PowerPoint Animations

How to Do It

This sample adds a simple animation to a logo that's already on the presentation's slide master. To see the results, download championzone-after.ppt (332 KB PowerPoint file, 3 min @ 28.8 Kbps) and open it in PowerPoint. Or download the original file championzone-before.ppt (193 KB PowerPoint file, 3 min @ 28.8 Kbps), and follow these steps to animate it yourself:

1.            Open the championzone-before.ppt file in PowerPoint 2002.

2.            View slide 1 in the PowerPoint editor.

3.            On the View menu, point to Master and then click Slide Master.

Adding an entrance effect to the ball and logo:

4.            Click the soccer ball by the Championzone logo at the top right.

5.            On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation. (The Custom Animation task pane will open up in the right column.)

6.            On the Custom Animation task pane, click Add Effect, point to Entrance, and then click Fade. You should see a preview of the animation. (If Fade does not appear on the list, click More Effects instead. Then in the Add Entrance Effect dialog box, click Fade and then click OK.)

7.            Now click on the Championzone logo on the slide.

8.            On the Custom Animation task pane, click the Add Effect button, point to Entrance, and click More Effects. Then select the Light Speed effect in the Excitement section of the effects list. Then click OK.

9.            Then click the Direction button on the task pane, and select From Left.

10.        Select both effects just added and click the drop-down arrow at the right of the last effect selected, and select Start With Previous from the drop-down menu. (This makes the animations occur simultaneously.)

11.        Click the drop-down arrow again, and select Show Advanced Timeline. (This changes the view to show the timeline bars for the effects added.)

12.        Then click the Speed drop-down menu and select Fast.

Adding the motion path:

13.        Click the soccer ball on the slide.

14.        On the Custom Animation task pane, click the Add Effect button, point to Motion Paths, and then click on Left. (This adds a leftward motion path to the ball)

15.        Click the motion path—a line with a green arrow at one end and a red arrow at the other end.

16.        Place your pointer over the path's red end until your pointer changes to a diagonal resize arrow. Then, hold down the SHIFT key, click the end, and drag it to the left until it is off the screen.

17.        On the Custom Animation task pane, click the drop-down arrow next to the motion path effect you just added on the soccer ball and select Timing.

18.        Click on the Start drop-down menu, and select After previous.

19.        In the Speed edit box, and type 0.7.

20.        Next, click the Effect tab at the top of the dialog box.

21.        Clear the Smooth start check box and click OK. (This makes the soccer ball start at full speed rather than accelerate up to full speed at the start of the motion path.)

 

 

Try it for yourself:

1.            Open the championzone-before.ppt file (193 KB PowerPoint file, 3 min @ 28.8 Kbps), or if you've done the first example continue working with that file.

2.            On the View menu, point to Master and then click Slide Master.

3.            Make sure the Custom Animation task pane is visible by clicking Custom Animation on the Slide Show menu.

4.            Select the first master shown in the thumbnails at the left. (It's the one with a lot of white space.)

5.            Click anywhere inside the bulleted text container. (The first line of text reads "Click to edit master text styles".)

6.            On the Custom Animation task pane, click the Add Effect button, point to Emphasis, and then click on Change Font Color. (If Change Font Color does not appear on the list, click More Effects instead. Then in the Add Emphasis Effect dialog box, click Change Font Color and then click OK.)

7.            Click the Font Color drop-down menu, and select the black color tile.

8.            Then click the Speed drop-down menu, and select Very Fast

9.      Open the championzone-beforesound.ppt file in PowerPoint.

10.  On the View menu, point to Master and then click Slide Master.

11.  Make sure the Custom Animation task pane is visible by clicking Custom Animation on the Slide Show menu.

12.  Double-click the motion path—a line with a green arrow at one end and a red arrow at the other end. (This will open an effect options dialog box.)

13.  Click the Sound drop-down menu, and select deepclick.wav, which is a custom sound that's already inserted on the slide. Or you can choose any other appropriate sound, such as Whoosh. If you have even better sounds of your own, select Other Sound browse your hard drive for .wav files.