Goodwill Community Foundation creating
opportunities for a better life have you
ever seen a presentation that had
special effects between each slide if so
you've probably seen transitions in
action a transition can be as simple as
fading from one slide to the next or it
can be a lot more flashy like this
animation of a bird
you can create all kinds of effects
using the options on the transitions tab
start by selecting one of your slides
then click the arrow here to view all of
your choices at once
transitions are divided into three
categories depending on the type of
effect they use the first category is
subtle
followed by exciting where you'll find
more complex animations
and finally there's dynamic content
which will affect only the content on
your slides
this might include texts and images for
example but not necessarily the
background
generally speaking we wouldn't recommend
using too many transitions from the
exciting category sure they look a lot
more interesting than the subtle or
dynamic ones but adding too many can
make your presentation look
unprofessional and frankly a little
silly use the moderation however they
can add a nice touch between important
slides let's change this transition back
to a subtle option how about push
to play a transition again all you have
to do is click the preview command on
the ribbon or the tiny star that appears
next to the slide
if you change your mind you can easily
remove the transition by going back to
the menu and choosing none in the top
left corner I do like this transition so
I'm going to leave it applied I would
like to play with the timing though and
some of the other options over here on
the right for example you can quickly
customize the look of a transition by
customizing its effects click the effect
options command and choose the one you
want from the menu these options will
vary depending on how the transition
works but in this example we'll select
from left
and now the slide appears from the left
side instead of the bottom
the duration field lets you decide how
long the transition will take so if we
change the length from one second to a
half second or 0.5 in this case it will
cut the time in half and the transition
will happen a lot faster you can even
add a sound to a transition using the
drop down menu here just click the one
you want and you'll hear what it sounds
like the next time you play through your
presentation again we recommend a more
subtle approach here adding a sound
between every slide could easily become
overwhelming or even annoying for your
audience when presenting the slide show
like complicated transitions sounds are
really best used in moderation
I'd also like to show you the options
under advance slide here you can set
your slides to advance automatically
without having to click your mouse this
is primarily used for presentations that
are going to be left unattended for
example in the background at a special
event or at a tradeshow booth or kiosk
to set the current slide to advance
automatically uncheck the box next to on
mouse click then check the box next to
you after in the after field type the
amount of time you want the slide to be
displayed in this example we'll set it
to advance automatically after 1 minute
and 15 seconds
at this point you can select another
slide and repeat the process until all
your slides have the transitions you
want or you can use the apply to all
command if you want your presentation to
be completely uniform this will take all
the settings you see here including the
timings and the transition effects and
apply them to every slide in the
presentation
let's go back to the previous slide and
see how this transition looks in full
presentation view
okay great I think I'll apply the same
effect to some of my other slides later
on the best way to learn about
transitions is just to practice so try
using some with your own presentations