powerpoint animation tricks karen tusack, uw-madison learning support services

PowerPoint Animation Tricks

Karen Tusack, UW-MadisonLearning Support Services

Slide transition dialog box

Custom animation dialog box

Why use animation?

Animation is visually captivating

Why use animation?

Animation draws focus to where you want it

Why use animation?

Animation can help organize thoughts and illustrate processes

Why use animation?

Are you wondering yet which one I’ll choose next?

To Sum Up:

Keep it simple

Choose one style and stick with it

Don’t annoy your audience or frustrate their expectations (except to make a point!)

Animation and Sound Effects

Use it sparingly, if at allUse it to develop a theme

Use it for “review” slides

Progressive Revealsusing text box layout

Use progressive reveals to draw focusGo to custom animation and choose an effectApplies to all the bullets in the box

The same slide with dimming after animation

Use progressive reveals to draw focusGo to custom animation and choose an effectApplies to all the bullets in the box

The same slide with “Hide on Next Mouse Click”

Use progressive reveals to draw focusGo to custom animation and choose an effectApplies to all the bullets in the box

A Bit About Graphics

Vector Graphics - .eps, .png, drawing programs, CAD, some clipart

Bitmapped Graphics - .gif, .jpg, .bmp, .ticc, .pcx, scanned graphics, photos

©1999 Theta Data

Simple Animation

Fibers of Extracellular matrix

CarbohydrateExtracellularExtracellularFluidFluid

CytoplasmCytoplasm

Glycolipid

Filaments ofCytoskeleton Cholesterol Peripheral

protein Integralprotein

Simple Animation

Fibers of Extracellular matrix

CarbohydrateExtracellularExtracellularFluidFluid

CytoplasmCytoplasm

Glycolipid

Filaments ofCytoskeleton Cholesterol Peripheral

protein Integralprotein

Progressively build or tear down a model

Progressively build or tear down a model

Progressively build or tear down a model

Progressively build or tear down a model

Progressively build or tear down a model

Shift in Milk Production

Shift in Milk Production

Wisconsin’s A Great State!

Trouble in Kosovo (22 slides)

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

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Priština

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo

Trouble in Kosovo (one slide)

Priština

Simulated Path Animation

Simulated Path Animation

Simulated path animation

Repeat continuously (Link)

Powerpoint 2000 does animated .gifs

Powerpoint 2000 does animated .gifs

Motion Data Charts

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Your Guess

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