Weve put together a quick list of animation tips to help you create a dynamic PowerPoint presentation.
Now, let’s take a look at how you could make the most out of PowerPoint animations.
Plan Ahead
prior to beginning working on your presentation, draw an outline of how it should look.
Also, planning ahead is one of the most efficient ways to save time when creating a PowerPoint presentation.
Youve animated a picture, but now you should probably resize it, so its details are more visible.
To avoid losing time, you should rename every object right after you insert it.
To do it, select theHometab.
Then, head to theEditingmenu and clickSelect> Selection Pane.
To rename the object, double-punch its current name, and the name field will become editable.
Keep It Simple
If you want to prepare a professional presentation, less is more.
You dont need to animate everything in your presentation as it might confuse the audience.
Instead, think about the most important parts and use animation to make them really stand out.
Take a look at each slide and decide what your audience should focus on.
If there are multiple elements that you want to animate, dont have them moving at the same time.
Instead, give them some progression.
This is why you shouldnt use more than three animation types throughout your presentation.
Adjust the Animation Speed
Depending on the animation, youll have to adjust its speed.
To adjust the speed, opt for object or text that you’ve animated.
Then, in theAnimationstab, open theStartmenu and pick the duration and when it should start.
If you selectWith Previous, the animation will start at the same time as the previous animation.
If you selectAfter Previous, the animation will start right after the previous effect finishes.
you’re able to set aDelayvalue to have a small break between effects.
For better control, you should select theOn Clickoption.
Set the Eye Flow
Think about how your audience will visualize the information.
If theres a lot of displayed information, they might scan it, instead of listening to you.
Think where your audience focus should be and use animations to stimulate that focus.
Instead, theres a quicker way to check how the animations on certain slides look.
Youll notice that the slides with animations have a little star next to them.
If you click thestaricon, the animations will start playing.
Additionally, you could go to theAnimationstab and clickPreviewto view the animations on the selected slide.
Once youve finished your presentation, pressF5and watch the entire slideshow.
Observe the animations pace.
Does your audience have enough time to get the entire information?
Is the screen too crowded with too many objects moving at the same time?
In this case, you may want to adjust the pace or even remove some animations.
