Go to the second slide and select the shape you added.

To create the effect of the second shape sliding down from the first, you use animation. Then I copied and pasted that to Slide 3. For the second shape, I chose Slide, which opened a list of slides there I chose the 3rd slide.įor the Return shape on Slide 2, I chose Last Slide Viewed. For the first shape, I chose Next Slide as you see above. Then choose the appropriate slide from the drop-down list. Make sure you’re on the Mouse Over tab for each hyperlink you add, because it isn’t the default tab.

(In PowerPoint 2003, go to Slide Show> Action Settings) In the Action Settings dialog box, click the Mouse Over tab. Return to the first slide and select the shape that you want to hover over. I also added a Return shape which will hyperlink to the first slide with the questions. As you can see, I’ve added another shape, with the answer to the questions. These slides need the pop-up object on them. This is important for the seamless look of the menu the fact that you’re going to another slide won’t be obvious. Each slide then has the original shapes in the same location. Each object will hyperlink to its own slide when you hover the cursor over it, so this project needs two additional slides.ĭuplicate the first slide as many times as you need for your situation. To create this effect, follow these steps:Ĭreate a slide by inserting the objects you want to hover over. You can fake the menu-flyout-on-hover effect using the first option, a hyperlink to another slide.

But you can hover the mouse over an object on a slide and make three things happen: Here’s an example from ’s website:Ĭan you do that in PowerPoint? Not exactly, at least not without some programming. You hover the cursor over a button and a sub-menu opens. You’ve probably seen websites with pop-up menus. Do you know if this is possible in PowerPoint?” A subscriber recently asked me, “I am currently trying to figure out if it is possible to hover over text and have an image pop up when I hover over the text, like you do on most websites these days.

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