WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:14.219 If you really want to add some excitement to your presentation, try adding some animations. 00:00:14.219 --> 00:00:18.939 PowerPoint has a wide variety of animated effects that can be applied to text and other 00:00:18.939 --> 00:00:20.090 objects. 00:00:20.090 --> 00:00:25.110 In this example, I'm creating a very basic quiz that has a question on each slide. 00:00:25.110 --> 00:00:32.090 I'd like to add animation to these two text boxes... and also the man on top of the moon. 00:00:32.090 --> 00:00:37.280 To get started, select the first object you want you want to animate... then go to the 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.050 Animations tab. 00:00:39.050 --> 00:00:44.830 Next, click the drop down arrow to see all the available effects. 00:00:44.830 --> 00:00:49.100 There are four different categories: Entrance, which will happen when the object 00:00:49.100 --> 00:00:50.100 first appears... 00:00:50.100 --> 00:00:55.230 Emphasis, which happens while the object is on the slide... 00:00:55.230 --> 00:00:59.620 Exit, which will cause the object to disappear... 00:00:59.620 --> 00:01:04.379 And Motion Paths, which will move the object along a path. 00:01:04.379 --> 00:01:11.180 I'm going to choose the one called Fly In, which is an Entrance effect. 00:01:11.180 --> 00:01:15.760 For some effects, you'll have different Effect Options that you can choose from. 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:21.090 As you can see, this one lets you change the direction. 00:01:21.090 --> 00:01:24.670 Let's say I wanted to add second animation to the text. 00:01:24.670 --> 00:01:28.830 If we try to select one from the main menu, it's actually going to replace the current 00:01:28.830 --> 00:01:29.830 effect. 00:01:29.830 --> 00:01:35.030 Instead, we'll click the command that says Add Animation... and we can apply additional 00:01:35.030 --> 00:01:40.690 effects to the same object. 00:01:40.690 --> 00:01:44.860 You can always tell which objects have animations because they'll have little numbers next to 00:01:44.860 --> 00:01:47.180 them—one for each effect. 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:51.890 The thumbnail for the slide will also have a star icon. 00:01:51.890 --> 00:01:57.460 If you want to preview the effect, just click the Preview command any time. 00:01:57.460 --> 00:02:03.129 Now, the key to using animations effectively is moderation. 00:02:03.129 --> 00:02:07.319 Say we wanted to add an effect to the answer text as well. 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:12.700 We don't want anything too bold, like say the Swivel effect, because it might be distracting 00:02:12.700 --> 00:02:14.210 to the audience. 00:02:14.210 --> 00:02:19.010 Instead, I'm just going to set it to slowly fade in, which should really help the answer 00:02:19.010 --> 00:02:22.459 shine. 00:02:22.459 --> 00:02:26.540 It's also important to note that not every object needs an animation. 00:02:26.540 --> 00:02:30.599 This is especially true in more corporate or professional settings. 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:35.010 In this case, we're creating a fairly casual presentation—so I'm going to add one more 00:02:35.010 --> 00:02:41.329 effect to our little astronaut, but leave the rest of the slide alone. 00:02:41.329 --> 00:02:48.030 At this point, we have several animations to keep track of, so it might be a good time 00:02:48.030 --> 00:02:50.519 to open the Animation Pane. 00:02:50.519 --> 00:02:54.579 The pane appears on the right and lets you do a few different things. 00:02:54.579 --> 00:02:59.170 You can click and drag the effects to change the order that they play in... and you can 00:02:59.170 --> 00:03:03.180 use the drop-down arrow to access even more options. 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:07.230 By default, animations are set to start when you click the mouse, but I don't want to have 00:03:07.230 --> 00:03:09.549 to do that for every single one. 00:03:09.549 --> 00:03:15.810 Instead, we can have some of them start automatically, either with the previous effect or after. 00:03:15.810 --> 00:03:20.520 I'm going to choose After for everything but the very first animation. 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:27.970 That way, they'll all play one after the other, as soon as we click the mouse. 00:03:27.970 --> 00:03:33.849 If you go back to the drop-down arrow... and then choose Effect Options from the menu... 00:03:33.849 --> 00:03:37.689 you'll get a dialog box where you can really fine-tune the effect. 00:03:37.689 --> 00:03:41.639 Some of these options will vary depending on the specific animation you're working with. 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:46.890 For example, with this animation... we can set the answer to fade in all at once, one 00:03:46.890 --> 00:03:49.260 word at a time, or one letter at a time. 00:03:49.260 --> 00:03:55.510 I want a little bit more flair, so I'm going to go ahead and choose by letter. 00:03:55.510 --> 00:04:00.530 If we go to the Timing tab... we can adjust things like the speed of the effect and whether 00:04:00.530 --> 00:04:02.159 or not it repeats. 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:10.290 I'm going to add a tiny bit of delay to give the audience more time to think of the answer. 00:04:10.290 --> 00:04:14.310 And that looks perfect! 00:04:14.310 --> 00:04:18.910 Now I'm going to play the entire slide show so we can see the finished product. 00:04:18.910 --> 00:04:24.510 We'll just click the mouse to trigger the first effect... which triggers the next one 00:04:24.510 --> 00:04:29.340 automatically... and then the next one. 00:04:29.340 --> 00:04:35.780 I really like the way the answer animation turned out, so I'd like to use the same one 00:04:35.780 --> 00:04:37.850 on the other question slides. 00:04:37.850 --> 00:04:42.820 Luckily, we don't have to go through all the steps again—we can just copy and paste the 00:04:42.820 --> 00:04:45.060 effect from one object to another. 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:51.290 First, select the object whose animation you want to copy... then click the command that 00:04:51.290 --> 00:04:53.970 says Animation Painter. 00:04:53.970 --> 00:05:02.250 Next, click whatever object you want to add the effect to... and now it fades in, in exactly 00:05:02.250 --> 00:05:05.560 the same way. 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.790 We're well on our way to creating a fun practice quiz. 00:05:08.790 --> 00:05:13.000 With just a few animations, you can turn a simple slide show into something interesting 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:13.810 and engaging.