Animate a picture on your slide
To add some spirit to your presentation, you can add an animation effect to a picture or to shapes on your slides.
In this example, we’ll animate two pictures:
Select the first picture.
On the Animations tab, select an animation effect. For example, select Fly In .
Click Effect Options , and then pick a direction for the animation. For example, From Left .
Select the second picture that you want to animate.
On the Animations tab, pick Fly In .
Click Effect Options and pick From Right .
Tip: You can change the order of the animations by selecting a picture and, under Reorder Animation on the ribbon, clicking Move Earlier or Move Later .
To test the animations you just applied to the two pictures, select the Slide Show button located at the bottom-right corner of the browser window:
In slide show view, click a slide to start each animation.
Tip: To remove an animation effect, in Normal view, select the picture, and on the Animations tab, click None .
More about animation:
Animate text or objects
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Animating objects in your PowerPoint presentation, when done properly, lets you help control the pace at which you give your audience information. We’ve shown you how to hide an object in PowerPoint . Now, let’s look at the various ways to make an object appear.
Animate Your Objects
In a bit, we’re going to go through how to set the start time and speed of an animation, but first, we need to decide which type of animation we want to give our objects.
If you haven’t already inserted an image in your presentation, go ahead and do that now by heading to the “Insert” tab and clicking the “Pictures” button.
Go ahead and position the image where you want it and apply any formatting you want. Then, with your picture selected, switch over to the “Animations” tab.
You’ll the most common animations displayed right on the ribbon; click one to use it.
If you don’t see one you like, click the little down arrow at the bottom right of the animations to see the full list.
In the drop-down menu, you’ll see a lot more animations you can use, and you can find even more by clicking any of the “More…” options at the bottom of the menu. PowerPoint offers a lot of animations.
We’re going to go with a simple Fade animation for our example here, but the same techniques apply no matter what you choose. Once you select your animation, a number will appear at the top-left of the object. This number indicates the order in which the object will appear on the slide if you have more than one animation. In this example, we have only one object with an animation, so we’ll only see the number “1.”
Now, if we play our presentation, the image will appear after you click your mouse (that’s the default method for initiating an animation, but more on that later).
If we throw in another image into the mix and give it an animation, we’ll see the number “2” appear next to it, meaning it will be the second object to appear on the slide. Let’s try it out. On the second image, we’re going to select the “Float In” animation.
Now you’ll see the number 2 appear next to the object.
And here’s what it would look like in the actual presentation.
Pretty neat, right? As you can see, you can control which image appears first and how it appears in the presentation.
You can also apply multiple animations to a single object. This is handy for all kinds of things. You could use multiple animations for extra emphasis, or you make an object appear on and then disappear from the slide before moving on.
In this example, we’re going to make an object appear, then give it a little extra emphasis afterward.
First, select the object and then head over to the “Animations” tab. This time, click the “Add Animation” button. You must select the animations from here if you want to apply multiple animations.
Once selected, a drop-down menu will appear that looks just like the expanded animations drop-down we showed you earlier. We already applied the Fade animation to our object, so this time we’re going to select the “Teeter” animation from the “Emphasis” section.
Now you’ll see both the number 1 and 2 next to the object, indicating the order in which the animations will happen.
Here’s what it looks like in action. First, it fades in, and then it teeters a bit.
Now that you understand how to use animations let’s talk about how to control their timing.
Setting the Animation Start Time and Speed
There are three options available for making your animation start:
- On Click: This makes the animation begin when you click your mouse. It’s also the default trigger.
- With Previous: This initiates the object animation at the same time as the previous animation.
- After Previous: This makes the animation begin after the last animation finishes.
To find these settings, select the object you’re animating, head to the “Animations” tab, and then click the box next to “Start.”
Select the start option you want from the drop-down menu.
You can also set a duration for the animation. Changing the duration makes the animation run slower or faster. If, for example, you have an object enter by flying in from the left, but it’s flying in a little to quickly, you could increase the duration to make it move more slowly.
You can also add a delay that happens before the animation starts. This delay happens based on what start setting you use. For example, if your start setting is “On Click” and you have a delay of two seconds, the animation will start two seconds after clicking. If your start setting is “After Previous” and you have a delay of five seconds, the animation will start five seconds after the previous animation finishes.
The options you have available for manipulating how and when objects appear are nearly endless. Play around with these features a bit, and you’ll be making a great presentation in no time!
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With two simple Mouse Over action buttons, you can create a fun on-and-off effect in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
There are several on and off states—true/false, open/close, yes/no, and so on. Thanks to Microsoft PowerPoint’s Mouse Over action button, moving from one state to another, seemingly without moving to a new slide is easy. In truth, you do need two slides, but the audience won’t realize it. In this article, I’ll show you how to use PowerPoint’s Mouse Over action button to turn an on button to off, and vice versa.
