Slide Transition Duration in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Learn how you can alter the duration of slide transitions in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows. Duration can let you create quick or prolonged transition effects between slides.

Product/Version: PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 and higher

Date Created: August 19, 2014
Last Updated: December 27, 2021

Every transition you add to a slide within PowerPoint has a fixed, default duration. Some transitions such as Cut happen sooner than you can imagine (just 0.10 seconds). Some others like Reveal can take 3.40 seconds to be done with. But you really do not need to be happy with the default transition duration as you can make them happen for as long, or as soon as you want. Before we show you how you can change the duration, do remember that transition duration and transition time are not the same.

Transition Timings and Durations

While transition duration is what we are exploring in this tutorial, transition time is the actual time that the slide stays during a Slide Show before moving to the next slide. Transition timings are purely optional, since you can choose to let any Slide Show as long as you want and only move to the next slide with a mouse click. Transition duration though is not optional. Even if you do not change the duration, there still is a default duration for every transition effect.

Follow these steps to change the transition duration of slides in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows. We assume you have already added transitions to your slides:

Navigate to the slide for which you want to modify the transition duration. Access the Transitions tab of the Ribbon, and take a look at the time shown in the Duration box, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, below.
Figure 1: Duration box within the Transitions tab

60 Seconds or 100 Decimal Seconds?

PowerPoint uses a decimal system for part of a second. So, 1.50 refers to one and a half second (also known as 1 second, 50 centiseconds), and each second thus has 100 centiseconds.

Use the Up and Down arrow buttons within the Duration box, as shown in Figure 1, above, to increase or decrease the transition duration. You can also type in the exact duration value you want. Thereafter, click the Preview button within the Transitions tab, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below. You can see the preview of your slide transition and determine how long it takes to complete.
Figure 2: Preview button within the Transitions tab

Maximum Transition Duration?

The maximum transition duration allowed in PowerPoint 2013 is 59 seconds. Try this out with some transition effects and you will find the results can be gorgeous or boring!

If you are happy with the transition effect and duration, you can apply the same effect and duration to all slides in your presentation by clicking the Apply To All button located within the Transitions tab, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, below.
Figure 3: Apply to All button within the Transitions tab
Save your presentation.

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