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When clicking on a non-dot area, does the cursor change to the hand icon to indicate a hyperlink? If yes, then there must be a hyperlink on an object at that point of the slide. In edit mode, press <b>Alt+F10</b> to show the selection Pane and then press <b>Ctrl+A</b> to select all objects to see if there is an invisible object with an unwanted hyperlink.<br />
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If the cursor didn't change, you may just be advancing to the next slide. You can prevent this by setting the slide show to run in kiosk mode in <b>View</b> / <b>Slide Show Settings</b>.<br />
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If none of the above applies, could you state the version of PowerPoint and upload an example file for checking?
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Thanks for your feedback Jamie. I checked the non-dot areas of the slides and no hand icon appeared. The slide show (.pps file) only contains a cover page that links to a table of contents. The table of contents links to one of ten PowerPoint presentations (.ppt files). Each presentation slide contains dots with hyperlinks to the next slide if the correct dot is clicked on or to an error slide if an incorrect dot is clicked on. Their is also a dot at the bottom of the page that enable you to return to the table of contents from any slide. &nbsp;Also, I am using PowerPoint 2010.<br />
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The attached files are exerts from the program. As I was not able to attached a PowerPoint slideshow file (.pps), I provided the cover page and table of contents in a .ppt file.<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/09_w38/1116680/Airplanes-Dots.ppt" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="One of ten PowerPoint presentations that is accessed via a hyperlink in the Table of Contents. (1.2 MB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>Airplanes-Dots.ppt</a><br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/09_w38/1116724/Cover-and-TOC-Page--Rev.-13.ppt" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="Program Cover Page with a hyperlink to the Table of Contents. (1.3 MB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>Cover-and-TOC-Page--Rev.-13.ppt</a>
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Program Cover Page with a hyperlink to the Table of Contents.

Cover-and-TOC-Page--Rev.-13.ppt

One of ten PowerPoint presentations that is accessed via a hyperlink in the Table of Contents.

Airplanes-Dots.ppt

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Thank you for the feedback Jamie. After setting the my slide show (.pps file) and presentations (.ppt files) to <b>Browsed at kiosk</b>, my issue has been resolved. Note, when I initially only set the presentations to <b>Browsed at kiosk</b>, I still experienced a problem. Thank you for sharing your expertise with me.
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That's good to hear David. Yes, the kiosk mode is presentation dependant and saved with each file rather than being a system setting. If you're happy with my response, could you mark it as the answer in order to close the question please?
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Thank you again Jamie for sharing your expertise with me. Your suggestion resolved my issue.
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I have a PowerPoint slide show with multiple hyperlinks on each slide. The hyperlinks are associated with dots added to the top of pictures on the slides. When you click on a dot, it open another slide. This function works. However, if I accidently click on an area of the picture that does not contain a dot or hyperlink, a hyperlink somehow activates. Any suggestions for correcting this problem?
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I have a PowerPoint slide show with multiple hyperlinks on each slide. The hyperlinks are associated with dots added to the top of pictures on the slides. When you click on a dot, it open another slide. This function works. However, if I accidently click on an area of the picture that does not contain a dot or hyperlink, a hyperlink somehow activates. Any suggestions for correcting this problem?

Hyperlink Activates When I Click on an Area in a Slide That Does Not Contain a Hyperlink

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