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Adding slide transitions

Adding slide transitions

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Adding slide transitions

- Slide transitions are a classic element in PowerPoint, that goes way back to it's earliest versions. Slide transitions are the animations that happen between each slide as one slide moves to the next. The timing and animations are all flexible. You can have a different transition for each slide, or apply it to every slide in your presentation. Although, keep in mind that if a transition is slow, and you have a lot of slides, this can add a significant amount of time to your show. Let's get started adding transitions. I'll click on the Transitions ribbon tab. Here I can see the transition options to the slide. I can click the down arrow and view more transitions. They're categorized by Subtle, Exciting, and Dynamic Content. If I click on a particular transition, I'll get a preview of how it looks. You'll quickly find that some transitions are much faster than others. Also certain transitions have what's called an Effect Option. You'll notice that when I click on this transition, the…

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