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Custom Animation

Custom Animation adds drive-in and sound effects to objects to your slideshow.

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Animating Objects

You can:Change drive-in effectsAdd sounds to objectsAutomate animationsSet the order of appearance.

Slide Show / Custom Animation changes the way objects behave.

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Animation Tips: Animate text, graphs, charts

Introduce objects from the nearest side. Do not allow objects to cross the page.

Animate Shapes, Lines, & Arrows

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Animation Design Tips:

Do NOT move pictures unnecessarilyTry to use stationary animations for graphics

Do NOT move or animate titlesLeave titles in the same place on each slide

Do NOT let objects cross the pageIntroduce objects from the nearest side

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Drive-in EffectsDrive-in effects are also called Entry Animations

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Entry Animation and Sound

Change Entry Animation

– wipe, fly, etc..

Add Sound Effects – but not too noisy!

Go to….Slideshow / Custom Animation

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Find More SoundsFor sound effects on objects

Go to ….Slide Show / Custom

Animation

Entry Animation/ Sound/Other Sound

Find more sounds at C:/ Windows / Media

Add “ .wav ” sounds

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Custom Animations

Slide Menu /Custom AnimationAdd sounds Apply transitionsChange entry effects

order of appearancespeed and timing

Click on the plant

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Animate with a Purpose

Look at the shape and direction of your the object.

Design the entire slide.

Make the animation suit the tone of your presentation.

The animation should enhance your message

Use Your ImaginationExperiment with introducing elements, moving objects on the slide

Pay attention to:order of

appearancespeed and timing

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Slide Show / Custom Animation

Order and Time AnimationsView / Toolbars /

Animation Toolbar

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1. Select the object your wish to animate.

2. Select the order in which the object appears.

3. Start animation automatically or by mouse click.

Ordering and Timing

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Animation Rules

Introduce objects from the nearest sideleft, right, top, bottom

Make the order of appearance logical right to leftclockwisetop to bottom

Animation should always have a purpose.

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Poor Animation

This is CONFUSING and ILLOGICAL

Step 1

Step 2Step

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Step 3

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Animation Rules

Introduce objects from the NEAREST

side in a LOGICAL

order

Top right

Right Left

Bottom

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Background Music

Go to…Insert / Movies and Sounds / Sound from Files

Find music files on diskAdd a midi or wave file

Go to …Slide Show / Custom Animation /Multimedia Settings

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Review Animation Tips

1. Introduce animation effects with a purpose.

2. Do not use too many distracting effects,

3. Introduce items in the order they are read.

4. Do not let items cross the page.

Animation can make all the difference

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