If you really want to add some excitement to your presentation, try adding some animations.
PowerPoint has a wide variety of animation effects that you can apply to text and objects.
I'm creating a trivia night slide show, I want to add animations to this picture and
to the answer itself.
Start by clicking on an object, and then go to the Animations tab.
Click the drop down arrow to view the different types of effects that are available...
There are four different categories: Entrance, which will happen when the object first appears
on the slide...
Emphasis, which happens while the object is on the slide...
Exit, which causes the object to disappear... and Motion Paths, which move the object along
a path.
I'm going to choose Fly In, which is an Entrance effect.
For some effects, you will have Effect Options.
For example, this one lets you choose a direction.
Let's say I want to add second effect to this shape.
If I go back to this menu and select one, it's going to replace the Entrance effect.
Instead, I'll go to Add Animation to add more than one.
It's easy to keep track of which objects have animations, because they will have numbers
next to them - one for each effect.
And the slide will also have this little star picture.
If you want to preview the effects, you can just click the Preview command...
I like the effects effects on the banner, and when the answer is revealed I want the
text to fly in the same way, so I'm going to apply the same effects here.
Instead of adding them one-by-one, I can just use the Animation Painter to copy them.
Click on the object that has the effects.
Then click Animation Painter.
The cursor will have a little paintbrush on it.
And when you click on the other object, it will now have the same effects.
Now that I've chosen effects for both of these objects, I'm going to move this so that the
text flies onto the banner.
We have several effects on this slide, so now would be a good time to open up the Animation
Pane to help us manage them.
It appears on the right, and it lets you do a couple of things: You can click and drag
the effects to reorder them, and you can also click these drop-down arrows to see more options
for each effect.
By default, each effect starts when you click the mouse, but I don't want to have to click
for every single one.
Instead, we can have the effect start automatically at the same time as the previous effect, or
after the previous effect ends.
And that's what I want.
So I'm going to do the same thing for the Text Box Entrance effect.
This just makes the animations flow more smoothly, since they're being triggered automatically.
If you click on the drop-down arrow again and go to Effect Options, you'll have a dialog
box where you can fine-tune the animation.
And these options will vary depending on which effect it is.
And you can also adjust the timing.
I'm going to add a few seconds of delay to give people a little more time to think of
the answer before it appears.
For this animation, we also have the option of the text fly in all at once, one word at
a time, or one letter at a time.
I want to add a little bit of flair here, so I'm going to have the letters fly in one
at a time.
Now, I'm going to play the slide show so I can view the finished product.
I'll click the mouse to trigger the first effect.
This presentation also includes some other animations I added earlier, like this ticking
clock to show the audience how much time they have left to think of the answer.
After a few seconds it will trigger the next effect... and then the next one.
And the text will stay on the screen until I click the mouse again.
Adding a few animations can turn a simple slide show into a presentation that's engaging
and fun for your audience to watch.