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I’m using Microsoft 365 , but you can use earlier versions. For your convenience, download the demonstration .pptx file . The browser edition will let you add Mouse Over, but it might not play online.
How to create the buttons
Our presentation has two slides. As you can see in Figure A , one has a green GO button and the other has a red OFF button. These are extremely simple images, and once you’ve learned the technique for switching between them, you can work on creating a more sophisticated set of buttons. Or you can download something ready-made. For our purposes, the simpler the better, so we can concentrate on the technique.
To create the green button, insert an oval from the Shapes option in the Illustrations group on the Insert tab. Hold down the Shift key while inserting the shape to make it a perfect circle. Double-click the circle to open the text control and enter ON . With the text selected, change the font and font size to Arial Black, 150. To finish the button, use the Shape Fill option in the Shape Styles group on the Shape Format contextual tab to choose green.
I’m using text, but you could use a set of images instead. In fact, a set of off and on switch plates or a set of lit and unlit lightbulbs would work well. I didn’t do this myself to avoid forcing you to download images, but you might want to try this on your own later.
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It’s important that the button shapes on both slides be in the same spot. It’s easier to duplicate the slide and change the text and color than to create a new slide from scratch. Right-click the slide in the navigtor and choose Duplicate Slide. Select the second slide, change the text to OFF, and then change the color to red. With both slides ready, the next step is to add the Mouse Over action buttons.
How to add Mouse Over
PowerPoint’s Mouse Over isn’t a VBA event or procedure; it’s an action button. By moving the mouse over that action button, you trigger a specified action. It’s really very simple. To get started, select the green button slide, and do the following:
- Select the green button (circle).
- Click the Insert tab, click the Shapes option in the Illustrations group, choose the last action button in the Action Buttons section (it’s a blank rectangle) and then insert by covering only the word GO, as shown in Figure B .
- In the resulting dialog, click the Mouse Over tab.
- Click the Hyperlink To option and retain the default setting, which is Next Slide ( Figure B ).
- On the contextual Shape Format tab, click the Shape Fill option (in the Shape Styles group) and choose No Fill from the dropdown list.
- From the Shape Outline dropdown, choose No Outline.
- Select the second slide—the red Off button—and repeat these steps with one exception: In step 4, choose Previous Slide from the Hyperlink to dropdown.
How to play the show
Let’s check our work by clicking F5 to run the show. Remember, right now, don’t click anything as you normally might. The first slide displays the green button. You can move the mouse all around the word GO, but as soon as you move the mouse over the word GO, the second button appears. That simple mouse movement changes ON to OFF. To re-display the ON button, hover over the word OFF. (If you like, you could just as easily use a Mouse Click action button.)
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Right now, you have a little loop going. To get out of the loop, click the OFF slide as you normally would to display the next slide. Hovering over OFF takes you to the previous slide; clicking moves you forward a slide. If you plan to go back and forth between the two slides, and you want the ability to exit the loop from the GO slide, add a Mouse Click action button that hyperlinks to the slide following the GO button slide.
Note: This technique is similar to the new Morph feature, and they’re both easy to implement. Use an action button when you don’t need PowerPoint to create changes on its own between slides. You can learn more about Morph by reading the following articles:
- How to use PowerPoint 2016’s stunning new Morph transition
- How to use PowerPoint’s morph feature to move bullet points
You could add sound—a simple click perhaps—to the action buttons, but I’ve found the sound a bit too slow for this particular technique. The slide moves faster than the sound plays.
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https://vapromag.co.uk/referral/microsoft-business With a PowerPoint presentation, it can be useful to have certain slides or words appearing when you click the mouse, giving the presenter control over the slideshow and when to show certain information. This effect is controlled through the Animation options of Microsoft PowerPoint.
To begin with, you need to have your presentation designed and slides setup with the static content on there.
Next, select the slide that you want to animate
From the ribbon select ‘ animations ‘ tab and then open the animation pane under ‘ advanced animation’ group > animation pane
The next bit is then where we can start to have fun! You are limited only by your imagination!
Select the item that you wish to animate, and then under ‘animation effects’ select the animation that you would like. You can use more than one animation per object, so for example you could have text appear on the screen and then fly off afterwards.
In this example we are going to make our text zoom onto the screen. To do this, click we use an entrance effect. There are lots of options here – hover over each one to see a preview of how the animation will work with your text.
