Self Help/SlideRocket Basics/Customizing a Presentation

Transitions

Tara Clark
posted this on January 19, 2010 02:43 pm

A Transition is an animation that plays between slides during a presentation. When a Transition is applied to a slide it will determine how the slide enters the screen.  

 

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The following Transitions are available in SlideRocket:

  • Crossfade
  • Wipe
  • Push
  • CubeRotate
  • Swap
  • Flip
  • Reflection
  • Revolve
  • Doorway
  • Iris
  • MoveIn
  • Reveal
  • PageTurn

 

Adding a Transition to a Slide

Transitions can be added on the slide level or as part of a theme. To add a Transition to an individual slide:

  1. Click thumbnail of slide in Slide Tray
  2. Click down arrow in Transition pull-down menu  
  3. Select Transition
  4. Set Duration of Transition in seconds
  5. Set Direction of Transition. This will set where in screen Transition will start. Not all directions are available for all Transitions  

 

ADVANCED NOTES

  • A Transition can be applied to multiple slides at once by holding down the Ctrl key (Cmd key on a Mac) and selecting multiple slides prior to applying the Transition
  • All Transitions except for CrossFade allow a direction to be set. Not all directions are available for all Transitions 
  • The following Transitions are picture-based or 3D and are not supported if there is a video on the slide: CrossFade, Iris, MoveIn, Reveal, PageTurn, and CubeRotate
  • The following transitions are supported for viewing on the iPad: Flip, CubeRotate, CrossFade, and Push. Non-supported transitions will be converted to CrossFade 

 

 

Setting a Default Transition for a Theme

A Transition can be set for each layout in a theme. All slides in a presentation that use that theme and layout will have that Transition by default.

  1. Open presentation that uses the theme
  2. Select Edit Theme from File menu
  3. Select Layout from row at bottom
  4. Click down arrow in Transition pull-down menu
  5. Select Transition
  6. Set Duration of Transition in seconds
  7. Set Direction of Transition
 
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