This tutorial provides instructions for adding animation to PowerPoint 2007 presentations. It explains that animation can be added to individual elements, single slides, or entire slideshows. The Animations tab is used to select transition effects between slides and timing options. Custom animation allows effects like entrance, exit, emphasis, and motion paths to be applied to objects. A variety of effect options are demonstrated and the animation order and timing can be customized. The goal is to enhance presentations with animation but to avoid overusing it.

1. Adding
Animation to
Your
Powerpoint
2007
Presentation:
A Simple
Tutorial

2. As you create your Powerpoint
consider the ways in which you
might want to animate elements of
it. You can use animation on one
element (such as an individual
picture or text element), on a single
slide, or on the whole slideshow.

3. Create or open your Powerpoint document.
To begin animating it:
• Click on an individual slide you wish to animate
(you should be in in the Slides or Outline mode, not in
the Slideshow mode)
• Then click on the Animations tab at the top of the
screen
• You will now see the Animations menu above
the slide

4. • Hover over any of the icons on the
Animations menu with your mouse and
Powerpoint will automatically demonstrate
the effect it will have on your slide during a
transition from one slide to the next (Hovering
over the checkered icon, for example, will produce
the dissolve effect at the beginning of this slide)
• Once you have spent time playing with the
effects, simply click to highlight any effect
you would liked applied to your slide

5. • Also note that the Transition Sound drop
down menu allows you to add a range of
sound effects to your transitions and the
Transitions Speed regulates the speed of your
transition effects
• To get the same transition effect for your
whole slideshow, rather than one slide, simply
click the Apply To All button.

6. • Next click on the Custom
Animation button to open the
Animation Pane to your right
(this allows you to animate
individual objects, rather than
the whole slide)

7. Now click an object such as a picture, a
graph, or a block of text you wish to animate
and click on the Add Effect pull down menu to
begin.

8. There are four types of custom animation to
consider:
• Entrance (an animation effect that appears to be
entering your slide)
• Exit (an animation effect that appears to be
exiting your slide)
• Emphasis (an effect created to emphasis an
element of your slide by changing a font
style, font size, an object’s color or by
growing/shrinking an object)
• Motion Path (an effect in which your object is
moved along a desired path across the slide)

9. Each type of custom animation has a number of
different options within it. The easiest way to learn
is to try them out. Photoshop will demonstrate the
effect of each option as you click on it.
Some of the
many
options you
can select
Type of
custom
animation

10. • If you create a number of
animation effects, each
effect will be given a
number
• To change the order of any
effect, simply click the Re-
Order buttons at the
bottom of the menu or
click and hold the desired
object to move it up or
down in the custom
animation list

11. • Tip: Click on the Remove
button to eliminate your
animation
• Tip: Use the pull down Start
menu to determine when your
animation effects play
• Tip: Use the Slide Show button
to view your animations as
they will appear to your
viewers

12. Now have a ball! But remember
animation can easily go overboard. . .
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BINGO!!

13. Thank you.
Tutorial created by Edith Serkownek
If you have any questions or concerns please contact me at
eserkown@kent.edu