Rehearsing Timings

PowerPoint enables you to set fixed slide transition timing and rehearse the time it takes to deliver your presentation. After you rehearse a presentation, you can save those timings to deliver automatically.

You may not always want to move automatically from slide to slide, however. For example, it can sometimes take you more or less time to discuss a slide in person, or an audience member may interrupt your presentation with a question. Even if you don't want to automate your slide transitions, rehearsing timings can be useful because it helps you adjust your presentation to fit into an allotted amount of time.

To rehearse and set timings, choose Slide Show, Rehearse Timings. The presentation appears in Slide Show view, opening ...

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