In PowerPoint you can animate text, and objects such as clipart, 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 sub menu 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 effects 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 Motions 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 entrance animation on the slide and
in the task pane list. I can also see the number
1 beside the item is related to the label on the
slide. Another thing you'll notice is on the Slides tab in the task pane on the left. 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 blind 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 effect,
just make sure it is selected in Custom Animation
pane, and then click Remove. Or, if you change your mind and want to try a different animation,
click Change and select an Entrance, Emphasis, 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 start when I click. I'll change that
to With Previous and the label will change from 1 to 0. 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 Slide Show to see it in slide show view. And then
press Esc to return to Normal view. Take a look at the second part of this lesson to
learn more about animating in PowerPoint.