Here are some tips that can help you in creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2010.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8
You might have created many Custom Shows and played them. If you have heard about it, and want to learn more about this amazing PowerPoint feature, these tips will help you get more from your Custom Shows in PowerPoint 2010:
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 2010
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 2010
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 2013 for Windows
Tips for Custom Shows in PowerPoint in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
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