• You can set the transition effect by clicking on the Effect Pull-Down and select any of the available effects.
• Set the Speed of the transition (Slow, Medium, or Fast).
• Set whether the transition is Manual (Mouse Click) or Automatic after a specified number of seconds.

Tips

• You can also view the transition you selected. The picture in the lower-right will go through the transition you selected. If you want to see it again, click on the picture.
• You can add a transition sound by clicking on the Sound pulldown menu and selecting one of the options.
• You can apply the transition to all slides [Apply to All] or you can [Apply] the transition to just the current slide.

Preset animation provides a number of "quick pick" animation effects. You will need to first select the image or entity that you wish to animate. Then just pick the Preset Animation effect you wish to use.

Custom animation provides an extensive number of animation variations.

• The image above shows the [Timings] tag selected. When Timings is selected, you will see the various slide elements labeled in the lower-left frame (e.g. Title 1, Text 2, Object 3).
• To animate the element (text, image, etc.) click ONCE on the element name. When it is highlighted, click on the [Effects] tab.
• The following Effects window will now be displayed:
  

• After selecting an Effect from the pulldown menu...
• You can select sounds, control the text color intensity and other effects after the animation process takes place. This is useful for creating the effect commonly called "progressive disclosure" (previous line of text is dimmed when next line of text is the focus point.
• You can also introduce text in various ways. For example using the "Introduce Text" settings you can animate text so that it appears all at once, by word, or by letter.

Tips

• Do not let animations dominate the content/information.
• Some animations are difficult to track with the eye when viewing a presentation. Always test your animations before your final presentation.
• The speed of the machine you are working on will dictate the speed of the animation. If you are using a "fast" machine to create the slides and setting the animations, and then use a slower machine for presentation...the animation effects may not be what you had expected.