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# Slide Transition

Defines the special effect that plays when you display a slide during a slide show.

To access this command...

#### From the keyboard:

Option Alt + 6

#### From the menu bar:

Choose View - Slide Transition.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose Slide Show - Slide Transition.

In the Slide Show menu of the Slide Show tab, choose Slide Transition.

#### From the sidebar:

Open the Slide Transition deck.

To apply the same transition effect to more than one slide, switch to the Slide Sorter, select the slides, and then choose Slide - Slide Transition.

## Slide Transition

Select the slide transition you want to use for the selected slides.

## Variant

Select a variation of the transition. This list is only available for certain transitions.

### Duration

Sets the duration of the slide transition.

### Sound

Lists sounds that can played during the slide transition.

### Loop until next sound

Select to play the sound repeatedly until another sound starts.

## Advance slide

Specifies how to get the next slide.

### On mouse click

Select to advance to the next slide on a mouse click.

### Automatically after

Select to advance to the next slide after a number of seconds. Enter the seconds in the numerical field next to the spin button, or click the spin button.

## Apply Transition to All Slides

Applies the selected slide transition to all slides in the current presentation document.

## Play

Shows the current slide transition as a preview.

## Automatic preview

Select to see the slide transitions automatically in the document.

Related Topics

Animating Slide Transitions

Animating Objects in Presentation Slides