Animation in PowerPoint

A few points to keep in mind: Consider the purpose of the presentation.

Inform Persuade Entertain

Think about the audience. Superiors Co-workers Friends

Transitions and Object Animations

TRANSITIONSA transition is the animation (change) from one slide to the next.Ribbon/Animations/ Transition to This Slide

Transition types Fades and Dissolves Wipes Push and Cover Strips and Bars Random

The “?” will give you one of the 57 transitions. (Not a good option for formal presentations.

Hover the cursor over the transition image to see a preview and the name.

Transitions

Set the options before clicking on a transition. Sound – If you are not entertaining, it is not needed.

Other Sound – Lets you choose your own sound. Loop Until Next Sound – Very annoying unless you choose

some kind of music as the sound. Transition Speed

Only use a slow transition if it is needed. Advance slide

You should really only use Automatically After if the presentation will run unattended. And then you should rehearse the timings to make sure everything can be read.

Apply To All It is a good idea to use the same transition throughout a

presentation. Another option would be to use a different transition only for

important slides. A third option might be to use alternating similar transitions.

Always remember – Don’t distract from the message.

Animations To add object animation, select an object place

holder and choose a simple animation from the list. Or choose Custom Animation to open the Custom

Animation pane. If you are new to PowerPoint, it might be easier to choose

a built in animation and then edit it with Custom Animation.

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Different object types have different animation options.

Custom AnimationCustom animations can get very complicated very quickly. If you are not entertaining …

Click the object and choose Custom Animation Add an effect (one event) Modify the effect

Start On Click – Needs click before anything happens With Previous – The same time as another event After Previous – After the previous event finishes

Property Speed

Play – To see all the events Slide Show – To see the events with any necessary clicks Click an event in the animation pane, or a number next

to the object to modify or remove the event. Right click the event in the animation pane for even

more options

Custom AnimationBulleted lists and SmartArt have additional options. One animation effect can actually include several events.

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Motion Paths – The object moves from green to red. The path is an object. It can be scaled, rotated, and moved. Unlocked – The path is not “locked” to the slide. Move

the object and the path moves with it. When Locked, the path is stuck to the slide even if the object moves.

Right-click the path to reverse it, close it (make the object return to the start) or to edit the individual points of the path.

Draw Custom Path Line – Click and drag to the end point. Curve – Click to start, click to create a point to curve

around, double click to end. Freeform – Click to start, click to create a straight line

point, click and hold to scribble, double click to end. Scribble – Click and hold to draw freely.

Action Buttons

Action buttons allow you to move between slides/presentations, play sounds, or run other programs by clicking on a shape/object.

Ribbon/Insert/Shapes/Action Buttons insert and then choose the Action Settings

You can also select an object and give it an action with Ribbon/Insert/Action Click

Invisible Action Buttons

• Draw a blank button and set the options.

• Change the border to none.• Set the transparency to 100%.

Some Example AnimationsTo see how they work, open the custom animation pane and explore.

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Trigger Flips To flip ‘on demand’ add animation

triggers. Draw two shapes to use as triggers -

I used arrows. Go to effect options for the first

Collapse animation. On the Timing tab, click the Triggers

button and choose Start effect on click of: Right Arrow.

Move the first Stretch animation below the collapse under Trigger: Right Arrow.

Go to effect options for the remaining collapse animation and set the trigger to Start effect on click of: Left Arrow

Move the remaining Stretch animation to below the Collapse under Trigger: Left Arrow.

Show the slide and click the arrows to flip when you want!

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