FINLANDIA SCHOOLMicrosoft PowerPoint is a presentation software developed by Microsoft with advanced features which include animations, transitions and multimedia integration
ANIMATION IN POWERPOINT
Animation in PowerPoint refers to special visual effect applied to objects on a slide such as text, images, shapes or charts-to control how they appear, move or disappear during a presentation.
Types of animation
1. Entrance Animations: This controls how an object appears on the slide e.g. fly In, fade, bounce, and wipe
2. Emphasis animation: these are applied to objects that are already visible on the slide, to draw attention to them e.g. pulse, spin, Grow/Shrink, and Bold splash.
3. Exit animation: this control how an object leaves or disappears from the slide e.g. fly out, dissolve out, shrink and turn
4. Motion path: this makes objects move along a specific path- straight lines, curves, loops or custom paths
How to add Animations in PowerPoint
1. Select the object you want to animate
2. Click on the Animation tab at the top of the screen.
3. Choose an Animation from the Animation gallery
4. Use the effect options button to adjust direction or style
5. Set the using start, duration and delay options in the timing
6. click preview to see how it looks
Animation Pane: it is a panel on the right side of the screen that shows all the animations on your current slide in order. it helps you control the sequence of animations, especially when a slide has multiple objects.
SLIDE TRANSITIONS
Is the visual effect that occurs when you move from one slide to the next during a presentation.
Types of slides transition
1. Subtle transitions: simple and clean e.g. Cut, Fade, Push, Wipe, Split
2. Exciting transitions: more dramatic and eye catching e.g. Curtains, Wind, Prestige, Fracture, Shred.
3. Dynamic content transitions: moves slide content in a smooth, continuous way e.g. Pan, Ferris Wheel, conveyor.
How to add Slide transitions
1. Click on the slide you want to add a transition to
2. click on the Transition tab at the top
3. choose a transition effect from the gallery
4. click effect options to adjust direction or variation
5. set duration to control how fast or slow the transition plays
6. under advance slide, choose whether the slide moves on Mouse click or automatically after a set number of seconds
7. click Apply to All if you want the same transition on every slide.
MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATION IN POWERPOINT
This means adding different types of media such as images, audio and videos to your PowerPoint slides
To insert an image
1. click on insert tab
2. click pictures, then choose This Device(for saved images on your device) or Online pictures from the internet.
3. select your image and click insert
4. resize or reposition the image by dragging its corners or edges
use the picture format tab to crop, apply artistic effects, and add a border, or remove the background.
Adding audio to slides
1. click on the insert tab
2. click audio, then choose Audio on my PC or record audio
3. an audio icon will appear on the slide
4. use the playback tab to set whether the audio plays automatically or on click, whether it loops and whether the icon is hidden during the presentation.
Adding videos to slides
1. click on the insert tab
2. click videos then choose This device
3. the video will appear on the slide as a rectangle frame
4. use the Playback tab to set when the video starts.