Slide transituion to specific slide

[hofferoo]

I want to organize my presentation in a hierarchical fashion, so the
presenter can display a "Table Of Contents" slide and each TOC entry will
invioke either a sub TOC slide or a topic discussion. A topic discussion will
comprise several slides, the last of which should return to the calling TOC
slide. So my question...
Is there some way to reroute a slide transition to a specified slide? I
have thought about using the VBA "SlideShowNextSlide" event, but 1) it
doesn't fire until the next slide in sequence is already displayed, and 2)
events aren't captured unless an activation macro is invoked at startup of
the presentation.
I think problem (1) can be avoided by using the "SlideShowNextBuild"
event and checking to see if a pre-specified object on the slide is about to
build, but (2) is still a problem.
Can I design and insert an object that PP thinks it needs to "play" like
it does a sound or video clip, which instead fires a VBA routine to call the
desired slide? If so, how do I fool PP to think it should "play" the object?
Thanks in advance!

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Are you trying to do this in VBA for a specific reason? It sounds like
you want to create some Custom Shows. The table of contents entries will
link to custom shows that you have created and use the Show and Return
option. At the end of the show, you can have a button that links to "End
Show" and return right back to your TOC.
--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/