Learn about different animation types in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
OS: Mac OS X
You have already learned what animation is, and where you should draw the limits as far as animation goes. In addition, we looked at how you can add animation to a slide object. In this tutorial, we move further to explore the several types of animation available in PowerPoint 2011. When we say "several types", we do not mean the animation effects themselves but the several types wherein these effects can be categorized. Figure 1 shows the different types of Animation Effects within the Animations tab of the Ribbon.
Figure 1: Animation types in PowerPoint 2011
Since Figure 1 spans the entire interface area in PowerPoint, we split the width of the Ribbon into two, so that you can see all options clearly. Animations in PowerPoint 2011 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 explain these events in our Animation Events tutorial. Another concept that you need to know is how to control the speed of the animation.
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