This kind of counting would require VBA. With VBA it is very easy, but
getting started in VBA is not. I have lots of scoring examples on my site.
I don't think any of them count all the tries, but they easily could be
modified to count whatever you want to count.
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
=?Utf-8?B?S2ltIEs=?= <KimK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:3657CE69-C021-4172-8D53-2946AF81595F@microsoft.com:
> Is there a way to capture how many times a slide is clicked in PP2003?
> FOr instance, if a student clicks on BUtton A to advance to a slide
> or BUtton B to advance as an answer to a question, teacher wants to
> know how many tries the student goes thru to get to the correct
> answer.