you can also animate text let's animate
this list on slide to just select the
text box and then click the drop-down
menu in the animations group this menu
looks a little bit different than the
menu we saw when we first apply them
animation effects to the picture on the
slide that is because powerpoints gives
you different animation options based on
the object that is selected since we are
working with a list we have the option
to have the text appear all at once or
appear by 1st level paragraphs and we
can have it fade in wipe in fly in or
apply a custom animation let's try our
to fade options I'll select fade all at
once
and you can see that the image appears
and then the text appears all at once
this whole block of text is assigned to
the number 1 if I click the drop-down
arrow to expand the contents in the task
pane I can also see that the 3 bullets
are grouped together into one action so
they will appear at the same time if I
select fade by 1st level paragraphs the
text will now appear bullets by bullets
each bullet is assigned a different
number one two and three on the slide if
I click the drop down arrow to expand
the contents in the task pane I can also
see that the 3 bullets are labeled so
they will appear consecutively in the
slideshow the animations that are
available from the menu are usually
sufficient but if you want to have more
control over how you animate objects you
can make changes right here in the
custom animation task pane
for example if I select one I can modify
the way the text starts or appears and
the speed I can also click the drop-down
arrow associated with the objects which
in this case is our first bullets of
text from this menu I can modify it so
the text appears on the click with the
previous action or after the previous
action I'll just leave this as it is
if I select effects options or timing a
dialog box will appear where I can
really fine-tune the effect on the
effects tab I can add enhancements such
as sounds and I can decide what happens
to the objects after the animation I can
hide the text after the animation or
when the next object appears I can even
change the color of the text after the
animation since I am animating text I
can choose to have it appear all at once
word by word or a letter by letter on
the timing and text animation tab you
can really fine-tune the animation
there is so much you can do here that
I'll let you explore that one on your
own
let's press slideshow and see how this
slide looks I like the way this looks
but I like the picture to appear last to
reorder any of the animations just
select the animation you want to move
and then use the arrows at the bottom of
the task pane to reorder nail press
slideshow so we can see how this works
there that looks good before we wrap up
talking about animations
let me animate slide one and show you
how the animation can work with sound
I'd like to animate the star so I'll
select it I could apply one of these
animation effects but I like to add a
custom animation I'm just going to make
sure the star object is selected click
add effects and then choose an emphasis
effect the default settings for the spin
effects are for it to occur on the click
turn clockwise 360 degrees at a medium
speed I'll just change that to two spins
and leave the rest as a default I can
see that my sound file appears in the
custom animation task pane and it is
labeled with the number 0 right now the
music is set to start after previous
which means it will start when the slide
appears and the star will begin to spin
when I click you can click Play or
slideshows to confirm that this is what
will happen
I can change that by selecting the star
in the custom animation task pane and
changing the animation so it will begin
with the previous this means the star
will spin as the music starts playing
you can always click play to see how it
will work there that looks good you can
do so many things with animation on
charts you can set the charts
information so that it appears by series
category or elements in a series or
category you can animate parts of a
table and any shapes the key with
animation is think about what makes
sense
don't add animation just to add
animation on a slide with a lot of
information carefully animated text it
may make the slide easier to read and
with diagrams and charts animation may
make the data easier to understand just
be careful and don't use too much
animation have some fun exploring all
the animation options PowerPoint has to
offer