Here are some tips that can help you in creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2013.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
OS: Windows 7 and 8
Do you create many Custom Shows? Or have you never heard about it? Maybe you have heard about it, and have also used it - but, want to learn more about this amazing PowerPoint feature? Either way, these tips will help you get more from your Custom Shows in PowerPoint 2013:
Many people do not realize that the same slides can be used more than once in a Custom Show, this is great if you want the
same slide to show more than once in your show. Quick, which is the slide that can be repeated often in a presentation? Yes, the
Agenda slide! Maybe you want your Agenda slide to show once after each topic on the agenda is covered. You can also use this
repeated slide feature for slides other than the Agenda slide, maybe you want the same slide at the beginning and the end of the
show?
So how do you add the same slide more than once? This is easy - just follow these steps:
Did you create a Custom Show? And now whenever you want to play your Custom Show, you have to play it via the Custom Slide Show button in the Slide Show tab of the Ribbon? You may forget that part and just play your presentation as usual by pressing the F5 Function key, and then you end up playing all slides!
To solve this problem, you can make your Custom Show the default show. So you just play your slides using PowerPoint's buttons
and keyboard shortcuts for playing slides, and your Custom Show plays! To learn how to set your Custom Show as your default show,
refer to the second half of our
Playing Custom Shows in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial.
And remember to change the default back from the Custom Show to All (within the
Set Up Show dialog box, explained within our
Playing Custom Shows in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial). Otherwise you may open a deck a month or two later and wonder why only 5 of your 20 slides
play!
See Also:
Tips for Custom Shows in PowerPoint in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
Tips for Custom Shows in PowerPoint in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
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