Hyperlink from anywhere on slide

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One of my students wants to insert a hyperlink from anywhere on one slide to
another slide in the same file. We can do it from an object but want to be
able to have the user click on anything to perform the hyperlink.
Is that possible? Thanks.
 
Insert a transparent object over the whole slide, then add your hyperlink to
the clear object. No matter where on the slide they click, it will really
be the clear object they are activating.

As my paranoid boss used to say, "Just because you can't see it, doesn't
mean it isn't there." Unfortunately she was talking about my raise at the
time. *sigh*


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Hey Nobody,

The only downfall to the "invisible hyperlink box" is if
you need to edit the slide. You'll have to use order to
send the box to the back of everything else and then bring
it to the front after editing.

You can also add the hyperlink to every object on the
slide and leave the invisible box behind all the elements
to achieve the same effect and have easier editing.

I applaud whoever's doing this, using this technique makes
it much easier for persons with mobility limitations to
navigate the slide show.

Thanks,
Glenna
 
For smaller presentations, hyper-linking everything may be an option, but
there is a limit to the space PowerPoint has set aside for hyperlinks (and
some other housekeeping stuff). A larger presentation with every element
hyperlinked would definitely exceed the available space. This makes
PowerPoint behave unpredictably, sometimes linking to random slides/sites.

A compromise solution may be to place a border around the transparent object
and make it a bit larger than the slide. This will help with moving it out
of the way for editing, and knowing if it was replaced afterward.

B
 
Insert a transparent object over the whole slide, then add your hyperlink to
the clear object. No matter where on the slide they click, it will really
be the clear object they are activating.
Click to expand...

That'd be "clear object" as in:

Draw a rectangle that fills the slide
Assign it the hyperlink you want (while it's visible and easy to select)
Then assign it NO fill and NO outline
It's now invisible and can be used as legal tender if you choose to hire B
 
The only downfall to the "invisible hyperlink box" is if
you need to edit the slide. You'll have to use order to
send the box to the back of everything else and then bring
it to the front after editing.
Click to expand...

??? How come? Or is this maybe a version-dependant thing?
PPT2000 lets you click on stuff under an unfilled shape, so it's no
problem to select other shapes. AAMOF, it's sometimes hard to grab the
unfilled shape.

If the shape's given a color, then made 100% transparent (as you can do
in 2002 and up, not in earlier versions) THEN you have a problem. PPT
selects the transparent shape rather than the shapes beneath.

I'd go with no fill - it's guaranteed backward compatible, won't bollix
up printing (I'm betting a buck that transparent shapes will), and it's
easier/quicker to apply. So there. ;-)
 
The invisible transparent rectangle idea worked great for my two
eight-year-old students. Now when you click anywhere on the last slide on
each planet, you go back to the menu page to select another part of the
solar system. Thanks!
 
Great! Glad to hear it worked out well.

Another cute trick: Two invisible rectangles on each slide, one covering the
left half, one covering the right; the left one set to go back a slide, the
right one set to go forward.

Now all somebody has to do is click anywhere in the right half of the slide to
advance, the left half to go back.
 
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