PowerPoint Animations

Making stuff move....

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Possibilities

1. Slide Transitions  Affects how slides appear

2. Animation Schemes  Preset effects for title and text

3. Custom animation  Make individual items

appear/disappear• Lines of text• Graphics• Drawing elements

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Access from Slide Show menu

1. Slide Transitions2. Animation

Schemes3. Custom animation

  Clicking on any of these choices brings up a task pane at right

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1: Adding Slide Transitions

> Affect how slide appears> To add:

  Slide Show Menu Slide Transitions

  Pane appears at right

  Click effect on pane to preview

> Applies to present slide> To apply to all, click button> To see again, click Play

or Slide Show

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Removing Slide Transitions

> Watch out!  Last transition

clicked will affect slide

> To remove effects:  Click No Transition

(top of effects list)

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Using Slide Transitions

> Don’t Overuse!> All slides

  None or subtle transitions

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Using Slide Transitions

> Don’t Overuse!> All slides

  None or subtle transitions

> Extreme transitions  Single slides

  Special emphasis

  Changes in subject

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2: Adding Animation Schemes

> Preset text effects  Effects apply to Title

and bulleted groups

> Scheme affects selected slide(s) only

> Click button to apply to all slides  Effect previews when

selected

> To see effect again, click Play

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3: Custom Animation

> Most flexible, detailed option> Takes most time

  Planning

  Testing

> Use on  Individual lines of text

  Text boxes

  Pictures

  Drawing objects

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Adding Custom Animation

> Choose from menu: Slide Show Custom Animation  Custom animation task

pane appears at right

> On your slide:Select what you want to animate  Line(s) of text or text

box

  Picture

  Drawing element

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Selecting animation effects

> With object(s) selected:

> Click Add Effect> Choose the effect

to apply  Effect Previews

> Keep trying  Last effect applies

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Previewing Custom Animation

> To check effect:> Click Play or Slide

Show at bottom of task pane

> Effect Previews again

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Removing Custom Animation

> Select animated element

> On Custom Animation Pane:Click Remove

> Last effect applied works until you Remove it

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Animation Tips

> Use sparingly  Just because you can

doesn’t mean you should…..

  Subtle effects best

  Bold effects for meaningful emphasis

  Overuse easily tires audience

> Use consistently  Variety can be confusing

> Test!!!! Check it out…..