PowerPoint playbook with linked paths

How it works

1. Create the target slides

   Add the menu and both checklist slides before wiring their links.

2. Link the choice cards

   Call SetHyperlink with a PowerPointSlide target and a descriptive tooltip on each menu card.

3. Provide a return path

   Add a link from each checklist back to the menu and keep the visible label clear.

The rest of the document

This is the complete example file used to generate the download. The walkthrough runner creates the output directory and produces the additional previews.

using OfficeIMO.PowerPoint;

namespace OfficeIMO.Examples.Showcase.Workflows;

/// <summary>Creates a slide-based support playbook with internal links and return navigation.</summary>
internal static class BranchingPlaybook {
    internal static void Create(string folder) {
        using var deck = PowerPointPresentation.Create(Path.Combine(folder, "example.pptx"));
        var menu = deck.AddSlide(); var access = deck.AddSlide(); var service = deck.AddSlide();
        Title(menu, "Choose the support path");
        Text(menu, "Select a card in presentation mode to open the relevant checklist.", 1.5, 3.5, 30, 2, 22);
        var accessLink = menu.AddTextBoxCm("One person cannot sign in\nOpen the access checklist", 2, 7, 14, 5);
        accessLink.FontSize = 25; accessLink.Color = "17365D"; accessLink.FillColor = "EAF1FB";
        accessLink.SetHyperlink(access, "Open the access checklist");
        var serviceLink = menu.AddTextBoxCm("Several people report failure\nOpen the service checklist", 18, 7, 14, 5);
        serviceLink.FontSize = 25; serviceLink.Color = "17365D"; serviceLink.FillColor = "E7F6ED";
        serviceLink.SetHyperlink(service, "Open the service checklist");
        Title(access, "Access checklist");
        Text(access, "1. Confirm the affected account and exact error.\n2. Check the user's access and recent changes.\n3. Record the result and route to the access owner.", 2, 5, 29, 8, 26);
        Title(service, "Service checklist");
        Text(service, "1. Establish scope and check service health.\n2. Name an incident owner and capture evidence.\n3. Use the approved recovery procedure if needed.", 2, 5, 29, 8, 26);
        foreach (var slide in new[] { access, service }) {
            var back = slide.AddTextBoxCm("Return to support paths", 2, 15, 16, 2);
            back.FontSize = 20; back.Color = "2563EB"; back.SetHyperlink(menu, "Return to support paths");
        }
        menu.Notes.Text = "The cards are internal slide links. PDF and PNG review copies do not demonstrate presentation-mode behavior.";
        deck.Save();

        void Title(PowerPointSlide slide, string value) => Text(slide, value, 1.5, 1.3, 30, 2, 32);
        void Text(PowerPointSlide slide, string value, double x, double y, double width, double height, int size) {
            var box = slide.AddTextBoxCm(value, x, y, width, height); box.FontSize = size; box.Color = "17365D";
        }
    }
}

Run it from the source checkout

Clone the OfficeIMO repository and run this command from its root with the .NET 10 SDK. The first run restores the example project's dependencies.

dotnet run --project OfficeIMO.Examples -f net10.0 -- --showcase-workflows --showcase-example powerpoint-branching-playbook

The files are written to OfficeIMO.Examples/bin/Debug/net10.0/Documents/Workflows/powerpoint-branching-playbook/. To use the example in your application, start with the PowerPoint guide and its package setup.

Continue with another example

• PowerPointA short training quiz deck
• MarkdownA portable incident runbook