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 eight slides (as shown below). Lightly, click once on the first slide to highlight the slide (a heavy black 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 Windows product. You can always tell "where" you click the right mouse button for 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).

You will now see the menu box to the left - Slide Transition. This menu box will allow us to create "transitions" as we go from one slide to the next. You’ll see what Transitions are as we work with them. To determine how the slides will "change or look" you need to watch the little dog and the Key as you do the following.

To activate a transition, click on the triangle on the right hand side of the box, which indicates: No Transition (see arrow on left), to see your choices. Scroll up and down the list noticing how each transition works by clicking on it and then watching the dog or key in the Effect box.

If you think the show is moving too fast, click in the little circle to the left of Medium or Slow.

Each time you click-on the Dog or Key you will see the transition you selected repeat itself. Give this a try.

This screen also allows you to time you transitions from slide to slide. For now, leave it as it is. When we complete all of the enhancements, to all of the slides, you can do one of several things to "automate" your slide show. Later on, you can return here and Click on Advance Automatically After, and insert 5 to 10 (for seconds) in the box. Or, you can "rehearse times" for each slide and all of its effects. We’ll come back to this in detail at the end of the tutorial.

Notice that instead of the normal OK, that Apply and Apply to All are listed for Transitions. Apply activates the transition you chose for just the slide you are "on." Apply to All activates the transition you chose for ALL of the slides in the "show." If you scroll down to the last choice in the transition list you will see Random Transition. This will place a different transition every time you click the mouse to go to the next slide, or if you select Apply to All, each slide will have a different transition. You can follow this procedure for each of the eight individual slides, or select Apply to All. To transition "each" slide individually, click on Apply, then click on the next slide to highlight the slide, click the right mouse button, select transition, choose your effect, and select Apply.

Also notice in the lower right corner the Sound area. Currently, the box indicates [No Sound]. You can click-on the down triangle and see Microsoft "Clip Sounds". If you choose one of these sounds, the sound will be heard as your slide transitions. You can pick one now, or wait until later. Make sure that the volume on your computer, speaker or headphone is on and "up" so you can hear the sounds as the slide’s transition.

Again notice in the upper right corner of the Slide Transition box that it indicates Apply to All - and also Apply. If you click-on Apply to All, PowerPoint 2000 will apply the transition and sound you chose to ALL of the slides. This is wonderful if you want the same sound, each time, a slide transitions. If you don’t want this effect, click-on Apply, and the transition and sound will only apply to the slide you’re on. We’d like to hold off on the sounds here. Again, if you "run" all the way down to the bottom of the Effects box, you will see Random Transition. If you click-on Random Transition, and then click-on Apply to All, then all the slides will each transition randomly. You can alternately click-on the dog and key to view the transition effects. When you have decided which transition you want click-on either Apply or Apply to All.

When you return to Slide Sorter View, you will notice a small box with an arrow at the lower left corner. This indicates that a slide will transition. If you click-on it you will see the effect each time you click.