Adding
Transitions to the Show
Now we’ll
add some pizzazz
to our presentation. When you viewed your slide show, a few moments
ago, it was simply like “flopping down” plastic transparencies on an
overhead projector. Nothing really fantastic. Now we’ll add some
motion, animation, sound, and color and really make our presentation
something to view.
Go to
the Slide Sorter button at the bottom left area of
your screen. Click on the button with four white
squares.
You
can now see all nine slides (as shown below).
Notice that Slide 9 (the one with the flying bee) does not show the
path of the bee. This is because of the motion path – not a big
deal. Lightly, click once on the first slide
to highlight the slide (a heavy blue border will surround
the slide – see arrow below). Now point in the middle
of the slide and click on your
RIGHT mouse button.
The
right click will “always bring up” a menu that
is “tailored” to the “place” where you click. This
will work in any Microsoft Office product. You can always tell
“where” you click the right mouse button because the cursor arrow
will always be in a corner of the menu that appears. From the
menu that appears, select Slide Transition (click-on
it – see arrow below and to the right).
At the
top of the next page you will see the new menu box
that appears on the right side of the PowerPoint screen -
Slide Transition. This menu box will allow us to
create “transitions” as we go from one slide to the next.
So,
let’s get started in creating some movement (transitions)
as we enhance our PowerPoint slide show. Remember
that we clicked-on Slide 1 to begin this process.
Notice,
in the image to the right, that you have a lot of
transition choices under Apply to selected slides. Go
ahead and click-on one of the choices. Notice that
there is an “elevator bar” on the right side of
Apply to selected slides – many more choices are below.
When
you click, keep your eyes on Slide 1
on the left of the screen. Each time you make another selection
you will see that transition effect on Slide 1.
Also
notice that there is a Modify transition area below
the transition choices. You may change your transition from Fast
to Slow (as we have done). You may also add a Sound
(as we have done – a Chime).
Finally notice at the bottom of the Apply to
selected slides area that there are three additional choices.
If
you like your transition, you can Apply to All Slides. We used
the elevator bar to move to the bottom of all the selections and
chose Random Transition. We then chose Apply to All
Slides. So, when we show our slides, each slide will
transition with a different effect between slides.
Also, they will all “Chime” as they transition.
Note: many audiences do not like a lot of “sound” when watching a
PowerPoint presentation. So, you may desire to use sound
“sparingly” in your presentation.
When
you return to Slide Sorter View, you will notice a small
box with a star at the lower left corner of each slide. This
indicates that a slide will transition. If you want to
see how a certain slide will transition, click-on
that slide and then click-on Play, and you will
see the effect each time you click Play. You can also click-on the
small star to see the transition.
Using Text Entrance Effects
