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Adding Transition Effects to Slides

When you develop a slide show, you might want to include some special effects as you make the transition from one slide to the next. When a new slide appears, your audience sees a transition effect—for example, a dissolve, a checkerboard, a "newsflash" effect—and/or a sound. You can also specify whether you want the next slide to advance automatically after a preset time or whether you want to switch to the next slide manually with a mouse-click.

Set the Transitions

1. Click the slide to which you want to add the transition.

2. On the Animations tab, point to the various transitions to see how they look, and then click ...