PowerPoint Animation Training PRESENTED BY RICHARD SNAPP – NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Applications Used Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 / 2013

Training Objectives To perform the following tasks:  Animating Paragraph Text Entrance  Animating Object Entrance  Animating Object Exit  Modifying Animation Timing  Preview Slideshow

Overview Purpose  To learn how to use the animation function in Microsoft PowerPoint Scenario  You are giving a presentation to the NCAA on the importance of funding soccer for local high schools. The presentation is going to explain the top five reasons why soccer is better than most team sports.  Files can be downloaded at

Animating Paragraph Text Entrance  Open powerpoint_animations_example.pptx  Click Enable Editing

Animating Paragraph Text Entrance  Click inside the text box  Click the Animations tab  Click the Add Animation drop down  Click the Fade entrance option

Animating Paragraph Text Entrance  Click Animation Pane (the animation pane will display)  Click the Content Place dropdown  Click Effect Options…

Animating Paragraph Text Entrance  Click the Text Animation tab  Click the Group Text dropdown  Select By 3 rd Level Paragraphs  Click OK (this will now animate each line of text separately on mouse click)

Animating Object Entrance  Click on Slide 2  Click on the Second Soccer Ball  Click on the Add Animation dropdown  Click the Fade entrance option (repeat steps for the third & fourth soccer balls)

Animating Object Exit  Click on the First Soccer Ball  Click on the Add Animation dropdown  Click the Fade exit option (repeat steps for the second & third soccer balls)

Modifying Animation Timing  In the Animation Pane, click and drag the Pictures 4 & 5 exit timing after Picture 5 & 6 entrance timing  Animation sequence should look like this

Preview Slideshow  Press the F5 key to preview your presentation  Slide 1: after each button click, each line of the paragraph should appear  Slide 2: after each button click, the second soccer ball should appear, then the first soccer ball disappear and so on, giving the appearance that the ball is moving from the left to the right of the screen. If it does not appear as such, then you need to adjust your entrance/exit timing for each picture.

PowerPoint Animation Training PRESENTED BY RICHARD SNAPP – NOVEMBER 4, 2014