (counter-intuitive until you factor
in the "oh... all the rest are hidden!").
Then I have all my hidden slides set to manual advance - so it works just
exactly as I need... loop until we're ready, then advance as we want.
Thanks very much!
Mike

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Very glad to be of assistance.

Bill

Bill,
This was an enormously useful post for me, thanks.
It took me awhile to get it right, because I had set up a show to run
*just*
the slides I wanted to loop... it did not dawn on me right away that the
entire presentation should be set to loop (counter-intuitive until you
factor
in the "oh... all the rest are hidden!").
Then I have all my hidden slides set to manual advance - so it works just
exactly as I need... loop until we're ready, then advance as we want.
Thanks very much!
Mike