Adding Animation Effects - Part 1

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In part 1 of this lesson, we will get the opportunity to reorganize slides, add new sections and then apply animation effects to slides 1 and 2. 

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Quick reference

Adding Animation Effects - Part 1

Animation effects can add interest and personality to a presentation. Each slide element can be animated independetly or as a group to achieve a nice effect. When adding animation effects, ensure the type of animation you choose is appropriate for the presentation and the audience. 

As a general rule, use animation sparingly. It should enhance the content, not distract. 

When to use

Use animation when you want to liven up your presentation, or emphasize certain parts of the slide. 

Instructions

Organize Slides

  1. From the View tab, in the Presentation Views group, select Slide Sorter. 
  2. Move the 'Meet the Team' slide and the 'Our Services' slide to the Introduction section. 
  3. Move the 'Our Products' slides to the Our Services section. 

Create additional sections for the slides added in the last few lessons. 

  1. Select the first chart slide. 
  2. From the Home tab, in the Slides group, select Section. 
  3. Select Add Section. 
  4. Name the section 'Charts and Graphs'. 
  5. Click OK. 
  6. Select the 'Contact Us' slide. 
  7. Select Add Section. 
  8. Name the section 'Contact'. 
  9. Click OK. 
  10. Select the closing slide. 
  11. Select Add Section. 
  12. Name the section 'Closing'. 
  13. Click OK. 

Add Animation

Animate the Title Slide
  1. Click on Slide 1. 
  2. Select the logo, the company name and the tagline. 
  3. Press CTRL+G to group them. 
  4. From the Animations tab, in the Animations group, expand the Animations Gallery. 
  5. Select Fade from Entrance Effects.  
Animation Pane

The animation pane lets us see what animation we have applied to the slide. 

  1. In the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane. 
Add Multiple Animations

To add more than one animation effect to a group of obects, we need to add the second animation effect in a different way. 

  1. In the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation. 
  2. Select Pulse from Emphasis Effects. 
Control When Animations Start

Animation effects will start onclick, with previous or after previous. Onclick means the animation will start on the click of the mouse. With previous means it will start automatically after the previous action is complete. After previous means it will start automatically after the previous action is complete. 

  1. From the Animation Pane, click the drop-down arrow next to the first animation. 
  2. From the menu, select Start with Previous. 
  3. From the Animation Pane, click the drop-down arrow next to the second animation. 
  4. From the menu, select Start After Previous. 

Animate the 'Meet the Team' slide

  1. Click on slide 2. 
  2. Select the image, the name and the job title for 'Dan Lucas'. 
  3. Press CTRL+G to group. 
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 'Miranda Cox' and 'Jordan Freeman'. 
  5. Select the 'Dan Lucas' group. 
  6. From the Animations tab, in the Animations group, expand the Animations Gallery. 
  7. Select Fly In from Entrance Effects.  
  8. Apply the same animation for 'Miranda Cox' and 'Jordan Freeman'.
  9. From the Animation Pane, click the drop-down arrow next to the first animation. 
  10. From the menu, select Start With Previous. 
  11. From the Animation Pane, click the drop-down arrow next to the second animation. 
  12. From the menu, select Start After Previous. 
  13. From the Animation Pane, click the drop-down arrow next to the third animation. 
  14. From the menu, select Start After Previous. 

