
Feb 06, 2015
Today, I’m going to talk about two features of Microsoft PowerPoint that really make PowerPoint a distinctive part of the Office suite – transitions and animations. Both of these enable your presentation to differentiate itself from a Word document or a still image. Things can jump and move around, adding excitement, and drawing the audience’s interest.Transitions
A transition is how one slide moves to another. Normally the first slide disappears and then the new slide appears, but if you want add a little action to this it is very simple. Go to the Transitions tab and you will see a gallery of different transitions. I recommend that you set the colour of the second slide to be different from the first to get the full effect of each transition. (In the Design tab, click on Background Styles then Format Background to change the background colour). When you choose a transition, it previews it in the slide. Tip: Shift – F5 runs the slide show from the current slide, F5 runs the slide show from the start of the presentation.Animations
Animation is similar to transitions, but only apply to elements/objects within the slide, for example, text boxes and images. Go to the Animations Tab and you’ll see a gallery that is somewhat similar to the transitions tab. Make sure you have an elements/objects on the slide selected, otherwise most of this tab will be greyed out. Choose an element/object, like a text box or a picture and then choose an animation. You’ll see a preview of roughly what it will look like when you choose it.How do your Excel skills stack up?
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