Animate Slide Objects: Animate SmartArt in PowerPoint

Created: Tuesday, July 6, 2021, posted by Geetesh at 9:51 am

Updated: Monday, November 15, 2021 at 5:05 pm

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After inserting a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint, you can add animation to your SmartArt. You’ll discover that the entire graphic animates at the same time. It may seem that you have no control over animating individual SmartArt shapes, but that’s not entirely true since PowerPoint does provide some control over animating SmartArt shapes.

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

Animate SmartArt in PowerPoint 2013

Animate SmartArt in PowerPoint 2010

Animate SmartArt in PowerPoint 2007

Apple Mac

Animate SmartArt in PowerPoint 2011

Animating SmartArt

Tutorial Code: 13 04 05
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