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have you ever seen a presentation that
had special effects between each slide
then 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
different categories depending on the
type of effect they have 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 text and images for
example but not necessarily the
background 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 happen to like this transition so I'm
going to leave it the way it is I would
like to play with the timing though and
some of the other options over here on
the right let's take a closer look the
duration field lets you decide how long
the transition is going to take so in
this example if we change the length
from 2 seconds to 1 second it'll cut the
time in half and the transition will
happen a lot faster you can even add a
sound to the transition using the drop
down menu here there are quite a few
built-in sound effects to choose from
just click the one you want
you'll hear what it sounds like the next
time you play or preview your
presentation before we do that there's
one more thing I'd like to show you in
the timing group the options under
advance slide here you can set your
slides to advance automatically without
you 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 to set
your current slide to advance
automatically uncheck the box next to
onmouseclick then check the box next to
after in the after field enter 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 your slides have the
timings 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 itself and apply them to
every slide why don't we go back to the
previous slide and check out what we
just put together in full slideshow view
fantastic I think I'll apply the same
effect to some of my other slides later
the best way to learn about transitions
is to practice so try something new with
your own presentation and have fun
you