Use Slide Transition Effects

Another type of animation that can be applied to your presentation to add visual interest is a transition, which is an animation that occurs between the slides in the presentations. Transitions provide a dynamic way to move from one slide to the next during a slide show. You can add a transition to just one slide, different transitions to different slides, or the same transition to all slides

 

Add a Transition to Slides in the Presentation

1.   In the Navigation Pane, click the slide that you want to apply a transition to

2.   From the Ribbon, click Transition tab  and do the following:

  • Under Transition to This Slide, move the mouse pointer hover to any transition options in the Presentation Transition Options Gallery and click  to expand the gallery > select the style that you want.

  • Under Apply To, click All Slides button to have this transition applied to all of the slides in the presentation

TIP       The consistency of transition in the presentation slide show is important; therefore, choose the desired transition style as well as its effect option and then apply to all the slides in the presentation. However, if you have a very lengthy presentation that’s broken up into sections, you might consider applying the effects to the various sections with three or four different transition effects throughout your entire your presentation

 

Change the Duration of the Transition

1.   On the Navigation Pane, select the slide or slides with the transitions that you want to change

2.   From the Ribbon, click Transitions tab > Transition to This Slide > type the number of seconds or minutes that you want the transition to last in the Duration box

 

Apply Transition Effects

1.   On the Navigation Pane, select the slide or slides with the transitions that you want to apply effect options

2.   From the Ribbon, click Transitions tab > Transition to This Slide > click Effect Options > select a desired option from the drop down list

 

Add a Sound Effect

1.   On the Navigation Pane, select the slide or slides with the transitions that you want to add sound

2.   From the Ribbon, click Transitions tab > Transition to This Slide > click Sound list down arrow > choose a desired sound effect

 

Select how to Advance Slides

1.   On the navigation pane, select the slide or slides with the transitions that you want to change 

2.   From the Ribbon, click Transitions tab > Advance Slide

3.   Do the following:

  • Uncheck On Mouse Click box
  • Check After box > type the number of seconds before it moves to the next slide