Chapter 11

Making Your Slide Shows Sing

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Working with transitions

Bullet Custom animation and effects

Bullet Printing presentations and handouts

Bullet Exporting presentations to various file formats

In this chapter, you find out how to put the finishing touches on your slide show by adding transitions between slides and animation effects to objects on slides. Then we show you what should probably be the last thing you do before you take your show on the road (or the stage or wherever): printing handouts and exporting your presentation to share with others digitally.

By the time you’re at the point of adding transitions or animations, your slides should have all the content your presentation needs. The content may still need to be tweaked, but for the most part, the words should be on the slides and the slides should be in the proper order.

Before you dig into this chapter, we suggest that you review your presentation one more time and make sure that all the points you need to cover are covered, that the slides are in the order you want, and that everything looks consistent.

Using Transitions ...

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