Multimedia Presentations

Animation(using Microsoft PowerPoint)

Animation in slide shows is used …

•to make a slide more interesting

•to focus on one particular object of a slide.

… but

toomuch

animation

can be

reallyirritating for the Viewer !

Animation is the way objects appear on the slide.

Here are some different ways that objects can appear… (Click for each one)

Objects can fly in from the top …

or the left…

or the right…

or bottom…

or the top right…

or the top left…

or the bottom left…

or the bottom right.

Text can fly in one word at a time…… or even one letter at a time.

Objects can…

… appear at the click of the mouse

…dissolve in

…appear like opening blinds horizontally

…or vertically

…or like a checkerboard

…or crawl in very slowly from any direction

…or flash and disappear

Objects can also…

…spiral in…

…or stretch across from the middle.…or appear in a strip coming from any direction.…or swivel

…or zoom out.

Effects can then be added to the objects such as…

Changing colour after the animation.

Adding a sound.

Hiding on the next mouse click.

Click for the next slide…

All these animation effects can be set using the ‘Custom Animation’ dialog box. The easiest way to open this is to right-click on the object.

The End.