Add
Transitions
What
You'll Learn: You're
getting close to the point at which you can actually
run your slide show. Before you do, however, wouldn't
it be nice to transition from slide to slide in a
dramatic fashion? Here's how...
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In
the previous lesson, we showed you how you can
display your presentation in full-screen mode.
There are other ways of looking at it as well,
including the slide tray or slide sorter mode.
Go to slide
sorter view by clicking on the icon in
the lower left-hand corner of your screen.
When you move your mouse over the small  icon,
a tool tip saying "slide sorter view" will
appear. |
See: In
the slide sorter view all of the slides that have
been created will be visible and arranged in rows
across the page. Being able so see miniaturized
versions of the slides,and the order in which they
are to be presented, will gives you a global perspective
on your presentation.
Also in
the slide sorter view, you'll be able to move
slides around by clicking and dragging them;
thus, slide #1 can be dragged to the slide #3
place, and vice versa. The new order in the slide
sorter view is the order in which the slides
will be presented in full screen mode. |
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Figure
1. Click on the slide sorter view.
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Figure
2. The slide tray opens, displaying all the
available slides --
in this case, three slides. |
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Select
the slide you want to alter. In a few moments,
we'll change the way the slides transition from
slide to slide. |
When
a slide is selected a dark blue outline will appear
around the slide. In order to select multiple slides
at once hold down the shift key as you click on the
slides. |
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Figure
1. The third slide is selected.
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Figure
2. All three slides are selected.
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Click
on Slide Show on the main menu, as displayed
in Figure 1.
Alternatively,
you can click the Slide Transition icon
on the button bar, as shown in Figure 2. |
A
drop down menu appears, one option on which is "Slide
Transition." |
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Figure
1. Using the main menu to
alter the slide transition.
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Figure 2. Using
the slide transition icon to alter
the slide transition.
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Select slide
transition from either the drop down menu or
the slide transition icon. |
The
slide transition dialog box appears on the right-hand
side of the work surface. This dialog allows you
to alter the transition from slide to slide in three
ways: a) applying the transition
to selected slides; b) modifying
the transition speed and sound; and c) selecting
how the slide is to be advanced. |
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Select
a transition from the drop down menu just under the
phrase Apply to selected slides:.
In the example below, a "dissolve: transition
is selected; thus, each slide will dissolve into
the next when this transition is used. |
As
the transition is selected the transition will
be previewed automatically for each of the slides
in the slide sorter view.
If the
transition isn't shown, look to the bottom of
the dialog and make sure that the phrase AutoPreview is
checked:
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Next,
we'll modify how quickly the slides will transition
from one to the next, then add a sound to the mix.
In the Modify
Transition section of the Slide
Transition dialog box, change the
setting from the default of :"fast" to "slow." |
Changing
the speed of the transitions can have a profound
effect on your presentation. The right transition
moving at the right speed can add a touch of drama to
the presentation.
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Figure
1. The transition speed at which slides
transit from one to another has been changed
from Fast (on the left)
to Slow (on the right).
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Figure
2. Changing the slide transition from "no
sound" (top), to the selection list
with the camera sound (middle) and, finally,
having selected the camera sound (bottom). |
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The
next sep in determining how you want your slides
to advance is to decide how one slide moves into
the next. Shall it change only when you click the
mouse? Should it change automatically after a certain
number of seconds? Or should it be a combination
of the mouse click and the timer?
Under the Advance
Slide section of the Slide Transition dialog,
click the check box next to the phrase Automatically
after:. Leave the phrase "On
mouse click" checked. In the small
field under "Automatically after," set
the timer to 5 seconds, as displayed in Figure
1.
If you
want all the settings to be applied to each of
the slides in your presentation, click the Apply
to All Slides button at the bottom of
the Slide Transition dialog:
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Changing
the settings in terms of how you want the slides
to advance depends entirely o how you're going
to use the presentation.
If you'll
be lecturing, you'll want control over when the
slide changes. Keep the On mouse click phrase
checked, but don't set the timer. As you speak,
press the spacebar, and the slide will transition
to the next slide only then.
If you
want the presentation to run automatically (as
in an unsupervised presentation in a museum gallery),
then set the timer.
If you're
using narration that you've recorded, set the
timer for each slide to match the length of the
narrative clip in terms of seconds.
If you're
presenting under severe constraints -- a presentation
at a conference in which you have a 20-minute
time limit to present 20 slides, for example
-- set the timing of each slide as you deem appropriate,
on a slide by slide basis, with the total timing
of the presentation to equal 20 minutes.
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Figure
1. The "advancing" aspect of the
slides' transition was changed from "on
mouse click only" to "advance
the slide automatically after 5 seconds." Thus,
if the mouse button isn't clicked within 5
seconds after the slide appears on the screen,
it will advance automatically to the next slide
after 5 seconds.
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Now
it's time to review the slide show in its entirety.
In the slide show sorter, single-click on slide
#1 to select it, then click on the Slide Show icon
in the lower-left hand corner of the screen, as
in Figure 2.
Alternatively,
you can press the Slide Show button
at the bottom of the Slide transition dialog,
on the right-hand side of the screen, as displayed
in Figure 2. |
In
the Slide transition dialog, you have the option
of playing either a single slide in the
slide sorter view by clicking on:
Alternatively, you can play the entire presentation
in full-screen mode by pressing:
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Figure 1. Choose the first slide you want to display; it doesn't
have to be slide #1; rather, it can be any slide.
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Figure
2. See your slide presentation by clicking
on either the full-screen presentation
mode icon in the lower left-hand corner
of the screen (shown at left) or by clicking
on the Slide Show button in
the Slide Transition dialog on the right-hand
side of your screen.
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