Set PowerPoint Slides to Advance/Transition Automatically

Set PowerPoint Slides to Advance/Transition Automatically

Most of the times, you probably advance PowerPoint slides by clicking the mouse, but sometimes you want that transition to happen automatically, after a set number of seconds or minutes.

In this hands-on tutorial, I’ll show you how to automatically advance the slides after a certain number of seconds. I’ll also show you a gotcha and why it might not be working for you.

00:00 – Previewing what we need to do with PowerPoint slide timings
00:19 – Setting slides to transition after a certain number of seconds
01:03 – But wait! Why doesn’t the slide transition timing work?!
01:22 – How to REALLY get PowerPoint slides to transition automatically – use timings
01:53 – Applying the same transition timing to all slides in the deck

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What else do you want to learn in PowerPoint? Let me know below in the comments!

[Deckson]

Thanks, that " Use Timing" selection was really throwing me off. Thought i was going crazy. You're a life saver!

[szatc]

Thank you so much! I watched countless videos to get the answers you provided quickly and simply.

[uzenoff]

I struggled with advancing all slides - you hit the important step I was missing exactly. Thank you!

[panheadipustex]

You saved my life with this video. I was absolutely stuck. Thank you!!!

[jamesmosier]

Super helpful! Especially the link about the "stop play after setting."

[babaaziz]

Thank you! Saved me time and frustration.

[AllanPathmarajah]

Can you do a tutorial on how to use the Fade In and Fade Out ?
I have a slide deck that has music played in the background.
The music is longer than the entire slide show, and I would like to fade out the music when it reaches the last slide rather than it ends abruptly when the last slide finishes.

[amyevans]

THANK YOU! I didn't understand the time stamp, which you clearly said. AND - I missed the Use Timing.

[caribber]

Hello. I followed through on everything you suggested and my PP slideshow still won't advance automatically. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

[divyangkala]

I am unable to convert the PPT into the format. I am facing in saving the video as per the advanced timing that is already mentioned as per the slide yet for some of the slides it is failing to take the timing as per mentioned for the particular slide what can done please help me with appropriate solution I am using Microsoft 365 means Microsoft Office 2019

[bradyelkins]

Hey I don’t have the extra square on the transitions tab where it says on click so I’m having trouble can you help

[mikesaller]

Hi, no, I haven’t been able to figure it out. I tried some other PPT‘s without audio and it worked. For some reason with the audio, the timing isn’t working.​​⁠

[trinitrotolueneD]

Why don’t any of these show up for me? I’m using the unpaid web version on Mac

[ashden]

Did this and it is still not automatically playing