in powerpoints you can animate text and
objects such as clip arts shapes
pictures and more let's go ahead and add
an animation to the picture on slide 2
just select the picture and then select
the animation tab to add animation to an
object on the slide
we'll use the commands in the animations
group right now I can see that there is
no animation applied to the picture
which is the selected object just click
the drop down menu to see the animation
options we have for this object if you
move your cursor over each option you
can see a live preview of the animation
on the slide we have fade wipe and fly
in to select one of the default
animations just click an option to
select it if you don't like one of the
available options you can always choose
custom animation from the menu or just
click the custom animation button this
opens the custom animation task pane on
the right we can see in the task pane
that there is not an animation effect on
the object to add one click add effect a
menu appears with options for entrance
emphasis exit and motion path animations
as you move your cursor over each a
submenu of animation effects will appear
we have several entrance animations that
will change how our object appears on
the page and emphasis animation effects
that we can use to draw attention to the
object the exit animation
facts change the way the object
disappears from the slide and motion
paths animate the object so it moves to
a specific place on the screen when we
move over each of these we do not see a
live preview of the animation on the
slide we have to select an option first
to see the animation effect each menu
has an option to see more effects or
more motion paths so if you want to see
more animations you can just select one
of those menu options let's just apply
one of the entrance animation effects
I'd like to try blinds so I'll just
select it and now I can see the blinds
enter its animation on the slide and in
the task pane list I can also see the
number one beside the item is related to
the label on the slide another thing
you'll notice is on the slide tab and
the task pane on the Left do you see the
star icon on the slide this appeared
when I added the animation it just
indicates that this slide has an
animation effect now let's look back at
the custom animation task pane I can see
some information about the entrance
animation in the task pane from here I
can modify the default settings on the
animation right now the blinds effect is
set to start when I click the blinds
animation appears in a horizontal
direction and it appears very fast I can
use the drop down menus to select an
option and change any of these default
settings if you change your mind and
decide you don't want this animation
effects just make sure it is selected in
the custom animation pane and then click
remove or if you change your minds and
want to try a different animation click
Change and select an entrance MphasiS
exit or motion option
here I'll try this diamond entrance
animation now that I've selected a new
animation effect new information appears
at the top of the custom animation pane
this animation is set to starts when I
click I'll change that to with previous
and the label will change from one to
zero since this slide doesn't have an
animation that appears before this one
the animation on the picture will begin
when the slide appears I'll change the
direction to out and the speed to fast
to see how it looks on the slide you can
click play in the task pane to see a
preview of the animation or click
slideshow to see it in the slideshow
view and then press escape to return to
normal view take a look at the second
part of this lesson to learn more about
animating and PowerPoint