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How do I make a button jump to a slide?

Select the button, choose + Add interaction, keep "the learner clicks", pick Jump to slide and the slide, then choose Save.

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A new button does nothing until you give it an interaction. This is the most common one: when the learner clicks the button, go to a slide you choose.

Send the learner to a slide

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    Select the button on the slide. If you do not have one yet, choose Insert › Button and give it a clear label such as Continue.

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    Open the Inspector's Interactions tab and choose + Add interaction.

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    Under WHEN, leave the event as the learner clicks and check that the object is your button.

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    Under THEN, choose Jump to slide, then pick the slide from the list.

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    Check the summary line, for example "When the learner clicks Continue: jump to slide Wrap-up."

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    Choose Save.

Other places to send the learner

Under THEN you can also choose:

  • Jump to next slide or Jump to previous slide, which follow the slide order.
  • Jump to section, which opens the first slide of a section.
  • Open URL, which opens a web page.

Buttons on a scrolling page

A button block on a scrolling page has its own When clicked choice in Slide › Design, in the Blocks section:

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    Select the button block.

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    Under When clicked, choose Go to slide and pick the slide, or Open a web address and type it.

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    To do anything else, such as show a layer or set a variable, choose Run an interaction. The Interactions tab opens with a new interaction for that button, ready for you to add actions.

A button block with nothing to do shows the warning Button does nothing.

Tip: To branch, give each of two buttons its own interaction with a different target slide. View › Story view then shows the links between your slides as a map, so you can check every path.

Try it

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    Choose Preview at the right of the ribbon tab row, or Preview options › Preview from this slide to start on the current slide.

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    Click the button and check that the right slide opens.

  • How do I add an interaction?Select the object, choose + Add interaction on the Inspector's Interactions tab (or Insert › Interaction), pick the event and the action, then choose Save.
  • How do I add a condition to an interaction?In the interaction builder choose + Add a condition, pick a variable, a comparison and a value, and add what happens otherwise if you need it.
  • How do I insert shapes, text boxes and buttons?On the Insert tab choose Shape, Text box or Button, then click the slide to place it or drag to size it. Type to replace its starting text.
  • How do I preview my course?Choose Preview at the right of the ribbon tab row to play the whole course, or open Preview options to start from this slide, this section or one slide.

Still stuck?

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