Adding page transitions
Internet Explorer supports a feature called page transitions. A page transition is a visual effect that occurs when a user enters or leaves a document or site, similar to the transition effects sometimes seen between scenes in movies and videos. Available effects include “wipes”, “blinds”, and so forth.
There are four distinct events, or triggers, that you can specify to initiate a page transition:
- Page Entry: When the user enters (opens) the document
- Page Exit: When the user leaves the document (by going to another document or closing the window)
- Site Entry: When the user enters the document from another site (but not from another page on the same site)
- Site Exit: When the user leaves the document and goes to another site
These events are not mutually exclusive, so (for example) you could specify one transition effect that occurs when a user enters the document and another effect that occurs when a user leaves the document. If one document specifies an exit transition and another document, linked from the first document, specifies a different entry transition, the entry transition takes precedence when a user clicks the link.
To add a page transition to a document
- On the Document menu, go to Property, click Document, and then click the Styles tab.
- Under Page transitions, click the Event box and select the trigger for the transition effect.
- Click the Effect box and select the desired effect.
- In the Duration box, enter the number of seconds you want the transition to take.
- If you want to add a transition effect for another event, click Apply and then repeat steps 2 through 4.
- Click OK.
To remove a page transition
- On the Document menu, go to Property, click Document, and then click the Styles tab.
- Under Page transitions, click the Event box and select an event for which a transition effect was previously specified.
- Click the Effect box and select None.
Page transitions are only supported by Internet Explorer 4.0 and later.