The main purpose of any presentation of Power point It is that it is attractive to the audience, since this is the most effective way to attract their attention and transmit the message. That's why any trick is valid to achieve this goal. The one we are going to see in this post is the one called "book effect" in PowerPoint.
It is a very visual animation that It simulates before the viewer's eyes the action of turning the page of a book. This and other effects are typically used for transitions between slides. In this way, whoever is witnessing the presentation has the sensation of reading a book on the screen.
In the event that, instead of a presentation, our objective is create a digital story or book, PowerPoint's book effect resource is even more justified. Ideally, you should design a template with the appearance of a ring-bound notebook or a bound book, so that the final effect is more appropriate and aesthetically pleasing.
Digital book or simple slide presentation: for one thing or the other, this little tutorial can be of great help.
Why use the page turning effect?
Although this and many other PowerPoint effects are considered by many users as simply accessories, almost symbolic, the truth is that they can be very important when presenting the content. Because we already know that in this life the "how" often has more weight than the "what."
For example, the page or chapter turning effect is key in certain topics such as history, education and philosophy. In a broader sense, using these transition effects can help us deliver our presentation as a story, and that's something we our audience may find it more interesting and refreshing. Always much better than a boring and monotonous presentation of static slides.
How to apply the effect
Adding the Book Effect to a PowerPoint document is relatively simple, since This function is included in the program options itself. However, there are some details that we must take into account. We explain them below:
- First of all, let's go to the tab «Transitions» located on the tool ribbon above the screen.
- When we open it, we will find numerous options. The one we must choose is «Roll up pages» (in English, Page Curl).
- Within the option, we can choose the way in which we will see the pages turn when we click on the presentation:
- Double left.
- Double right.
- Left only.
- Right only.
What is the difference between these options? Logically, the terms "left" and "right" refer to the direction in which we want the leaves to rotate. It is not so absurd if we think that there are many languages in the world that are read from right to left. A well-known example is that of the manga, Japanese comics, which are read in the opposite direction to Western books.
On the other hand, to explain the importance of the terms "single and double", it must be taken into account that in PowerPoint it is possible to make slides that simulate an open book. That is You can divide the slide into two equal halves, as if they were two independent slides. With this, we will achieve a very attractive book effect.
There is also the possibility of doing that the sheets turn automatically every X seconds, without having to press any key or click the mouse. And there's more: to make the book effect in PowerPoint even more realistic, we can also add a page turning sound (we will also find this option in the toolbox).
Other interesting Powerpoint transitions
The "book effect" is just one of the many transitions that PowerPoint offers us to mark the transition from one slide to another. This is a list of everything we can do with this program to show the slides in an original, fun or elegant way. The different transitions available are divided into three major categories (we have only included some of the most interesting ones):
Subtle transitions
Very discreet and simple. They can be used for almost any type of presentation:
- Transformation: The current slide is decomposed to gradually transform into the next one.
- Fade (Trays): a progressive fade that gives way to the next slide.
- Push: The new slide displaces the previous one from below.
- Sweep: the same, but from the right side.
- Split: The slide opens in half, making way for the new one.
Eye-catching transitions
They are what we use to keep the audience's attention.
- Curtains: simulates a theater curtain, which opens to show the next slide.
- Wind: Simulates a blow of wind that “drags” the current slide to reveal the next one.
- Fracture: the slide breaks as if it were glass, then the fragments fall away, revealing the next one.
- Clock: the new slide is displayed at the rhythm and following the direction of an imaginary clock.
- Crush: an invisible hand crumples the slide until it becomes a ball of paper, giving way to the next.
dynamic content
They only affect text or images: move, transport, fly...
Finally, we remind PowerPoint users that inserting transitions is not mandatory (although it is recommended). In fact, one of the options in these categories is "No transition."