ECDL Advanced AM6 v1.0 (2007) - Classroom Guide
ANIMATION The most popular animation effects that you can use in your presentations include entrance, exit, and sound effects applied to individual bullets of text, and motion paths applied to objects.
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Try This Yourself:
PowerPoint 2007 has a number of standard, built-in animation effects which you can apply to individual objects on a slide such as a text box, bullet list, picture, etc.
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Continue using the previous file with this exercise, or open the file P710 Slide Shows_03.pptx...
Ensure slide 1 is displayed and click anywhere in the presenter details box (containing Linda Martin’s details)
Click on the Animations tab on the Ribbon Click on the drop-down arrow on the Animate box and select All At Once under the Fly In option
Click on the Preview button on the Animations tab to see the effect on your slide
Now click on the date text box on the slide
Preview the slide show once again
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Click on the drop-down arrow for the Animate box and this time select All At Once under the Fade effect 6
For Your Reference…
Handy to Know…
To use the built-in animation effects: 1. Select the object on the slide you wish to animate 2. Click on the Animations tab and then click on the drop-down arrow on the Animate box 3. Select an option
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You can apply the steps in these procedures to individual areas of text as well. Instead of an object, highlight selected text to identify what you want to animate.
Chapter 11 - Running a Slide Show