Powerpoint 2013: Transitions & Animations; Timing the Presentation in pdf

Introduction

This booklet is the companion the PowerPoint 2013: Transitions & Animations; Timing Your Presentation workshop. It will explain how to add transitions and animations to presentation slides. Text, graphics, diagrams, charts, shapes, and other objects placed on your slides can all be animated to draw attention, emphasize important points, control the flow of information, and add interest to the presentation during the slideshow. You can rehearse your presentation to make sure that it fits within a certain time frame.

This booklet will also explain how to time your presentation to record the amount of time needed to present each slide. This booklet offers step-by-step instructions to creating dynamic presentations using transitions, animations, and timing. For other functionalities, please refer to the PowerPoint 2013: Intro to PowerPoint booklet.

Learning Objectives

After reading this booklet, you should be able to:

• Apply transitions
• Change the properties of a transition
• Create one or more animations to a slide
• Reorder animations
• Use the animation painter
• Remove an animation
• Use the animation pane
• Time the presentation