Using specialized animations, you can apply animations specific to certain objects. For example, for a text object, you can introduce the text on your slide all at once or by word or letter. Similarly, you can introduce bulleted lists one bullet item at a time and apply different effects to older items, such as graying out the items as they are replaced by new ones. You can animate charts by introducing chart series or chart categories one at a time. Animate Text -
| In Normal view, right-click the selected text object, and then click Custom Animation. | -
| Click Add Effect, and then choose an effect from the list of animation effects. | -
| When you're done, click the Close button on the task pane. | Modify the Animation Order -
| In Normal view, display the slide with the animation, click the Slide Show menu, and then click Custom Animation. | -
| Click the animation effect whose animation order you want to change. | -
| Click the Re-Order Up or Re-Order Down arrow button. | -
| When you're done, click the Close button on the task pane. | Animate Bulleted Lists -
| In Normal view, right-click the bulleted text, and then click Custom Animation. | -
| Click Add Effect, and then choose an effect from the list of animation effects. | -
| Click the animation effect, click the list arrow, and then click Effect Options. | -
| Click the Text Animation tab. | -
| Click the Group Text list arrow, and then click at what paragraph level bulleted text will be animated. | -
| To reverse the order of the text, select the In Reverse Order check box. | -
| To dim text after it's animated, click the Effect tab, click the Dim list arrow, and then click an option. | -
| Click OK. | -
| When you're done, click the Close button on the task pane. | Did You Know? You can set and show animation timing . In the Custom Animation task pane, select an animated item, click the list arrow, and then click Timing to set animation timings or click Show Advanced Timeline to display a timeline where you can click Play to view the animation effect and its progress. Click the list arrow, and then click Hide Advanced Timeline to hide it again. | |