Macro to advance to next slide; on next use, advance to "next slide + 1"

[Thaxor]

Hello there

I'm making a PowerPoint (2010) based "board game" (Mario Kart to be precise ) as a review game for my students. I have the "board" as a slide and then a series of questions (10 currently) as individual slides.

Ideally, I want an action button on the "board" that will take me to the first question (next slide). Then, when I return to the "board" and click the button again, it will take me to "next slide +1" (question 2). Repeat as needed, each time advancing to the next question in the series.

I currently have a work-around non VBA method (a questions page with hyperlinks to the individual question slides), that while functional, is lacking the polish and pizazz I'm hoping to achieve.

I am, unfortunately, completely green when it comes to VBA. I've done a little coding for modding but nothing serious. Mostly I am completely illiterate to the VBA syntax and I plan on using this in class this week, so I'm appealing to the experts

My basic idea is something like:

Goto Next Slide + Increment
Set Increment = +1
Repeat

As noted above, I have no idea what the applicable syntaxes for VBA are, and to boot, I've never been good at recursive code

If anyone is able to assist (or point me in the right direction), my students, co-workers, and I would be very greatful!

Thank you!

[John Wilson]

Sub onwards()
Static lngNum As Long
lngNum = lngNum + 1
With SlideShowWindows(1).View
.GotoSlide (.CurrentShowPosition + lngNum)
End With
End Sub

Maybe

It can be done without code by having a "stack" of action buttons. The top one has a next slide action AND a disappear when clicked (trigger). The next would have goto next+1 and disappear etc.

[Thaxor]

John! That works!!! Thank you so much!

Also, I never would have thought to do the "stack" of action buttons, good trick to have in my pocket.

Again, thanks so much! The race goes on!

Edit: I also just noticed you have a link to PPT Alchemy in your sig. If you are responsible for any of that site, double thank you! I found a "choose random slide" macro there that I am using as well.

[John Wilson]

PowerPoint Alchemy is my company and yes I mostly write the content.