How to create animations in PowerPoint

This article we will show you how to create animations in PowerPoint. To keep your audience interested in your slides, it’s important to make your PowerPoint presentation interesting to look at. Text, shapes, pictures, tables, and more can be made to move. By moving objects in place or around the slide canvas, animation effects in PowerPoint make it easy to see how your presentation changes from one state to another. Motion makes people feel their most basic instincts and draws the eye naturally. When used well, this kind of content makes watching exciting and interesting.

The main goal of using animations is not just to make content more interactive and fun, but also to draw attention to the most important parts and make ideas easier to remember. Microsoft PowerPoint has a lot of animations that can be used on text, shapes, or pictures. Effects like “Appear,” “Fade in,” “Fly in,” etc., are used a lot. Sometimes our ideas go beyond simple effects, so we have to make a more complicated, one-of-a-kind animation that isn’t in any other presentation. Here are the steps how to create animations in PowerPoint.

How to create animations in PowerPoint on Windows

1. Open PowerPoint on your Windows computer and create a new presentation or open an existing one.
2. Select the slide on which you want to add the animation. You can click on the slide thumbnail on the left side or use the slide navigation at the bottom of the screen.
3. Once you’re on the desired slide, click on the “Animations” tab in the PowerPoint ribbon at the top of the screen.
4. In the “Animations” tab, you’ll find various animation options. You can choose from the preset animations or create custom animations.
5. To apply a preset animation, select the object or text box on the slide that you want to animate. Then, click on the “Add Animation” button in the “Animations” tab. A dropdown menu will appear with different animation options.
6. Choose the animation you want to apply to the selected object. PowerPoint provides a wide range of animation effects like entrance, exit, emphasis, and motion paths.
7. Once you’ve applied an animation, you can customize its settings. Click on the “Animation Pane” button in the “Animations” tab to open the Animation Pane on the right side of the screen. The Animation Pane allows you to manage and adjust animations.
8. In the Animation Pane, you can reorder animations, adjust their timing, change the duration, add delays, and modify other properties.
9. To preview the animation, click on the “Preview” button in the “Animations” tab. This will show you how the animation will look when played.
10. You can add additional animations to other objects or text boxes on the slide by repeating steps 5 to 9.
11. To apply animations to subsequent slides, select the slide and follow the same steps to add and customize animations.
12. Once you’ve finished creating animations, you can run the slideshow to see them in action. Click on the “Slide Show” tab in the PowerPoint ribbon and choose “From Beginning” or “From Current Slide” to start the presentation.

How to create animations in PowerPoint on Mac

1. Open PowerPoint on your Mac computer and create a new presentation or open an existing one.
2. Select the slide on which you want to add the animation. You can click on the slide thumbnail on the left side or use the slide navigation at the bottom of the screen.
3. Once you’re on the desired slide, click on the “Animations” tab in the PowerPoint toolbar at the top of the screen.
4. In the “Animations” tab, you’ll find various animation options. You can choose from the preset animations or create custom animations.
5. To apply a preset animation, select the object or text box on the slide that you want to animate. Then, click on the “Add Animation” button in the “Animations” tab. A dropdown menu will appear with different animation options.
6. Choose the animation you want to apply to the selected object. PowerPoint provides a wide range of animation effects like entrance, exit, emphasis, and motion paths.
7. Once you’ve applied an animation, you can customize its settings. Click on the “Animation Pane” button in the “Animations” tab to open the Animation Pane on the right side of the screen. The Animation Pane allows you to manage and adjust animations.
8. In the Animation Pane, you can reorder animations, adjust their timing, change the duration, add delays, and modify other properties.
9. To preview the animation, click on the “Play” button in the “Animations” tab. This will show you how the animation will look when played.
10. You can add additional animations to other objects or text boxes on the slide by repeating steps 5 to 9.
11. To apply animations to subsequent slides, select the slide and follow the same steps to add and customize animations.
12. Once you’ve finished creating animations, you can run the slideshow to see them in action. Click on the “Slide Show” tab in the PowerPoint toolbar and choose “From Beginning” or “From Current Slide” to start the presentation.

What is PowerPoint?

Microsoft PowerPoint, which most people just call PowerPoint, is a piece of software made by Microsoft for making good presentations. It comes with the Microsoft Office package. The program has tools like word processing, drawing, graphing, and outlining, as well as slides. So, the slides can show text, a table, a chart, graphics, and media.

Microsoft PowerPoint is a professional presentation program that lets the user make a “presentation slide” that can be shown on the computer screen through a projector that is plugged into the computer. When you are learning PowerPoint, you need to pay attention to three main parts of the Microsoft PowerPoint window. If you want to know more information about this visit official Microsoft PowerPoint support site.