PowerPoint of Microsoft is popular among users all the time due to its wide use in a variety of fields. If you add a lot of text files into your PowerPoint However, many people may wonder how to insert GIF images into PowerPoint with ease. Next, the article will explain some fabulous methods to help. 2017-1-3 If you’re happy with the result, you can Save the edited GIF by overwriting the old one (left), or create a new one with the Save As button (right). While you’re at it, there are some other options available to you with the GIF editor. For one, you can add supplemental images to your animation.
When used judiciously, animation adds emphasis and visual appeal to PowerPoint presentations. It can transform a dull presentation into a lively and engaging one. However, you should be careful not to overdo it. Too much animation can be distracting, reduce comprehension, and make a presentation appear flimsy.
In this article, we’ll see how you can add free animation for your PowerPoint 2007 presentations.
PowerPoint Animation Basics
It is useful to understand the four basic types of free animations for PowerPoint:
Entry: used to introduce animated objects on a slide
Emphasis: used for emphasizing elements already present on a slide
Exit: how objects move off the slide
Motion Path: move objects in a specified path on the slide
Now let us see some simple ways you can add animation to your presentation.
Use Preset Animation for Text or Objects
To animate any object (text, shape, etc.), do the following:
1. Select the object you wish to animate
2. On the ribbon, select the Animations tab.
3. Choose an animation effect from the Animation drop-down.
Use Custom Animation for Text or Objects
For fine-grained control, click the Custom Animation button to bring up a task pane on the right.
Clicking the Add Effect button brings up a menu with four types of animations from which you can select the one you like. You can also add multiple animation effects, and see them added to a numbered list in the task pane. To remove any of them, select the animation from the list and click Remove. As you add animation effects, you will see numbered tags added beside the object you have selected.
You can further customize each animation effect using the three drop-downs. Start specifies whether the effect starts upon a mouse-click, starts simultaneously with the previous one, or starts after the previous one. The second drop-down depends on the effect and is used for customizing direction or other properties specific to that effect. The Speed drop-down selects the speed with which the effect is applied.
For advanced customization, right-click an effect in the list to bring up the context menu. Select Effect Options from the context menu to bring up a dialog box with more options to customize the effect.
You can reorder effects within the list using the Re-Order arrows at the bottom, and click Play to preview your animation.
Add Transitions Between Slides
Animations between two slides are called Transitions. To add Transitions, do the following:
In the left pane where all slides are shown in a vertical row, select the Slides tab.
Select one or more slides in the pane for which you want the desired transition.
On the Animations tab in the ribbon, choose a transition effect from the Transition to This Slide group.
You can optionally add Sound and change the speed of the transition using the drop-downs in the ribbon to the right as shown above. If you want to remove the transitions you have added, just select the slides and choose No Transition (first one) from the list.
Add Motion Path Animation
To make a graphic object move in a certain path on the slide, use Motion Path animation. This works best for graphic images with transparent backgrounds, as the graphic moves across other elements on the slide. To add Motion Path animation to an object, do the following:
Drag the object you wish to animate to its starting position.
Click to select the object.
Open the Animation task pane, as described earlier.
Select Add Effect > Motion Paths > Draw Custom Path > Scribble. The mouse pointer becomes like a pen.
Draw the desired animation path, starting at the object, and click where it should stop moving.
You can also check out a gallery of preset motion paths by selecting the More Motion Paths”¦ menu item.
Add Animated Clip Art
You can also check out free animated clip art graphics on the web. The Clip Art section on Office Online has a huge library of clip art, including animations. You can filter your search at the bottom to find only animations related to your search term. In this way, you can get some cool free animations that are ready to be added to your presentations. Another website to check out animation clip art is Animation Library.
Do your presentations come alive after adding animation? Tell us in the comments!
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Hi Mahendra, nicely explained - you know any way to export the object animations to pdf - not just the slide transitions?
Only Latex seems able to do that.
Regards Peter
I want to add moving objects on a slide. How to go about? thanks shailendra
@Shailendra: That's what is explained in the article! I did not understand what you didn't understand. :)
When you're getting ready to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to a client or in-house audience, you may need to install new font software to add special characters from a typeface of digital symbols, or to match a corporate typeface used by your audience. Although the Macintosh version of PowerPoint can use the large typeface library that installs automatically with Microsoft Office, you can add new fonts for use in PowerPoint, throughout your operating system and in all your applications.
Step 1
Locate the font files you want to install, either on your local hard drive or in another location, networked or removable. If you downloaded the files as a purchase from a font merchant, unarchive them from the ZIP file that contains them.
Step 2
Click on the 'Launchpad' icon in the Dock to reveal all your applications. Locate the Font Book icon and click on it to launch the program.
Step 3
Click on the '+' button under the Font column to navigate to the location of the font files you want to add to your active typeface collection. Highlight the name of the font file and click on the 'OK' button to install the typeface. Note that Font Book copies the files you select from their original location into the Library folder's Fonts folder, leaving the original files untouched where you stored them. This procedure allows you to install an active copy of a font file from a removable or network drive, and use the typeface even after you eject and remove the original source of its files.
Step 4
Twirl open the disclosure triangle to the left of the name of a typeface family to view its members, such as regular and bold weights, and italic versions of each. If the typeface you activated is a symbol typeface, it may include only one style.
Step 5
Click on the 'Size' drop-down menu at the top right corner of the Font Book interface to change the size of the typeface preview. The default 'Fit' setting displays the typeface sample at a size that fits into the dimensions of the preview area. If you choose 'Fit,' the actual size of the display appears after the name of the typeface below the preview area. You also can drag the slider at the right side of the Font Book interface to enlarge or reduce the display size interactively.
Step 6
Press 'Cmd-I' to see information about the typeface, including its name, the languages it supports, the version of the software represented by the files on your system, where Font Book placed the installed versions of the files, and information about the typeface designer. The information screen also tells you whether the typeface software uses copy protection, whether you can embed it in a PDF document for viewing by others and if it duplicates an existing installed font.
Step 7
Click on the 'Repertoire' icon above the Collection list to examine all the characters in the typeface instead of the standard preview sample. Scroll through the display of glyphs to review the entire character set.
Tips
Double-click on a font file in the Finder to launch Font Book and preview the typeface. For OpenType or TrueType typefaces, which include all their software resources in a single suitcase file, select one or more typefaces to preview at the same time and press 'Cmd-PgDn.' To preview PostScript Type 1 typefaces, which separate their software resources into suitcases and PostScript files, double-click on the suitcase files or press 'Cmd-PgDn.' Once Font Book launches and displays the preview, click on the 'Install' button to activate the typeface.
Avoid installing duplicates of typefaces already present in your Mac OS X font library. Font Book flags duplicate fonts, identifying them in the Fonts list and in the information panel.
If you obtain an updated version of a font file from its developer, disable and remove the version you're currently using before you install the new version.
References
Resources
Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual; David Pogue
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