Animation of text

The other place we can add animation is, to every object in the slide.
Let me begin with the text.
First select the object, in this case the “Text box” with the text “From Zero” (1).
Then choose the “Animation” (2) tab and you click the “Add Animate” (3) button.

 

This opens a list of all the different animations you can apply to an object.  These animations are divided into different categories (A).

So you have the “Entrance” category which determine the effect when the object appears on the slide.

You have the “Emphasis” category in which you will find animations that you can use when you click an object in your slide if you would like to add emphasis.

You have the “Exit” category which determines the effect with which the object disappears from the slide.

And you have the category “Motion Paths” in which we give the object to follow a path.

And you have a number of buttons that you can search for multiple effects should you not find what you want (B) in the above categories.

Clicking this opens a dialog with a lot of effects you can use.
The only thing I can say is, “do not go crazy”.

 

When you’ve chosen an effect this puts a build number in the slide next to the object and you will find some options in the “Ribbon” for that effect.  For example, when animating a text, there is a choice of whether to add animation for the entire text at once , or a paragraph.

You have the option of applying different animations to an object.  Beside the object, there appears a rank number (1) for the applied animation.  If you want to change the order, open the “Animation Pane”, click and drag the animation up or down (2), depending on when you want the animation to play.  Clicking on the downward pointing arrow beside the animation (3) opens a menu where, among other things, the animation you don’t need can be removed.

 

Multiple options can be set when you choose “Effect Options” or “Time Settings” in the drop-down menu.
This opens a dialog with three tabs, “Effect”, “Timing” and “Text Animation”.

Copy / Paste Animation

What’s new in “PowerPoint” 2010 is the possibility of copying a previously created animation and pasting it onto another object.

This can occur between different objects in a single slide and also between objects that are on different slides.

To do this, first select the object where the animation (s) is (are) applied to (1).
In this case, therefore, the text “From Zero”.
Then click the “Animation Painter” button in the “Ribbon” (2).
Then move your mouse pointer over the object you want to paste the animation (3) to and when the pointer is changed to an arrow with a brush, click it.
That is all, the animation is now added to the text “To Hero”.
A very useful feature I think.

 

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