Hints & tips

  • Once an animation effect has been applied to content on the slide, a number will show on the slide. This number corresponds to the number in the Animation Pane. These numbers help you understand the order of animations. 
  • Remember you can control the direction of the animation from Effect Options. 
  • Use Animation sparingly and stick to one of two animation effects per presentation. 
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  • 00:04 So we've pretty much completed our slide deck.
  • 00:07 So all that's left to do really is a little bit of reorganization.
  • 00:10 And I'm also going to go through and
  • 00:12 add animation to the slides that I feel would benefit from it.
  • 00:17 So let's start out by reorganizing our slides because I need to add in a few more
  • 00:22 sections.
  • 00:23 So currently, I'm on the view tab and I'm in slide sorter view.
  • 00:28 And really, I just want to get these slides into more of a logical order.
  • 00:32 So I'm going to grab the meet the team slide and
  • 00:35 move that to the introduction section and also the our services slide.
  • 00:42 I'm then going to grab all of these slides here for our products.
  • 00:46 I'm just holding down shift as I select all of these, and
  • 00:50 I can move those all in one go up to the our services section.
  • 00:55 Now I'm fairly happy having those two slides in the our success section,
  • 00:59 but I do want to separate off these graphs.
  • 01:02 So let's click on that first chart, go to home, and I'm going to add a new section.
  • 01:09 I'm going to call it Charts and Graphs.
  • 01:13 Hit enter.
  • 01:16 I'm going to add another new section called Contact.
  • 01:23 And then the final section is going to be called Closing.
  • 01:29 So there we go.
  • 01:30 I now have all of my slides divided up by section.
  • 01:33 And one thing that I've also done off camera is I've applied that fade
  • 01:37 transition just to the rest of the slides in the presentation.
  • 01:41 So now that we've done that, let's switch back to normal view because I want to go
  • 01:46 through right from the beginning and start adding animation where I think it's going
  • 01:50 to add to the slide as opposed to detract.
  • 01:53 So let's go to the title slide.
  • 01:55 Now I think here, I want something happening with the logo and
  • 01:59 also the headings underneath.
  • 02:02 So I'm going to group all of these together.
  • 02:04 So let's select them holding down our Shift key, Ctrl G,
  • 02:08 to group them as one object.
  • 02:11 I can now go up to my animations tab, and
  • 02:13 this is where I'll find my animations gallery.
  • 02:17 Now, animations are split down into entrance emphasis and exit effects.
  • 02:22 So the entrance effects animate how that object appears on the screen.
  • 02:27 Emphasis animates what happens when it's on the screen.
  • 02:30 And exit animates what happens when it leaves the screen.
  • 02:34 So for this object, I want it to fade in.
  • 02:37 Now, one thing you'll notice is that as soon as you apply animation,
  • 02:41 you're going to see this numbered marker off to the side.
  • 02:45 So that's telling me that this is the first piece of animation in my slide.
  • 02:50 There's something else I like to have open when I'm working with animation is
  • 02:53 the animation pane.
  • 02:55 Because this allows you to see all of the different animation effects you have
  • 02:59 applied to a particular slide, move them around and also make changes to them.
  • 03:04 Now, once this logo and the headings have faded onto the slide,
  • 03:09 I want it to pulse very slightly.
  • 03:12 So that is going to be an emphasis animation effect.
  • 03:15 Now this is a really important point.
  • 03:18 If I go straight back up to my animations gallery and then try and
  • 03:21 choose pulse from this emphasis group, what's going to happen is that
  • 03:25 that animation is going to override the animation I've already applied.
  • 03:29 In this case, fade.
  • 03:31 So if I select this, you'll see it just gets replaced in the animation pane.
  • 03:36 It hasn't added that second piece of animation.
  • 03:38 So let's just go back and add fade.
  • 03:41 So if you want to add a second piece of animation,
  • 03:45 you must click on the add animation drop down.
  • 03:48 And now, I can select pulse.
  • 03:50 And you can see in the animation pane, I now have two pieces of animation listed.
  • 03:54 So let's run the slideshow and see what this looks like.
  • 03:57 So I could press F5, this time,
  • 04:00 I'm going to click on the run slideshow button in the status bar.
  • 04:05 Now, you'll see that at the moment the screen is blank, because it's waiting for
  • 04:09 me to click my mouse before the first animation will take effect.
  • 04:13 So if I click, it fades in, it then waits for
  • 04:16 me to click again before it applies that pulse animation.
  • 04:21 Like so.
  • 04:23 Now that's not exactly what I want.
  • 04:25 I don't want to have to click each time to run the animation.
  • 04:29 I basically just want it to be automated.
  • 04:31 So this is where we have to go in and change the way these effects behave.
  • 04:37 And we can do this from the animation pane.
  • 04:39 I'm going to select that first piece of animation, which is the Fade In, click
  • 04:44 the drop down, and these top three options control when that animation starts.
  • 04:49 So by default, it's starting on the click of my mouse.
  • 04:53 But what I want to choose here is start with previous.
  • 04:57 So that means that as soon as I basically run this slide show,
  • 05:00 the animation will start.
  • 05:01 So it's going to Fade In.
  • 05:03 For the second piece of animation, which is that pulse,
  • 05:06 I want this to start immediately after the first animation.
  • 05:11 So I'm going to say, start after previous.
  • 05:15 So now, if I run my sideshow, I don't have to do anything,
  • 05:19 it fades in and then it pulses.
  • 05:22 So be aware of those behaviors.
  • 05:25 Let's go to the next slide and see what we want to do here.
  • 05:28 Well, I want to have each of these people flying up from the bottom.
  • 05:33 Well, the first thing I'm going to do here is I'm going to group the person.
  • 05:37 So in this case, Dan with his name and his job title, control G.
  • 05:42 I'm going to do the same for Miranda, control G.
  • 05:47 And finally, Jordan.
  • 05:51 So now, I can animate these as a group.
  • 05:55 So backup to animations, and for this one, I'm going to choose fly in.
  • 06:01 It flies in from the bottom which is exactly what I want.
  • 06:04 So I'm going to apply the same animation
  • 06:09 to Miranda and also to Jordan.
  • 06:14 Now, once again, I want these to basically follow on from each other.
  • 06:18 I don't want to have to click the mouse.
  • 06:21 So for Dan, which is the first one here in the animation pane,
  • 06:24 I'm going to say start with previous.
  • 06:26 So it will start when the slide loads.
  • 06:29 For Miranda, I'm going to say start after previous, and the same for Jordan.
  • 06:35 So if I run the slide show now That's exactly
  • 06:40 the effect I was hoping to achieve, and I haven't had to click the mouse once.
  • 06:44 That's the end of part 1.
  • 06:45 This lesson continues in part 2.

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