How to Choose a Speed for Transition Effects in PowerPoint

Transition effects add pizzazz and help maintain viewer interest in your presentations. The speed of transition effects can distract viewers, however, so you will want to preview your slide show and adjust the transition speed in your PowerPoint 98/2000 slide presentations to make sure the effects are smooth.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft Powerpoint

Instructions

1. Open the slide for which you want to change the transition speed.

2. Go to the Slide Show menu.

3. Select Slide Transition.

4. Click the radio button next to the speed you want: Slow, Medium, or Fast.

5. Click Apply to apply this speed to the slide you selected or Apply to All to apply this speed to all of the slides in your presentation.

Tips & Warnings

• Too many different transition effects in one presentation can be distracting. Maintain consistency in your presentation by using the same transition effect throughout. Add a different transition effect to just a few slides, to make them stand out.