Objective 4.2 Animate slide content

  • 4.2.1 Apply animations
  • 4.2.2 Configure animation effects
  • 4.2.3 Configure motion paths

4.2 Contents

4.2.1 Apply animations

Many common animations are available from the Animation gallery. These animations fall into four categories depending on their purpose:

  • Entrance Animate the appearance (arrival) of an element on the slide.
  • Emphasis Draw attention to an element by changing its size or appearance, or by making it move.
  • Exit Animate the departure of an element from the slide.
  • Motion Paths Move an element from one location on the slide to another, along a specific path.

You can access additional animations in each category by clicking the More commands at the bottom of the Animation menu. 

Entrance, Emphasis, and Exit effects are classified in subcategories of Basic, Subtle, Moderate, and Exciting to help you match the effects with the tone of your presentation.

The available effects depend on the currently selected object

Path effects are classified in subcategories of Basic, Lines & Curves, and Special to reflect the type and direction of movement in the motion path.

You can build on more than 60 motion paths to precisely animate slide content

You can apply multiple animation effects to an object. On the slide and in the Animation pane, each animation is identified by an adjacent numbered box that indicates the order in which the animations will occur.

Numbers identify objects on the slide and corresponding actions in the Animation pane

The Animations tab

To apply an animation from the gallery to a selected object

  • On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then click the animation you want.

Each entrance effect has a corresponding exit effect

To apply an animation that doesn’t appear in the gallery

  1. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click the Add Animation button, and then at the bottom of the gallery, click the animation category you want.
  2. In the Add Animation Effect dialog box, click the animation you want.

To change the animation applied to a selected object

  • On the Animations tab, in the Animation group, click Animation Styles, and then click the animation you want to use.

To remove an animation from a selected object

  • In the Animation gallery, click None.

To apply additional animation to a selected animated object

  • On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click the Add Animation button, and then click the animation you want to add.

To copy the animations applied to a selected object to another object

  • In the Advanced Animation group, click the Animation Painter button, and then click the object to which you want to copy the animations.

To display the Animation pane

  • On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click the Animation Pane button.

To preview animations

  • To preview the animation of the selected object, on the Animations tab, in the Preview group, click the Preview button.
  • To preview all animations on the slide, click a blank area of the slide and then in the Animation pane, click Play All.
  • To preview some animations, in the Animation pane, click the animation you want to start with, and then click Play From.