Animations and transitions are important tools in PowerPoint that can add value to your presentation by making it more interesting and appealing. With movement and effects added, you can better capture attention and get your message across. In this article, I will show you how animations and transitions can improve your PowerPoint slides.
1. Using transitions to add creativity between slides
The transitions in PowerPoint refers to the animations one uses when moving from one slide to another. These effects ease the shift between slides so that each slide flow into the next more smoothly and dynamically.
To add a transition between slides, do the following:
1. Open your PowerPoint presentation and click on the Transition tab.
2. Choose the slide on which you want to implement the transition.
3. Select a transition effect e.g. Fade or Push to set your slide transition.
4. If you want to change the effect, click on the Effect Options drop down list.
5. If you want to try out the effect, go to the Slide Show tab and click From Beginning to watch the transitions.
Transitions will make your presentation appear polished and sophisticated so that slide changes are visually gratifying.
2. Using Animation Effects on Individual Slide Components Parts of Slides Animations Effects of PowerPoint Enhance the Slides Animations
Animative action PowerPoint allows users to add animations to certain parts of their slides like text, pictures, objects, or tables on the slides. Animation can be divided into four broad categories:
1. Note: The effect which makes a new object appear on the slide
2. Stress: The animation which brings attention to an object.
3. Disappear: The effect which makes an object disappear from the slide.
4. Motion Paths: Animation which moves objects from one position to another along a path.
To add an animation on any part of the slide:
1. Choose the object like text, picture, or any other which you need to get animated.
2. Go to the Animation tab and select the relevant animation style you want to set like Entrance, Emphasis, Exit or Motion Paths.
3. In case of Motion Paths, select the point where the object should start appearing from and the end point where it is to disappear. The green pointer represents the position of start and the red one represents the place of end.
Motion Paths are very unique among the other styles of animation, as they enable you to tell a story while you narrate in class, stirring up a child’s creative imagination.
Things To Remember:
– Transitions offer smoother and more captivating effects in moving between slides of the presentation.
– While animations can draw the eyes to specific parts of your slides, motion more generally enables you to move elements and even the slide itself to tell a more elaborate story… or a less boring one. A good presentation is just that: a show.
Including animations and transitions in your PowerPoint can help create a playful and more engaging experience for your audience. you may make minor changes or use significant ones, but either way, you get more from your presentation.
