PowerPoint: Animations and Transitions Flashcards

Which tab in PowerPoint contains the Transitions gallery?

Answer: Transitions

The Transitions tab houses the full gallery of slide transition effects along with timing options.

What does clicking 'Apply To All' in the Transitions tab accomplish?

Answer: Applies the selected transition to every slide in the presentation

'Apply To All' sets the same transition effect and timing to all slides at once rather than just the current one.

Which animation category contains the 'Fly In' effect?

Answer: Entrance

Fly In is an Entrance animation that brings an object onto the slide from outside the slide boundary.

How do you make a transition advance automatically after a set time without a mouse click?

Answer: Check 'After' and enter a time in the Timing group on the Transitions tab

Enabling the 'After' checkbox and specifying a time in the Transitions > Timing group advances the slide automatically.

Which effect category would you use to make an object fade off the slide at the end of a slide?

Answer: Exit

Exit animations remove an object from the slide view, and Fade is a common Exit effect.

What visual indicator appears in the slide thumbnail panel when a transition is applied to a slide?

Answer: A small star icon beneath the slide number

PowerPoint shows a small star icon below the slide number in the thumbnail pane to indicate a transition is applied.

When you preview an animation using the Preview button on the Animations tab, what happens?

Answer: All animations on the current slide play in sequence in the editing view

The Preview button plays all animations on the current slide in the Normal editing view so you can review them without launching the slide show.