Automatic slide transition in Open Office Impress

In Open Office Impress you can switch on an automatic slide transition to perfectly time your presentations. We'll tell you how to do it.

Automatic slide transition in Open Office Impress

In just a few steps you can set the automatic slide transition in Impress after a certain number of seconds. A more detailed description with screenshots can be found in the following picture gallery.

1. In the Impress menu, click "Slide Show".
2. Select "Slide transition ...". The "Slide transition" menu opens on the right-hand screen bar.
3. In the "Next slide" area, select the "Automatically after" option.
4. Enter the number of seconds after which the next slide should be called up automatically.
5. You can activate this setting with one click "Apply to all slides" or activate it individually for all slides and set individual times.
6. Unfortunately, there is a problem with the automatic slide transition in Impress: Despite the timer, you can jump to the next slide with a mouse click, but you cannot navigate back to a slide with a timer. So use this function wisely.

The practical tip refers to Open Office 3.30, but works almost identically in newer versions. You can find out how to insert new slides and videos in Impress in further CHIP practical tips.