After you have added your animation, you will see the item is added to the animation pane. From here the options for customising the timings and effects are endless! In the animations pane, double click the item you want to edit
Next, in the resulting animations dialog box select the timing tab
From the ‘start’ dropdown box select On click
When you are done, click OK
To view your slideshow and test the animation go to slideshow tab> start slide show
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Interactivity is one of many factors to keep a presentation more engaging and vivid. With a laser pointer device, now presenters can interact directly with a slide without having to stay in front of a computer. This opens a whole new exciting feature that is otherwise difficult to apply before.
In this guide, I will show you how to enable that effect on a picture in PowerPoint. The procedure is quite easy, but basic knowledge of PowerPoint would be needed.
2. Go to Insert > Pictures and select the image source of your choice.
5. Now, navigate to Add Animation > Grow/Shrink .
6. Still under the Animations menu, be sure that it starts with On Click . You may also want to modify the Duration and Delay .
8. Right-click on the animation and select Effect Options…
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10. Finally, don’t forget to test the slide to see how it would look animated.
Tip: Add a fraction of animation time on “Smooth start” and “Smooth end” at the Effect Options window. This will make the entire animation feels fluid and less jagged.
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Thinking to unlock some creative side of yours? Want to add some fun and innovation in your presentation? Explore your creativity with some fun ideas that we have picked up for you. Add awesome animation effects in your PowerPoint presentation and leave your audience stunned.
Want to know what it will be? Just take a look at the below presentation. Press F5 to get the view on the wider screen and click on any image.
Liked it? This is the Click to Zoom Effect where you can immediately grab your audience’s attention towards the most important thing you think. You add this amazing Click to Zoom Effect on the image, and there it is on the wide screen. It is better than just pointing out something with the scale or stick at the screen. Add this fun effect in your presentation and save your audience from the regular and simple presentations. How can you do it? Here are the steps:
- Insert the required image in the PowerPoint presentation. You have the choice to add many images at one time or just one image. Here, we are adding 5 images and will show how you can select one image on which you can add the Click to Zoom Effect. To insert the image, go to INSERT> PICTURE .
- Now once you have added the images, select the image on which you want to add the effect, copy and paste it on the other slide. We have chosen to add the effect on the Ring picture.
- Drag the corners of the image to enlarge the size according to the requirement.
- Add a Rectangle shape preferably on the right side of the enlarged image. To do so, click INSERT> SHAPES> RECTANGLES> RECTANGLE .
- Once you have placed the Rectangle, right click the RECTANGLE , go to FORMAT SHAPE> FILL> SOLID FILL> WHITE COLOR . Increase the Transparency to 50-60%. Go to LINE option under the FILL option, choose NO LINE .
- Let’s add some effect on the Rectangle Shape. We are doing it to make it look like a Call-to-Action button. Select the shape, go to SHAPE EFFECTS> BEVEL> CIRCLE . You can pick up any other effect.
- Now add the CROSS or MULTIPLY SHAPE over the Rectangle. We are adding the CROSS on the enlarged image to give the viewer an option to close the enlarged view and go back to the original shape. To add the CROSS BUTTON on the rectangular shape, go to INSERT> SHAPES> EQUATION SHAPES> MULTIPLY (CROSS ). Also add the text CLOSE besides the cross sign indicating the close option.
- Select the CROSS BUTTON, CLOSE text and RECTANGLE shape while pressing Ctrl Key, right click and choose the option “SAVE AS PICTURE”
- After saving as picture, insert the saved picture on the enlarged image. Place it on the right side of the image. (Delete the original shape and text before placing the saved picture).
- Next step is to apply Hyperlinks on the image. Right click the “Close” button added and select the Hyperlink option.
- Insert Hyperlink window opens up. Select the ‘Place in This Document’ option and choose the slide no. on which the original (small image) is added. Select OK.
- Time to apply some animation effects now. Select the enlarged image and go to the ANIMATION tab and select ZOOM . Select the ‘ Close’ button and apply the APPEAR animation effect to it.
- Click on the ANIMATION PANE under the ANIMATION Animation Pane will open up on the right side of the slide showing all the animation effects applied.
- Right click on the ‘Zoom’ animation effect and set it to ‘Start With Previous’ . Similarly, set the ‘Appear’ animation to ‘Start After Previous’ . Click on the ‘Timings’ option to set the duration of the animation effects according to your requirements and click OK .
- Now, we will apply hyperlink on the original (small size) image added earlier. Right click on the image and select the ‘Hyperlink’ option.
- Insert Hyperlink window opens up. Select the ‘Place in This Document’ option and choose the slide no. on which the enlarged image is added.
- Press F5, click the Ring image and see the magic of animation.
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