JULY 2018
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By Arnold Villeneuve
Yes, I know, if you go to a lot of meetings you are probably
sick and tired of seeing yet another PowerPoint slide deck
presentation! If people are sliding under the table when you
are giving your PowerPoint presentation you need to liven
them up a little bit, and incorporating animation is a great
way to do so! You can capture peoples' attention while
improving your chances of getting your point across.
Add animation to your
PowerPoint presentation
Arnold Villeneuve has over
25 years in the computer
technology and services industry
working with standalone and
networked microcomputers,
minicomputers, and mainframe
systems. He has been an
author and Instructor with
Learning Tree International since 1993, where he has developed
seven courses for instructor-led, computer-based training, and
e-learning initiatives.
Learning Tree offers practical, real-world training in today's most
in-demand skills, including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, project
management, leadership and professional development.
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Besides being fun, there are two really good reasons to
incorporate animation in your PowerPoint presentation.
1. It can help you control the pace of your presenta-
tion by incorporating time-based points of action.
2. It greatly improves the appearance of and interest
in the content.
This can be achieved by incorporating a number of
elements within a slide or how you transition from one
slide to the next. Let's start with slide transition.
Slide transitions are the effects that occur when you
move from one slide to the next during an on-screen
presentation. Here's how to work with them:
On the Transitions tab, in the Transition to This Slide group, click a slide
transition effect. To see more transition effects, click the More button. To
set the duration of the slide transition between the previous slide and the
current slide, on the Transitions tab, in the Timing group, type or select
the speed that you want in the Duration box. The latter controls the ef-
fect, duration, or sound used for a slide transition, and the time to spend
on a slide before advancing to the next.
Add, change, or remove transitions between slides
Lights! Camera! Animation!
Animation can help make a PowerPoint presentation
more dynamic and help make information more memo-
rable. The most common types of animation effects
include entrances and exits. You can also add sound to
increase the intensity of your animation effects.
Many presentation experts recommend using anima-
tions and sound effects sparingly. Animation can be
useful in making a presentation more dynamic, and help
to emphasize points, but too much animation can be
distracting. Do not let animation and sound take the fo-
cus away from what you are saying. Too much of a good
thing can be a bad thing!
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