2.05 PowerPointApply Transitions and Animations

Transitions Transitions are movements from one slide to

another during a presentation.   A transition can add the checkerboard effect

to each slide.   On Mouse Click is the option which indicates

that a presentation should wait for a mouse click prior to moving to the next slide.

Transitions The Duration command is used to specify the

length of the transition effect for each slide in a presentation.

  If you want slide 1 to stay on the screen for 30

seconds use Duration.   If you do not want the sound clip icon to

display during a slideshow use Hide During Show.

Animation Use animation to add visual interest

such as having planes fly in on a slide. Entrance is the commonly used

animation effect makes text on a slide appear in the presentation.

Animation The animation effect adds interest to a slide

show and focuses audience attention on important points by adding entrances, emphasis, motion paths, or exits to text or objects.

 You can go to add animation to create entrance and exit animation.

The Effect Options command is used to view the various options that can be applied to an animation.

Animation Animation pane is used to reorder

slides. Reorder Animation is used to switch

slides around to be more audience friendly.

To reverse the order of the entrance of drums and french horns on slide seven use the Animation Pane.

Animation The Animations ribbon contains

commands that apply an entrance effect to a chart.

The animation painter will apply the same animation from slide 3 to 5.

Animation The Preview command is used to test

animations on a slide before delivering the presentation.

A trigger is used to maintain the audience’s interest such as when you click on a horn it beeps.