Navigation Modes

Navigation Modes

1. Manual Tranasition

   • What is it?
     • The curruntslide in a presentation stays on screen until a person signals that another is the be shown.
   • When would you use it?
     • In a presentation conducted that allows for questions to be asked throughout.
   • Advantages
     • The user can spend as long as they like on each slide.
     • The use can select which slides they want to see and also in what order they see them.
     • The presenter can control the presentation while they are talking.
     • The presenter does not have to move through the presentation in a linear way and can start and stop the presentation whenever they wish to.
     • The presentercan allow time for audeince questions on a certain slide.
   • Disadvantages
     • Someone is always required to move the presentation along.
     • If left alone only one slide will show.

2. Automatic Transition

   • What is it?
     • A presentation thjat moves from one slide to the next in a predefined way and does not require human interaction.
   • Where would it be it used?
     • At a doctors office, and educational slideshow could be shown that loops continuously and requires no one to move it along.
   • Advantages
     • Can be left alone and show slides by continuously looping it.
     • No one is required to move the presentation along.
     • Timings are added to each slide so they can be kept on screen for a predetermined time.
   • Disadvantages
     • They are useless if human interaction is required.
     • Poor choice if you can only make sense of the current slide after seeing the one previous to it.
     • Fixed slide timing is not always a good idea as different people take different amounts of time to digest the same information.
     • Cannot be used on non-linear presentations where buttons are present.
     • If a presenter is present, they would not be able to expand on slides or stop it to answer questions.
     • Slides may move too quickly or slowly.
     • If you miss a slide, you'll have to wait for the loop to bring it round again.
     • The audience may not require/wish to see all of the presentation.