Adding Slide Timings

You can advance through a slide show in one of two ways:

  • Manual advance, which you control by clicking the mouse button, pressing keys, or clicking commands.

  • Automatic advance, which moves through the slide show automatically, keeping each slide on the screen for the length of time you specify.

The length of time a slide appears on the screen is controlled by its slide timing. You can apply a timing to a single slide, to a group of slides, or to an entire presentation by selecting the slides, clicking Slide Transition on the Slide Show menu, and in the "Advance slide" area of the Slide Transition task pane, entering the number of minutes and seconds in the "Automatically after" box.

If you are unsure how much time to allow for ...

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