As we wrap-up this activity, you might want to give the final touches to your PowerPoint presentation. You could start with the outline view.

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Outline view

As you have learned beforehand, the outline view is like editing the text in the word processor without bothering about the clutter of graphics and formatting of slides.

Slide Sequence and Text Effects

At certain point, you might want to change the sequence of slides or add certain text effects. The following are the methods to achieve it.

Dimming text after an animation

Dimming is one of the effects you can set to occur after an animation is complete.

Change the Sequence of Animations

A big part of setting up animations is adjusting their order.

Transitions between slides

You can add animated transitions between all of your slides.

Hiding and Showing Slides

If, after review, you feel that some slides may not be required. Then, you could use the Hide Slide feature of PowerPoint.

Modifying Notes

For some additional notes that you have just thought of, you may type them in the current slide in the notes pane.

More Colors and effects

Here are some more color settings and effects you can apply to your slides.

Printing Slides

Once you are satisfied with your presentation, you probably want to take a print out of the slides. Here is how you should it:

Preparing for the Show

In preparation for your presentation, you could manually advance the presentation by tweaking with the Set Up show function as shown below.