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How advance to next slide from a slide that contains a video?

Anonymous
2024-04-21T22:07:21+00:00

I've created a presentation in which I don't want my slides to advance automatically but rather to wait for my mouse click, so I have the 'On Mouse Click' checkbox checked in Transitions. My slide #5 in that presentation contains a video. As I advance from slide to slide before #5, I click on one slide to advance to the next. Then, when I get to slide #5 I see the video won't just play by itself; I have to click on the slide to start the video. That works fine.

But then when the video is finished, of course I can't click on that slide to get it to advance to slide #6, as clicking again only plays the video again. So how do I advance to the next slide?

While that video is playing, I see a set of controls in the lower left. Am I right that I have to click on the right arrow (pointing to it with my red arrow below) within those controls to advance to the next slide? Is there no other way?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-22T05:30:06+00:00

    Thank you. After the video has completed, if I click once in an area of the slide outside the video object it simply starts to play the video again. But I've discovered that if I immediately click that area a second time, it correctly advances to the next slide.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-22T06:23:40+00:00

    Hello Rick7072RD

    We appreciate your feedback, please click Yes or No to help us improve the support experience and help others with similar concerns.

    Rel - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-22T03:08:33+00:00

    Hello Rick7072RD

    Thank you for your contribution to the Microsoft Community.

    I understand that you want to go to the next slide without clicking on the video.

    If your video doesn't fill the entire slide, you can go to the next slide by clicking on an area other than the video.

    Or you can set up AutoPlay. When the video finishes playing, the slideshow will automatically advance to the next slide.

    Add media to a slide in PowerPoint - Microsoft Support

    Looking forward to your further reply so that we can serve you better.

    Best wishes,

    Rel - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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