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How to jump to slide number in Edit mode without leaving Edit mode?

Anonymous
2013-02-12T23:27:10+00:00

I am viewing a PowerPoint that someone else created. It has over 100 pages. I need to jump around the file to find different slides frequently. I am not showing a presentation, and I don't want to leave Edit mode. It seems to to me that I should be able to "go to" a specific slide number without having to scroll sequentially through the thumbnail pictures. What if the file had hundreds of pages? That's a lot of wasted time.

At the bottom of the thumbnail list, there is a status message that says "Slide 95 of 104" (for example). In many other applications, you can click on a similar status, which opens a dialog where you can input another page number to go directly to. Evidently that's not how it's done in PPT.

I don't want to use a workaround such as "go to presentation mode and then select the desired thumbnail from the screen." That sounds just as time-consuming as scrolliing through the thumbnail list on the left. Doesn't PowerPoint give you random access to slides? Again, this is NOT during a presentation. I'm also not trying to program the order that slides will be shown during a presentation. I am using this file only to look at the contents while it is open on my PC.

I'm using: PowerPoint 2007 on Windows XP.

Thank you!

Joyce

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  1. Luc Sanders 48,445 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2013-02-13T10:51:36+00:00

    Joyce,

    I'm afraid there is no function in PowerPoint to navigate quickly to a specific slide in edit mode. There is no GoTo function like in MS-Word. You have the vertical scroll bar of course, if you use the lift (don't know what it is called in English) and drag a message will show up like slide x of y and the title of the slide (if present). And there is the slidesorter view, second button on the far right of your statusbar next to the zoom slider. You can see much more slides in that view (even more if you minimize the ribbon), a double click on the slide brings you directly to it.

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  1. Steve Rindsberg 99,156 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-10-11T15:29:07+00:00

    Or to quickly move to slide X:

    Press F5

    Type the number of the slide you want to move to and press Enter

    Press ESC

    Very nearly as efficient as any built-in button would be, where at a minimum, you'd still have to

    Find and click the button

    Type the number of the slide you want to jump to and Tab or Enter

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-02-02T08:31:43+00:00

    I'm afraid that there is no direct way of doing what you are asking for.  

    However, I wrote the following macro to implement this function

        'Go to a particular slide when in edit mode

        Sub go_to_slide()

        Dim S As Integer

        Dim total_slides As Integer

        total_slides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

        S = InputBox("Enter slide number", "Go To Slide")

        If (S <= 0) Then

        MsgBox ("Enter slide number greater than zero")

        ElseIf (S > total_slides) Then

        MsgBox ("Enter slide number less than the total slides")

        ElseIf (S <= total_slides) Then

        ActivePresentation.Slides(S).Select

        End If

        End Sub

    Let me know if this is acceptable to you

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-10T07:05:51+00:00

    "I need to jump around the file to find different slides frequently. I am not showing a presentation, and I don't want to leave Edit mode. It seems to me that I should be able to "go to" a specific slide number without having to scroll sequentially through the thumbnail pictures. What if the file had hundreds of pages? That's a lot of wasted time-Joyce TW"

    "I'm afraid there is no function in PowerPoint to navigate quickly to a specific slide in edit mode. There is no GoTo function like in MS-Word - Luc Sanders"

    This is the other way around into this problem.

    1. Go to View Tab
    2. Under View Tab, clicks the New Window 
    3. Now you have 2 windows. To make the two windows visible on your screen at the same time click Arrange All.
    4. To make your workstation more workable, there is taskbar on the bottom part where you can see the number of Slides, Notes, comments. Click Slide Sorter in your one window to view all slides only (reduce the size of the slide by clicking Zoom Out) while in the other window click Normal.

    Now, you can find and view the slide you want without leaving the Edit mode or the slide you are presently working. This is very helpful when you are inserting Hyperlink to your presentation.

    If you have any ideas on how to save the workstation you setup, please share it here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-10T19:52:47+00:00

    I can't believe PowerPoint does not provide such a simple functionality for its first-class citizen (the slide). it sucks! :/

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