Is there any way to let the user to press ANY key to quit the slide show, not only Esc ?

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Alex

Is there any way to let the user to press ANY key to quit the slide
show, not only Esc ?

Thanks in advance for any tip / direction.
AC
 
If the user is on the last slide, a mouse click or spacebar or right arrow or
page down or down arrow will exit. Is that what you want?

If you want the exit capability from any slide, you can go to View > Master >
Slide Master and add a button, label it "End Show" and then go to Slide Show >
Action Settings > Hyperlink to and select End Show. The button will appear on
every slide and can click on it to close the show.
 
Sonia hello:
Thank you for a prompt response. I am working with people with
disabilities, they just couldn't deal with mouse, and it is very hard
for them to press a specific key, even a large one as spacebar.
I don't mind to write a VBA script or macro, actually, I already wrote
the macro, that calls Application.Quit, just don't know where and how
to insert it.

Thank you very much,
AC
 
I'm not a coder, so maybe someone who is will come along with a solution for
activating the VBA.
 
I'm not a coder, so maybe someone who is will come along with a solution for
activating the VBA.

Do you want the users to be able to escape at any point of the presentation or
is it the black screen at the end that is causing the problem? Is the
presentation set to Kiosk? Do the slides have automatic transitions? How do
the users start the presentation? What version of PowerPoint are they using?
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for
(specify which key(s) can be used to exit from slide show).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint should provide this kind of functionality natively (not
requiring add-ins or ActiveX controls), don't forget to send your feedback
(in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft by either:

PREFERRED METHOD:

A) If you are using Microsoft's web-based, online newsreader for Office
communities
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.p
ublic.powerpoint), check to see whether or not the suggestion has been
submitted before (Show -> Suggestions for Microsoft) and, if so, add your
vote to the suggestion submission. If the suggestion has not been submitted
before, click on the "New" drop-down menu and choose "Suggestion for
Microsoft" from directly within the newsreader web page.

OR, NEXT BEST METHOD:

B) If you are using another newsreader (such as Microsoft Outlook Express),
submit your suggestion using your web browser at the following address:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

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