• Overview
• Learning Materials
  • Creating a PowerPoint File
    • Open A New Document
    • Choose and Apply a Design
    • Add New Slides
    • Select and Apply Slide Templates
    • Add Text To Slides
    • Use Text Effectively
    • Insert Objects Onto a Slide
    • Insert a Picture Onto a Slide
    • Add A Chart To A Slide
    • Add A Table To A Slide
    • Use Content Effectively
    • Draw On Slides
    • Add Notes To A Slide
    • Add Slide Transitions
    • Add Animation to Text and Objects
    • Use Movement Effectively
    • Add Hyperlinks to a Slide
    • Add Action Buttons
    • Use Links Effectively
    • Add Narration to a Presentation
  • Delivering a Presentation
  • Distributing a Presentation
• What's Next
• Index

Add Slide Transitions

Slide transitions provide a visual effect as you move from slide to slide in Presentation view. If a transition has been applied to a slide, a small star appears next to the slide in a thumbnail view.

To apply a slide transition in Normal view:

1. From the Slide Show menu, choose Slide Transition.
   
   The Slide Transition task pane appears on the right.
   

2. In the Slides tab or in Slide Sorter view, select all the slides to which you want to apply the transition.
3. Click on a transition title to apply it. You will see a preview. Click "No Transition" at the top of the list to remove it.
   You can modify the speed of the transition or add a sound to it, using the drop-down menus that appear beneath the transitions list. Tip: Adding a sound will probably be distracting.
4. Under the heading “Advance Slide,” you can choose to control your presentation with a mouse click or run the presentation automatically.

Try it! Preview a number of transitions on one slide to select one you would like to apply to your entire presentation. Then go to Slide Sorter view, select all the slides, and apply one tranistion to all.