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PPT97: How to Customize Right Mouse Button Behavior in PowerPoint

Article ID: 190333

Article Last Modified on 7/25/2001

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This article was previously published under Q190333

SUMMARY

When you run a slide show in PowerPoint 97, clicking the right mouse button displays a list of slide show options. This behavior is different from PowerPoint 4.0, in which clicking the right mouse button displays the previous slide.

MORE INFORMATION

To customize the behavior of the right mouse button in a PowerPoint 97 slide show, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. Click the View tab.
  3. Clear the "Pop-up Menu on Right Mouse Click" check box.
  4. Click OK.
Clicking the right mouse button now returns the presentation to the previous slide.

Additional query words: 8.00 Windows 95 ppt97 context click alternate

Keywords: kbhowto kbhardware KB190333


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