Powerpoint animations on click trigger.

Question

Hello Community!

I'm sure there is a simple answer for this question, but I can't seem to figure it out..

Basically, I have 4 boxes. Each makes a picture appear when you click on them.

I want that picture to disappear when I click ANYWHERE on the screen. (including a different box).

I tried putting an "invisible" box over the entire slide and attaching that box to a trigger click to make the picture disappear.. but that didn't seem to work..

Please point out what is likely obvious!

Thank you in advance!

Jason

Answer 1

Do you mean you need this to happen? (Slide 1 only)

http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/Downloads/MacCon OHS.pptx

Answer 2

By default, clicking anywhere on a slide advances the presentation to the next slide.

You mention covering the slide with a triggered shape, but only wrote "that didn't seem to work", which doesn't actually convey any information.

The more detail you include, the more likely you are to get an answer. You can post any VBA you're using, or you can upload the presentation to a cloud service and post a share link here.

Answer 3

Thank you so much John!

I wish you were the replies on all my questions! :)

Answer 4

You'll need to learn VBA programming to make slides respond to more complex requirements. As one example, you expect that clicking on a box will show a picture, unless a picture is already showing, in which case the picture should be hidden when you click on the same box. PowerPoint's shape triggering is not that sophisticated on it's own, you need to write a macro to check the visibility state of the picture.

Here are some resources for learning VBA:

How to use VBA in PowerPoint: A beginner’s guide

Programming PowerPoint

Tips for using VBA in Powerpoint

PowerPoint VBA

Powerful PowerPoint for Educators

PowerPoint VBA

Answer 5

I'm aware that clicking anywhere on a slide advances the slide (I've disabled that and have custom "Next" buttons to click)

"Basically, I have 4 boxes. Each makes a picture appear when you click on them.

I want that picture to disappear when I click ANYWHERE on the screen. (including a different box)."

This is what I want to happen when I click anywhere.  I am trying to have the pop-up box disappear, yet stay on the same slide.

I'm not sure what information to include about it "not working".  Basically it didn't do what I stated I was trying to do.

https://1drv.ms/p/s!AiaflWZl2f4zkkZ2bPHyHUJLqlbj?e=eQLzBf

Not sure if this is how you mean.. But this should be a link to part of the presentation I'm creating.