Chapter 27. Creating Slide Shows

Slide shows are the payoff for all your hard work creating slides in PowerPoint. Slide shows are animated presentations that you display on a computer monitor or projection system. They can include eye-catching transition effects between slides and sophisticated animations displayed on individual slides. Individual lines of text can slide into view, and even the charts on slides can be animated, with bars growing or pie slices being added right on the screen. Slide shows can also contain audio clips, music, narration, and video. All these features play as the show progresses.

Adding Transition Effects

Transition effects are the dissolves, splits, wipes, and other film-like effects that a slide show can use to bring ...

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