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Question by PixelWire: How can I prevent slides from automatically advancing to the next slide in Powerpoint?
I’m using a Mac and am working on a Powerpoint presentation with animation and after an animation completes, it automatically moves on to the following slide. How can I prevent this so that it doesn’t move to the next slide until I click.

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Answer by Marvin
This can be controlled in slideshow properties or cell properties or animation properties.

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