Newbie Q: Auto-advance to slide 2 if macros are enabled

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I need to be able to ensure that a user has macros enabled to use my
presentation (some code is critical to the flow of the presentation). On
slide one, I have a warning page that says macros need to be enabled- that
way, if the user opens the file with macros disabled, that is all they will
see (it includes instructions on how to change security setting to medium,
etc). I also put the presentation in Kiosk mode and hid the navigation
buttons behind solid white shapes on the first page so the user can't
actually proceed without macros enabled.

If a user opens the file with macros enabled, I want to automatically
advance to slide 2, which is the first real slide of my presentation- from
there, the user can use the navigation buttons to proceed through the
presentation.

Dumb question, but what is the best way to set it up, so that if macros are
enabled, it automatically advances to slide 2? I am using Office 2000, and
this will be delivered over the web (intranet) - it is possible that some
users might have Office97, but that would be rare.

Many thanks in advance,
Keith
 
Easiest way I can think of is to have an Action Button on Slide 1 that runs
code instead of the standard "Hyperlink to" option. This code will take you
to Slide 2. If macros are disabled, the button will do nothing. Assign
this macro to the Action Button on Slide 1. The code would be:

Sub Continue()
ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide (2)
End Sub
 
Awesome idea- I made the action button larger than the slide (no color/no
lines) and set it to trigger the macro on mouseover, so it just flips to
slide 2 automatically- Thanks!!
 
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