Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (XP) and Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 have a unique and annoying behavior. Consider a slide show that has animations on slides and transitions between slides. During a slide show, PowerPoint requires additional click to move from one slide to another slide even when all animations on the slide have completed. There are two inconsistent behaviors:

1. If a slide does not have animations, then no additional clicks are required to navigate to next slide.
2. If the slide has animations, then users are left to stare at a blank slide after all animations on the slide have completed and all shapes have exited. An additional click is required to navigate to the next slide.

This causes no end to confusion when presenting slide shows projected in large conferences. It looks extremely unprofessional while presenting to an executive audience.

The AutoTransitions feature of OfficeOne Animations was developed to solve this problem. It automatically transitions to the next slide when the current slide completes all animations. This gives professional and consistent behavior when presenting in conferences.

The AutoTransitions feature is turned OFF by default. It can be turned ON on the machine through the following steps:

1. Select OfficeOne Animations | Configure AutoTransitions... menu item.
2. Check the Enable AutoTransitions box.
3. Click OK button.

Now when you run the slide show, AutoTransitions would ensure that the slide show provides consistent behavior. Please note that AutoTransitions feature is available only when OfficeOne Animations add-in is installed in PowerPoint.

To turn OFF AutoTransitions, follow these steps:

1. Select OfficeOne Animations | Configure AutoTransitions... menu item.
2. Clear the Enable AutoTransitions box.
3. Click OK button.

OfficeOne AutoTransitions does not modify the presentation itself in any way.