PP 2002, transitions and timings question

[Melissa]

We have a presentation done in PP 2000. The timings are not all the same on
each slide. I have most of the transitions set at "vertical bars" with a few
slides using different ones.

When using another system running PP 2002, there doesn't seem to be a way to
set the show to "random vertical bars" (or whatever it's called) to "apply
to all slides" without also changing the timings to all the same.

There must be a way to apply a transition effect to all the slides without
changing the existing timings.

Any help would be appreciated. I know more about PP 200 than 2002 and don't
have a lot of time to mess with figuring it out.

Melissa

 

[Bill Dilworth]

You'll need to create a VBA macro to change only the slide transition
property.

=====Begin Macro Code========
Option Explicit

Sub ChangeTransitions()
Dim x As Integer

For x = 1 To ActivePresentation. _
Slides.Count
ActivePresentation.Slides(x). _
SlideShowTransition.EntryEffect = _
ppEffectRandomBarsVertical
Next x

End Sub
========end code=========

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Hello Melissa,

You can do this in Slide Sorter view.

1) View -> Slide Sorter
2) Edit -> Select All (or Shift-Click to select only a subset of the
slides)
3) Slide Show -> Slide Transition
4) Select the slide transition effect you want to apply to all of the
selected slides (DO NOT TOUCH the slide timings field)

You're done.. The effect will have been applied to each of the selected
slides (you don't have to click Apply to all slides). The individual slide
timings will be unaffected.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions for how to
make this easier to do in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your feedback
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