Power Point Animation

About animating text and objects

You can animate text, graphics, sounds, movies, and other objects on your slides so you can focus on important points, control the flow of information, and add interest to your presentation. You can have each main bullet point appear independently of others, or you can have objects appear progressively, one after another. You can set up the way you what each bullet point or object to appear on your slide, to fly in from the left for example, and whether you want other bullets or objects to dim or change color when you add a new element.

A new feature in Power Point  is the ability to animate elements of a graph. You can also change the order and timing of your animations, and you can set them to occur automatically without having to click the mouse. To set up and preview the animation of your text and objects, click Custom Animation on the Slide Show menu.

Animate text and objects

1. In the side view, display the slide that has the text or objects you want to animate.

2. On the Slide Show Menu, click Custom Animation, and then click the Timing Tab.

3. Under Slide objects without animation, select the text or object you want to animate and then click Animate.

4. To start the animation by clicking the text or object, click On mouse click.

 
To start the animation automatically, click Automatically, and then enter the number of seconds your want to elapse between the previous animation and the current one.

5. Click the Effects tab.

If you are animating a chart created in Microsoft Graph, click the Chart Effects tab. For information about animating the elements of a chart click the double arrows over the backward L.

6. Under Entry animation and sound, select the options you want.
For Help on an option. click the question mark ? and then click the option.
7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for every object you want to animate. You can click the Preview button to see how your animations work.
 
Tips
A quick way to create basic animation is t select the object you want to animate (in slide view), click the slide show menu, point to Preset Animation, and then click the option you want. To preview animations in slide view, click Animation Preview on the Slide Show menu. The animation plays in the slide miniature that appears. To replay the animation, click the slide miniature.