Action buttons, as the name suggests, are buttons that trigger an action in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Adding action buttons can make your presentations more interactive.
you’ve got the option to add a button to move up a slide or play a video.
This guide explains how to create, design, and add effects to action buttons in PowerPoint.
Here are three simple steps to add an action button to your slide:
1.
Insert the Shape
go for the slide where you want to insert the button.
Once you’ve selected a shape, click and drag your cursor across the slide to draw.
Keep dragging around until you see the desired dimensions, and then release the click.
Microsoft PowerPoint lets you use any image to create an action button as well.
Once inserted, poke the picture, then on the Insert tab, in the Links group, clickAction.
Action buttons work differently thanhyperlinks in a PowerPoint presentation, which are generally used to link to URLs.
To assign an action:
3.
Go to theSlideshowon the ribbon and selectPlay from startto test the action buttons.
To add visual effects, you canuse the animation pane in Microsoft PowerPoint.
punch your action button and go to theAnimationssection on the ribbon at the top.
Select an animation from the available options.
This section allows you to customize the shape, size, color, and more.
