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Powerpoint auto-return from custom slide show to default loop in touch-screen kiosk mode

I am developing a touch-screen kiosk application in PowerPoint (using 2010 version on a PC) that consists of a loop of slides automatically progressing every 5 seconds. Each slide has a common navigation button that allows the user to go to a menu slide from which they can navigate to a range of custom slide shows within which they can navigate forward and reverse or return to the menu slide or default loop. My problem is how to make the show return to the default loop after a minute or so if the viewer walks away in the middle of a custom show.
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I think this would need vba code. You would have a timer count down reset by the slide change event. If it reaches zero link to menu.
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I had sort of assumed that vba code would be required but I don't know how to do that. Can someone at least give me a start. I can probably figure out how to tinker with it but I don't have time to buy a book and start from scratch.
Start!!
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I'm afraid I'm too much of a novice to figure this out. I'm puzzled why Microsoft didn't build this function into the product to begin with as it seems like it would be something that many users would be interested in doing.
I agree (but it does keep me in business!)
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Bingo! You da man! A thousand thank yous!
Looks like pretty well the code i suggested!