Assigning Transition Effects

Transition effects add energy and excitement to the way slides replace one another during a slide show.

You can set transition effects with the transition buttons in the Page Manager ribbon or with the Transitions Effects dialog box. If you are unfamiliar with creating slide shows with Designer, use the Transition Effects dialog box to set transitions. The Transition Effects dialog box provides a preview window that shows how the transition looks.

Transition Effect

The Transition List box shows the transition effect assigned to a selected slide. You can select one or more slides and then choose a different transition effect by clicking the arrow beside the list box and highlighting the new transition effect.

Transition Direction

The Directions button shows the direction in which a selected transition moves. The direction is not relevant for some transition effects, such as Replace. In such cases, the button is disabled.

Transition Speed

The Speed list box shows the current speed of a selected transition effect. You can change the speed of the transition for selected slides by choosing the speed you want from the Speed list box.

When you click the Timed button , the number value for Duration specifies the time in seconds that each slide is to be displayed in a slide show that advances automatically. Different slides can have different durations. If you want to advance the slides manually, click the Manual button .