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When most people use Motion Path animations, the feature they probably use the least is the locking and unlocking of Motion Paths. That may be because these options are not too well documented. But that’s no reason to ignore this option. Especially, since locking and unlocking Motion Paths can help you create better animations.
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.
Lock and Unlock Paths for Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2016
Lock and Unlock Paths for Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2013
Lock and Unlock Paths for Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2010
Lock and Unlock Paths for Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002
Anchor and Unanchor Paths for Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
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While changing the Slide Layout for any given slide(s) in PowerPoint, you typically access the Home tab of the Ribbon and click the Layout button. This brings forth the Layout drop-down gallery. The number of Slide Layouts that you see within this gallery may differ depending upon the Theme of your active presentation.
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To begin, let’s start with the basics. What are Guides in PowerPoint? Consider Guides as individual lines from a grid on your slide that you create. Every single Guide can be moved, added, or deleted. Guides also have snap options that are always on. Once the Guides are made visible on the slide, all objects that venture close enough to them just snap. Along with Rulers and Gridlines, Guides help you position your slide objects with more precision, and you can make them work for you.
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Tagged as: 01-09, Interface and Basics, PowerPoint Tutorials, Working with Slides
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Once you have made Guides visible on your PowerPoint slides, they show up in the same position on all other slides within the presentation. You’ll find that only two Guides, one horizontal and one vertical Guide are visible at first, and these two Guides intersect at the center of the slide. Most of the time, this might work for you, but you can actually add more Guides since these can help in positioning slide objects better across successive slides.
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Applying preset motion paths or even drawing custom motion paths are not the only tricks you can master. Several other tricks that can help you become a better PowerPoint animator. The simplest Motion Path trick is to reverse them! This option is very helpful if you want an object to animate using a Motion Path, and then animate it again from the end of the motion path to the beginning!
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.
Reversing Paths of Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2016
Reversing Paths of Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2013
Reversing Paths of Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2010
Reversing Paths of Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002
Reversing Paths of Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 13 02 04
Previous: 13 02 03 Drawing Custom Paths for Motion Path Animations in PowerPoint
Next: 13 02 05 Open and Closed Motion Paths in PowerPoint
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