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Advanced Animation Concepts: Slice and Animate Pictures in PowerPoint

You can crop pictures in PowerPoint, and of course you can animate them. But as you may observe frequently in life, synergy yields results that exceed the mere sum of two or more initiatives. And that’s true in a way for the technique we will explore on this page, we call this Slice and Animate. The two techniques being used for this synergy are cropping pictures and adding animation.

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Slice and Animate Pictures in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 13 03 12
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Advanced Animation Concepts: Animation Sounds in PowerPoint

Adding an animation to any slide object imparts movement of some sort to that object, and draws the attention of the audience to that object. Of course, you can tweak the animation event, the speed of the animation, and also the delay time before the animation happens. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how you can add sound to an 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

Animation Sounds in PowerPoint 2013

Animation Sounds in PowerPoint 2010

Animation Sounds in PowerPoint 2007

Apple Mac

Animation Sounds in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 13 03 11
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Next: 13 03 12 Slice and Animate Pictures in PowerPoint

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Advanced Animation Concepts: Animation Painter in PowerPoint

Let’s imagine you got your animation just right. You tweaked the speed and set the animation event. You also added a series of simultaneous and sequential animations to the same slide object, so that it fades and wipes at the same time; then it grows in size, stays on screen without animation for a requisite amount of time using a delay, and finally, the object exits using a simple fade animation. Now, you need to apply the same animation to 50 other slide objects within the presentation! The Animation Painter can help.

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

Animation Painter in PowerPoint 2013

Animation Painter in PowerPoint 2010

Tutorial Code: 13 03 10
Previous: 13 03 09 Build and Sequence Animations in PowerPoint
Next: 13 03 11 Animation Sounds in PowerPoint

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Paul J. Radich

  Paul J. Radich has worked with Dr. Andrew Abela on the development and delivery of the Extreme Presentation workshop since its inception in 2005. He has served on the Ethics Committee of the American Marketing Association and is Assistant Professor and Marketing Area Head in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. His areas of focus include consumer behavior, marketing strategy, and international marketing. He provides consulting and education on effective communication of complex information, for major organizations like JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Volkswagen, and the US White House Executive Councils.

Here’s a list of links on Indezine.com where he has been featured:

The Encyclopedia of Slide Layouts: Conversation with Paul J. Radich
June 5, 2015


The Encyclopedia of Slide Layouts: Conversation with Dr. Andrew Abela
June 3, 2015

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Advanced Animation Concepts: Build and Sequence Animations in PowerPoint

Animation is movement and fine art at the same time. Using animation’s powerful capabilities of attracting attention, you can effectively illustrate a concept, a process, or anything else. However, there’s a thin dividing line between mere movement and utter confusion. Imagine a training session where the presenter moves around the room explaining a concept. As he or she moves, the eyes of the audience members follow him or her. There is a clear focus in the room, and the subject of that focus is the presenter. Now imagine another situation where the presenter and all the audience members in the room start moving in disparate directions just for the sake of movement. At this point in time, the movement has given way to chaos. The distinction between movement and chaos works similarly on PowerPoint slides. At any point in time, the movement needs to have focus and direction, and more importantly, a reason to move!

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

Build and Sequence Animations in PowerPoint 2013 and 2010

Build and Sequence Animations in PowerPoint 2007

Apple Mac

Build and Sequence Animations in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 13 03 09
Previous: 13 03 08 Animation Delay in PowerPoint
Next: 13 03 10 Animation Painter in PowerPoint

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