Adding animations to a page without a destination can make the page's content move inexplicably. Adding animations to the content of the page usually has one of two effects:
(1) In order to make the content appear orderly.
When there are multiple items on the PPT page, animation can be added to the content to make the content appear in front of the audience in an orderly way and guide the audience's thinking.
The content comes out in an orderly way, which can also better match the rhythm of the speech so that the content follows the speaker's ideas in turn.
Let the content appear sequentially, usually selecting the animation of the entry type, as shown below.
If you are unsatisfied with these animation types, you can also open more Enter Effects dialog boxes to select more types of entering animations.
(2) For emphasis
If the text, pictures, graphics, and other content on the page need to attract the audience's special attention, you can add emphasis animation. Emphasis animations emphasize content by flashing, rotating, and so on.
Open the animation menu, and you can see the emphasis animations as shown below. If you are not satisfied with these emphasis animations, you can also go to the more emphasis effects dialog box for selection.
Animation Effects, one of my mostly used feature in Microsoft PowerPoint :-)
ReplyDeleteOrderly and emphasis are the perfect reasons to use animation effects!
Don't go overboard with using animation effects or the audience will focus and remember the animation effects instead of the intended topic and message(s) ^_^
Great points! When I watch a PowerPoint presentation, I feel that the animation keeps some topics from being completely boring. If a presentation has very few or doesn't have any animation, I probably wouldn't pay attention as much and would have a hard time retaining the information.
ReplyDelete^_^ Well said Rui, while playing with PowerPoint animations I made a 3d pyramid animate with spins with sound effects to make it seem like a portal was opening.
ReplyDeleteAnimation effects are helpful for bringing life to a presentation. I had a COM 101 speech presentation and I animated a 3D model plane to fly in using the motion path when I shown the travel slide.
ReplyDeleteAnimations are a great way to make a PPT pop! Playing around with the settings in a presentation is fun and creative. I look forward to using PPT for any future ventures.
ReplyDeleteThe two animation effects listed are well explained. Animations can definitely make a PowerPoint presentation standout but doing too many animations can make a presentation unprofessional.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your two effects. Sometimes these animations get out of hand. Remember Walter's draft end slide? :-)
ReplyDeleteAnimations really do add a sense of order and emphasis to one's presentation to capture the audience's attention, as well as giving the presentation itself a personality instead of being boring.
ReplyDeleteAnimations are great to transition from one point to another. I've learned that keeping animations to a minimum is also important.
ReplyDeleteAdding animations to a presentations is always fun.
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