

Now click on the slide and the new button will appear. (2007: Home tab> Drawing group> Shapes> Action Buttons section) Then choose the blank action button.

To add the multiple-choice answers, go to the Draw toolbar and choose AutoShapes> Action Buttons. Type the first question in the title placeholder. In PowerPoint, start a new slide using the Title Only slide layout. The first step is to create the question slides. This VBA code is easy to understand and, for this tip I was able to use Visual Basic to create a 10-slide quiz in less than an hour. You may think that working with VBA is too complicated, but it’s easier than you might think. The slideshow will not advance until they select the correct answer.

If they choose a wrong answer, they receive a “try again” message. If they answer correctly, a Congratulations message appears and they automatically move on to the next slide. Quiz-takers then click on the answer they think is correct. They work something like this: Each slide asks a question and displays answer choices. You can use quiz slides to make presentations more engaging and fun. Did you know it’s possible to create your own quiz slides in Microsoft PowerPoint using its macro functions and doing a little programming in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)?
