Making a very simple cause and effect full page colour fill
start Powerpoint 97
- File
- New
- choose blank Presentation
- choose completely blank slide
- select it and press CTRL D to copy it afew times
choose a colour for each blank
Format
Background
choose a colour (nb...more colours for the colour picker, and fill effects for simple graphic effects)
click on Apply
go through highlighting each slide and choosing a different background colour (or fill effect).
you should end up with something like this:

Next go to Slide Show
add transition effects

choose
Random transitions
Slow
click on Apply to All
to add sound to the pages you chose from the sound menu
you cannot have random sounds,
so choose a different sound for each slide,
and click on Apply
Run the slide show
Slide show
View show
other additional things you can do
Slide show
Set up show
loop continously until escape
save the presentation periodically and when you have finished
You can go on to add all kinds of particular animation effects and control