Many presenters begin at the first slide in their presentation and move to the last slide in order. But there are also times when you need to move back to a previous slide to reinforce a point or jump ahead when somebody anticipates a topic in a question or comment. For all of these scenarios you can use a few different methods to navigate from slide to slide.
Use any of these methods to move to the next slide:Press the right arrow key on your keyboard.
Click your mouse button.
Click the Next arrow.
Click the Slide Show icon and choose Next.
Press the spacebar on your keyboard.
Use any of these methods to move to the previous slide:Press the left arrow key on your keyboard.
Click the Previous arrow.
Click the Slide Show icon and choose Previous.
Press the Backspace key on your keyboard
- Use any of these methods to move to any slide in the presentation:
Click the Slide Show icon and choose Go To Slide, then click the title of the slide you want to go to.
Type the slide number and press Enter.
Press Ctrl+S. The All Slide dialog box appears showing a list of all slide titles. Click a title and then click Go to.
Tip
You can use the Home and End keys on your keyboard to move to the first or last slide in your presentation. You can also press and hold down both the right and left mouse buttons for a few seconds to jump to the last or first slide.
Try This!
You can decide you want to display a hidden slide. When you get to the slide before the hidden one, press "H" and PowerPoint will go ahead and show the hidden slide. To return to the last slide you had displayed, click the Slide Show button and choose Last Viewed from the menu that appears.
