When you are navigating through the slides using a view other than the slide show view (text, thumbnails, chapters), by default, once you select a slide the Viewer returns to the slide show view and begins playing at the point the selected slide appears in the presentation.

To prevent the Viewer from returning to the slide show view when you are navigating through a presentation's slides in a different view, select Options > On Navigate Display > Current View.

To return to the default slide navigation settings, select
Options > On Navigate Display > Slide Show.