Using the Set Timing Feature

By default, PowerPoint is set to advance from one slide to the next when you click your mouse, use the down arrow key, or press the Page Down key. However, you can change this default setting and program your PowerPoint presentation slides to advance at specified intervals of time. In PowerPoint, this feature is called set timing.

To Set Timing:

• Select Slide ShowSlide Transition from the main menu.
• Select ViewSlide Sorter.
• Select all the slides using your mouse.
• Deselect On mouse click in the Slide Transition task pane.
• Select Automatically After.
  

• Enter the amount of time you would like to display each slide.
• Click Apply to All Slides.

• Open the Sample PowerPoint presentation.
• Set the timing for the presentation so that each slide automatically advances after 5 seconds.
• Close the presentation without saving the file.

Using the Set Rehearsed Timings Feature

By default, PowerPoint is set to advance from one slide to the next when you manually advance the slide. You can change this default setting and program your PowerPoint presentation slides to advance at preset intervals of time. To do this, practice your presentation, and save the rehearsed timing.

For example, if you practice your presentation and spend seven seconds on your first slide and four seconds on your second slide you can then save the rehearsed timing. The next time you display your presentation, slide one will advance after seven seconds and slide two will advance after four seconds.

To Rehearse and Save Timings:

• Select Slide ShowRehearse Timings from the main menu. The slide show will appear in Slide Show view and a Rehearsal dialog box will appear in the top, left part of the screen.
• Practice your presentation.
• Click the blue arrow in the Rehearsal dialog box to advance to the next slide. The timer will reset itself.
  

• Continue to practice your presentation and click the blue arrow to advance until you reach the final slide.
• Choose Yes to save the rehearsed timings, or No to discard them when the Microsoft Office PowerPoint dialog box appears.

• Open the Sample PowerPoint file.
• Use the rehearse timings feature to rehearse and save your presentation timings.
• Save and close the file.
• Open the file and play the presentation to make sure that you saved the rehearsed timings.
• Close the file.