10.8. Understanding Transitions

Transitions offer a way to add variety to your presentation. With transitions, you can modify how slides are displayed when they first appear. You also can set up PowerPoint to play sounds when a transition occurs, or to time a transition to occur at various speeds.

What Is a Transition? A transition effect occurs when you advance a slide show from one slide to another. Movies use transitions — for example, when you see the screen dissolve from one image to another, or you see an image seem to wipe across the screen to reveal another scene.
Different Ways to Advance Slides Transitions also are used to control ...

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