Learn about different animation types in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
OS: Windows 7 and higher
Adding
animation to your slide objects is easy, but begs for some thought process -- you should decide
what type of animation works best. The type of animation used for any object is paramount because it can
make the end effect viable, or relegate it to a distraction. In this tutorial, let us get started with
showing you how many types of animations are available within
PowerPoint 2013. When we say "many types",
we do not mean the animation effects themselves, but the categories in which these Animation effects are divided.
Figure 1 shows the different types of Animations within the Add Animation gallery in PowerPoint 2013.
Figure 1: Animation types in PowerPoint 2013
Animations in PowerPoint are divided into four categories -- these are explained below, as marked in Figure 1, above:
What's important to realize is that the same slide object can have all four animation types added to it and set to play one after the other (or even at the same time in some instances) -- this sort of sequencing is controlled by animation events such as On Click, With Previous, and After Previous -- we'll explain these animation events in detail in our Animation Events tutorial. Another concept that you need to know is how to control the speed of an animation -- this is explained in our Animation Speed tutorial.
See Also:
Types of Animation in PowerPoint 2016 for
Windows
Types of Animation in PowerPoint
2011 for Mac
Types of Animation in PowerPoint 2010 for
Windows
Types of Animation in PowerPoint 2007 for
Windows
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