

In the Animation Pane, select the animation effect you want to modify, and then select the arrow next to Text Animations. (In PowerPoint for Mac 2011: On the View menu, select Custom Animation). Select the Animations tab, and then select Animation Pane.

On the Animations tab, select the Add Animation drop-down menu, and select an animation, such as Appear, Fade In, or Fly In. You may also modify this setting by using the Start, Duration, and Delay options in the Animation pane. That way, you control when each paragraph appears. (The other option, All at Once, animates all lines of text in a placeholder or text box at the same time.)īy default, when you present in Slide Show, each paragraph appears in response to a click.

Select Effect Options again, and then select By Paragraph to make the paragraphs of text appear one at a time. Select the Animations tab, and then pick an animation, such as Appear, Dissolve in, or Fly In.įor some animations, such as Fly In, select Effects Options on the Animation tab to pick a direction for the bullets to fly in from, such as bottom, top, left, or right. You can repeat the preview by selecting the animation in the Animation Pane and selecting Play Selected. PowerPoint immediately previews the animation for you so that you can see the timing as the characters appear individually. You can change the delay time in the % delay between letters box. In the dialog box, on the Effect tab under Enhancements, select the arrow next to Animate text, and select By letter. In the Animation Pane, select the arrow next to your animation, and select Effect Options. The Animation Pane opens on the right side of the PowerPoint window. Select the Animations tab, and then select Animation pane. Select the Animations tab, and then select the Add Animation drop-down menu to select an animation, such as Appear, Fade, or Fly In. You can also create a "typing" visual effect by making characters in a paragraph appear one at a time. You can modify this setting by using the Start, Duration, and Delay controls on the far right end of the Animation tab of the ribbon. PowerPoint immediately previews the animation for you.īy default, when you present in Slide Show, each paragraph appears in response to a click. (The other option, All at Once, makes all the lines of text appear at the same time.) Select Effect Options, and then select By Paragraph to make the paragraphs of text appear one at a time. Select the Animations tab, and then pick an animation, such as Appear, Fade In, or Fly In.įor some animations, such as Fly In, select Effects Options, as you’ll need to pick a direction for the bullets to fly in from, such as bottom, top, left, or right. On the slide, select the box that contains your text.
