Want to automatically advance the slides during your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016? You can using these steps.
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- Open the presentation file you wish to automate, then select “Home“
- Select anywhere in the left “Slides” pane.
- Select the individual slide you would like to advance automatically. If you want to advance all of the slides for the same amount of time, select one slide in the left pane, then press “Ctrl” + “A” to highlight all slides.
- Select the “Transitions” tab.
- In the “Advance Slide” area, check the “After” check box, then set the amount of time that should elapse before PowerPoint advances to the next slide. You can also select the transition effect, such as “Cut“, “Fade“, or “Wipe“.
Now your slides should change to the next one automatically. You can test the functionality by going to “View” > “Reading View“
FAQ
Why don’t I have the Advance Slide option showing in my Powerpoint?
Be sure that the window is maximized so that you can see all of the options on the ribbon. If it is still missing, you can add the button back by selecting the “Customize Quick Access” arrow, then selecting “More commands…” at the upper-left portion of the window. From there select “Quick Access Toolbar” to modify the options available. You should be able to add the “Transition” command from the left side of the screen to the right.
If you want to take the easy way, just select the “Reset” button.
When you open PowerPoint 2016 for the first time, you'll see that all slide examples inthe Presentation Gallery are in Widescreen aspect ratiowith 16:9 proportions, as shown in Figure 1. This is in complete contrast to the typical standard slides with 4:3 aspect ratios thatyou saw in PowerPoint versions older than 2010.
For many of us who are living in a world with widescreen displays and projectors, this may be a blessing, but many others may not feel asblessed! Worse, there's no obvious way for you to change these defaults so that you can always have 4:3 slides rather than 16:9. Microsoft probablymade this change since Widescreen is the common format for current displays nowadays, but to provide no option to choose an aspect ratio at thetime of creating a slide is akin to providing zero control to the user.
Tip: We did find a workaround to make 4:3 as the default aspect ratio for all presentations, as explained in ourSet Standard 4:3 Aspect Ratio as Default in PowerPoint 2016tutorial.
Figure 1: PowerPoint 2016's Presentation gallery
Within the Presentation Gallery, click any of the Templates/Themes available. For this tutorial, we chose and clicked theGallery option. This created a new presentation within PowerPoint 2016 using the Gallery Theme (seeFigure 2). Notice that the Slide Area now displays aWidescreen (16:9) slide, highlighted in blue within Figure 2.
Figure 2: Widescreen slide
If you are happy with Widescreen slides, then that's great. You can explore ourSet Standard 4:3 Aspect Ratio as Default in PowerPoint 2016tutorial if you want to change the defaults in PowerPoint 2016 from 16:9 to 4:3.
Alternatively, you can also change the aspect ratio for only the active (open) presentation, without changing any defaults. This is explainedin our Change Presentation Aspect Ratio from Widescreento Standard (and Vice Versa) tutorial.
Want to know if the new Widescreen option in PowerPoint 2013 and newer versions is an improvement? Explore ourWidescreen Implementations in PowerPoint tutorial.