Slide transitions are the animation-like effects that occur in Slide Show view when you move from one slide to the next. You can control the speed of each slide transition effect, and you can also add sound.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint includes many different types of slide transitions, including (but not limited to) the following:

slide transitions

callout 1 No transition

callout 2 Blinds Horizontal

callout 3 Blinds Vertical

callout 4 Box In

callout 5 Box Out

callout 6Checkerboard Across

callout 7Checkerboard Down

callout 8Comb Horizontal

callout 9Comb Vertical

To see more transition effects, in the Quick Styles list, click the More button button image, as shown in the diagram above.What do you want to do?

Add the same slide transition to all of the slides in your presentation

  1. In the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab.
  2. On the Home tab, click a slide thumbnail.
  3. On the Animations tab, in the Transition To This Slide group, click a slide transition effect.

    To see more transition effects, in the Quick Styles list, click the More button button image.

  4. To set the slide transition speed, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the arrow next to Transition Speed, and then select the speed that you want.
  5. In the Transition To This Slide group, click Apply to All.

Add different slide transitions to the slides in your presentation

  1. In the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab.
  2. On the Home tab, click a slide thumbnail.
  3. On the Animations tab, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the slide transition effect that you want for that slide.

    To see more transition effects in the Quick Styles list, click the More button button image.

  4. To set the slide transition speed, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the arrow next to Transition Speed, and then select the speed that you want.
  5. To add a different slide transition to another slide in your presentation, repeat steps 2 through 4.

Add sound to slide transitions

  1. In the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab.
  2. On the Home tab, click a slide thumbnail.
  3. On the Animations tab, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the arrow next to Transition Sound, and then do one of the following:
    • To add a sound from the list, select the sound that you want.
    • To add a sound not found on the list, select Other Sound, locate the sound file that you want to add, and then click OK.
  4. To add sound to a different slide transition, repeat steps 2 and 3.

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