Effects

= Effects =

What would a PowerPoint be without effects?! Keep your audience awake and interested with these awesome effects, but remember not to use too many or you will scare your audience away!

Sound

 * When using sound, try to ensure that you do not use too much.
 * Only use when it is appropriate
 * Hide the sound icon [[image:Sound_Icon.png]]
 * If you have difficulties with this, move sound icon past the edge of the PowerPoint slide's border
 * Try to have the sound play automatically

Transitions

 * Useful when moving a presentation along
 * Make transitions either medium or fast
 * Do not make transitions so that they are the main focus of your PowerPoint
 * **DO NOT** use __Random__ transitions
 * Have the ability to change the timings so that they play automatically and upon mouse click
 * When presenter's intention is to speak about a specific topic, **DO NOT**use timings
 * It will ruin the PowerPoint's purpose and the presentation
 * __//Transitions Options Dialog Box//__
 * Allows user to view all the names of every transition
 * Preview area, which helps edit the presentation without //actually// changing anything
 * Be careful when using the apply button - it is next to the apply to all button
 * It is very useful when setting the timer for multiple slides

Action Buttons

 * Home button - can be used to return to the first slide
 * Last Slide button - will take viewer to the last slide of the presentation
 * First Slide button - will return viewer to the first slide
 * Next Slide button - does not really meet any use
 * Difference between return to Previous Slide and Last Slide Viewed?
 * Last Slide viewed can go back to the slide (if any) which brought the viewer to the current slide
 * Previous Slide will go back to the slide before the current slide in the order the presentation was created
 * Other buttons available in PowerPoint
 * Creating a custom button
 * Paste hyperlink using keyboard shortcut (command + click)

Custom Animation
> or categories in a chart to come one-by-one
 * Custom animation can be used to enhance text, charts, tables, pictures, movies, sounds, etc.
 * You have the choice of adding an entrance effect, enhancing effect, or exit effect
 * You can choose how fats or slow you want the animation to occur
 * You can choose how the animation occurs, for example if you won't bullet points to come one-by-one