Basics of PowerPoint Animation: Adding Animation in PowerPoint

Created: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 1:40 pm

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PowerPoint allows you to animate any slide object that can be selected on your slide. Such objects include pictures, shapes, text, bulleted lists, SmartArt graphics, charts, etc. You can tweak the way objects on your slides appear, move, and disappear by adding animation.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows:

Adding Animation in PowerPoint 2016

Adding Animation in PowerPoint 2013

Adding Animation in PowerPoint 2010

Adding Animation in PowerPoint 2002, 2003 and 2007

Apple Mac:

Adding Animation in PowerPoint 2011

Adding Animation in PowerPoint

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