Here’s your animation screen test

Start the slide show; click an action box

Make text disappear.

Use connectors to link text or images.
Add and animate video files.
Add and animate sound files.
Add Emphasis to text.
Add motion.

Returns here
 Watch points disappear after clicks

• Type first bullet point here

• Enter delivers a second point
– Tab to create second level bullet
– Bullets are also in groups of 2+

• To return to level 1, place cursor

in front of “T” and click Shift+tab
• Highlight and delete unneeded text
Image animation with connectors

Box 1 Box 2
Box 3
Click to Box 2 Click to Box 3

Click to animate each box

Open the Custom Animation box to see or modify the animation steps
(Slide Show > Custom Animation)
 To add and animate audio files
• First insert the file onto your screen:
Insert > Movies and Sounds > Sound from File. (Unless you wish
the sound play automatically when the slide appears, click NO. If
the “moo” doesn’t play, make sure the COW2.WAV file is in the
same subdirectory as this one.
To animate a sound file, highlight the icon > Add Effect >
Sound Actions, then “play” (If you animate the sound as part of a
timing sequence, move the icon off the screen, as it
appears at the lower left.)
• Or simply play the sound by clicking the icon.
• You can also make an image or element (box) play a sound file.
Click the element/image, then right click > Action settings > Play
sound box, use the pull down menu and click the sound file.
Highlight the appropriate tab at the top to make the sound play:
“Mouse Click,” “Mouse over, “ or both.
Click here to
• Start the slide show; try it out. animate cow.
Place cursor
on cow.
 To emphasize text/graphic elements
Once an image or element appears
(Entrance), you can modify it. 1 2
Change font
Bold Flash
(Highlight the element > Right click color
Custom Animation Add Effect > Emphasis
(pick one.)

Start the slide show from this screen. 3 4

Each click animates the next box. Underline Fill Color

Note: Emphasis animations should

be purposeful to call attention to
a specific image or text phrase. 5 6
Grow Spin

Each click brings up the next effect (1-2-3-4-5-6)

 To create a motion path
Moving objects or text is an Emphasis.
Turn on the Custom Animation window
to see the motion paths
(Slide Show > Custom Animation)
Start the slide show. Watch what happens
with each of the 5 clicks.
(Make sure your green and red arrows
overlap so your movement is smooth
and consistent.)

There are 5 clicks on this screen