Return to different slide from linked presentation

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I have a link to an external presentation which, when finished, returns to
the slide in the original presentation where the link is. I need it to
instead return to a different slide, specifically the title slide...

Is this possible, and if so, how?
Thanks!
 
Yes, thru some advanced trickiery.

But first,

How are you getting to the original linked presentation?
How are you ending that linked presentation>

Bill Dilworth
 
Thanks for the reply Bill!

I'm accessing the linked presentation via Action Settings > Hyperlink To
(with the hyperlink being set dynamically by VB code), and ending the linked
presentation by going to the last slide (i.e. the presentation finishes and
closes).
 
Perfect.

This will call on multiple tricks. The main one being that a shape can be
a trigger and have an action setting (hyperlink).

Presentation 1 is the original presentation
Presentation A is the presentation you link to.

In presentation 1, on the slide that you have the hyperlink on,
add a large rectangle that covers the entire slide.
Add an animation to appear.
To be safe, add a 1 second delay
Add a trigger animation to start effect on click of your
Hyperlink shape
Add an action setting
on mouse over
hyperlink to the desired jump slide number in Pres 1

So, what happens is this. In presentation 1, you progress to the slide with
the link. When you click the link, you jump to Pres A, but behind it Pres 1
is still running and now has the added rectangle showing. You progress thru
Pres A until you end it. When Pres A closes, it reveals Pres A, activating
the mouse over action setting on the shape in Pres 1. This jumps you to
the desired landing point in Pres 1.

If you never click on the link, the shape with the action setting never
shows up and therefore never activates.

Tricky, but useful.

Bill Dilworth
 
Thanks Bill!

While you do see a quick glimpse of the link slide after the external
presentation ends, I'm happy to take what I can get :)
Also, as I have 4 different links on the slide, I imagine I'll need 4
different covering shapes...

But it works, thanks again!
 
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