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 Practice & Exam Tasks

Practice Tasks

The practice file for these tasks is located in the Objective 4-2 practice file folder. The folder also contains a result file that you can use to check your work.

1. Open the PowerPoint_4-2 presentation, display slide 1 and do the following:
  1. Select the slide title and apply the Fly In entrance animation.
  2. Configure the Fly In effect options to enter from the left side of the slide.
  3. Set the animation duration to 1.00 second.
  4. Enhance the effect by applying the Whoosh sound effect.

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2. Display slide 2 and do the following:
  1. Select the slide title and apply the Fade entrance animation.
  2. Select the bulleted list and apply the Pulse emphasis animation.
  3. Configure the Pulse effect options to emphasize each bulleted list item individually and to change the color of the list item to Green after animating it.
  4. Use the Animation Painter to copy the animations from slide 2 to the corresponding elements on slide 3.

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3. Display slide 4 and apply the following animations in order:
  1. Apply the Teeter emphasis animation to the butterfly.
  2. Apply the Spin emphasis animation to the bumblebee.
  3. Configure a Custom Path motion path animation that causes the ladybug to walk on a curved path from its starting position to the center of the content area.
  4. Apply the Shrink & Turn exit animation to the mouse.
  5. Apply the Swivel exit animation to the frog.

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4. Display the presentation in Slide Show view to review the results.

5. Save the PowerPoint_4-2 presentation.

6. Open the PowerPoint_4-2_results presentation. Compare the two presentations to check your work. Then close the open presentations.

Exam Tasks

4.2 Animate slide content
  • Animate the text on slide # so that each bullet wipes in from right to left individually on click.
  • On slide #, animate the Example icon so that it flies in from the left.
  • Add the Example entrance animation to the example image on slide #.

Tip: for exam purposes it is generally safer to apply / add animations using the Advanced Animation group > Add Animation list.

Tasks

Open the PP16_ExamTask_4-2.pptx to complete the following tasks.

Animate the text on slide 2 so that each bullet wipes in from right to left individually on click.

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On slide 4, animate the bumblebee icon so that it flies in from the left.

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Add the Zoom entrance animation to the bumblebee image on slide 4.

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Reorder the animation of the images on slide 5 so that they fade in one by one from left to right.

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