Command Button ActiveX Control

Question

I have some command buttons in my PowerPoint presentation. When I start the slideshow with the Presenter View hidden, when i click on the command button, it executes the command. However, when I have the slideshow in Presenter View, when i click on the command button, nothing happens. How can i get the command button to execute the action in Presenter View?

Answer 1

You do not have to use command buttons to run Macros and it is rarely the best way.

An Action button will probably do what you need and should be clickable in presenter view.

Answer 2

When the command button is clicked it adds the numbers that are in text boxes and puts that total into a score text box. Imagine a trivia game. For the answer the person gives, the command button is clicked and the points for that answer and the other previous answers are added and the total is presented in the score text box.

Answer 3

What do the command buttons do? Do they need to be command buttons?

Answer 4

That’s the thing. What i have is a game that I conduct via PowerPoint. When i use the main screen to click the command buttons its very distracting. I dont want the viewers to see where the pointer is going on the screen to click the command buttons. I want to be able to do all of the pointer movement on the presenter screen without the viewers seeing it. Any help?

Answer 5

You probably need to click on it ON THE MAIN SCREEN (not the presenter screen.