In this Article: Animating Text or Objects Animating Page Transitions Adding Animated Images and Videos to a Presentation Community Q&A References Animations can be used in Powerpoint to add a bit of flair to a presentations.
Emphasis animation effects determine how the slide object calls attention to itself while it is on-the-slide. And effect animations allow a slide object to enter or exit the, whereas slide objects with Emphasis Effect animations are already there on the slide area before they start animating, and will be there even after they have finished animating. Typical Emphasis animation effects are Spin and Grow/Shrink. You can also apply Emphasis animation effects to text objects so that the fonts or the text colors change. In all, there are 50 or more Emphasis Effects that provides. However, make sure you use animation only if it adds value to your presentation and helps you explain something better to your audience.
The Add Animation drop-down gallery of the includes some of the Emphasis animations, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, below. Figure 1: Emphasis Effects available for a shape (or a picture) Notice that some of the Emphasis Effect animations such as Brush Color, Font Color, Wave etc. Have been greyed out. This is because these effects work only with text, and we have selected a shape to apply animation. Now, look at Figure 2 which shows the Add Animation drop-down gallery we summoned for applying animation to a text box.
Figure 2: Emphasis Effects available for text In Figure 2, you can see that all Text animations which are greyed out in are available, but Line Color and Fill Color effects have been greyed out since they don't apply to text. If you want to explore more Emphasis animation effects, select the More Emphasis Effects option within the Add Animation drop-down gallery as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 1, earlier on this page. This opens the Add Emphasis Effect dialog box, as shown in Figure 3.
The emphasis effect animations within Add Emphasis Effect dialog box entirely depend upon the slide object you have selected. Within Figure 3, towards left you can see the Add Emphasis Effect dialog box when a shape is selected (we selected a Rectangle) for applying animation.
If you select some text, it will look what you see towards the right within Figure 3. Figure 3: Add Emphasis Effect dialog box Within the Add Emphasis Effect dialog box you can see the Emphasis Effects divided into 4 categories:.
Basic. Subtle. Moderate. Exciting Broadly speaking, these category names explain how much attention-seeking each of these available effects are. Effects in the Basic category are simple, everyday effects that you may have seen a zillion times. Subtle effects do not attract too much attention, Moderate effects do ask for some attention, and effects in the Exciting category scream for your audience's attention. As far as possible, you should use a simple effect such as Appear, Grow/Shrink, or Transparency.
These are all from either the Basic or Subtle categories. The embedded sample presentation below shows all the Emphasis Effects animation available in PowerPoint.