PPT97: How to Customize Right Mouse Button Behavior

ID: Q190333

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

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          : kbhw
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 29, 1998