Microsoft PowerPoint 2021 Beginner: Delivering a Slide Show

Name: Microsoft PowerPoint 2021 Beginner: Delivering a Slide Show
Author: Erin Sullivan

Learn to use special effects during PowerPoint presentations

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Hi, I'm Aaron Sullivan and I'm going to be showing you how to use PowerPoint to deliver a slideshow. We're going to be looking at such things as transitions and animations, various tools, features, and views that you use when delivering a slideshow. We're going to start by looking at some transition and animations in your slideshow. So after you've created a slideshow, like the one that I'm looking at, and you're going to deliver it something that helps polish the slideshow is by adding what are called transitions and animations. So when looking at your presentation, if you go to the transitions tab on the ribbon, then you have various transitions that can be added to your slides. Transitions are what are referred to as the way your slides advance from one to the next. So for example, you have a morph. It shows you a little description when you rest your mouse over it, and if I select it, it will give me a little preview of how that transition goes from one slide to the next. Fade, push. So these different options are available. Once I choose a transition for a slide, I'll know that it's been applied to my slide, because if I look in my navigation pane on the left, you can see underneath the number one is a little star, and that lets me know that there's some sort of animation applied to this slide. None of the rest of my slides have any animation or transitions applied to them at this time. Once I choose a transition that I like, I can choose to have it applied to all of the slides in my presentation with the apply to all button. Now you'll see that little star next to every single one of the slides in my presentation. Another thing that is common in PowerPoint presentations is the use of animation. Animation refers to how things on the slide change. Transitions are how you move from one slide to the next. Animations are how things on the slide change. So if I click on the second slide here, which has an agenda, I want to apply some animations to this slide on the ribbon, I click on the animations tab, and then I need to select what it is that I want to animate, because you'll notice right now, none of my animations are available choices. They're all kind of grayed out right now. So I can click on the text that says agenda, and now there are some animation options. So I can choose to have that text appear, and it just kind of shows you how that happens, happens rather quickly. I like to use what is referred to as the animation pane. So if I go to the animations tab and in the advanced animation group and I click on animation pane, this shows me everything in my slide that I have applied animation to, and the type of animation that I have applied. So I have the agenda animated right now. Maybe I want the text underneath that animated. So I select that text box, and I can choose a type of animation for that text, and you'll see how the text comes in, since there was more text, this kind of took a little bit longer than the first one. Now when we look in the animation pane, we can see first is the title, second is the content of that list underneath the agenda. We also see the little one, two, three, four, five, six, that's letting us know the order in which things are animated. So I can animate text. I can also animate images. So we'll see that over here is a little flower image of leaf and some other leaves and flowers and this whole letter A. So if I wanted to animate that letter A, for example, I'm going to choose the animation grow and turn. You see how it came in after the flowers were already there. I didn't animate the flowers, but if I decided that was actually the first thing I wanted to animate in my animation pane, I can select it. It's currently number seven, and then I can use this little up arrow and move it to the top of the list. Now it's number one. I want to see what my whole animation looks like on my slide. I can click the play from in the animation tab and see how my animation looks and works. So that is using animation and transitions in PowerPoint. You can apply as much or as little animation and transition to your presentation and make your presentation really stand out among others. Thanks for watching. In our next lesson, we'll be taking a look at some additional tools and features that you can use when delivering a slideshow.

Beginner Provider : Erin Sullivan 3 Lessons · 16m in English

Course Description

The focus of this module is on delivering your PowerPoint presentations. When you create a PowerPoint slide show presentation, the use of the additional interactive features will give your presentation a little pizzazz.

In this module, you will learn how to make your text fly on the screen as you are presenting. This will not only engage your audience, but it will also help to direct audience focus toward the points you’re looking to make.

Transitions are the way that you move from one slide in your presentation to the next. You will learn how to apply transitions throughout your presentation. You will have the chance to see the many varied options available with transitions. One of the tools you will learn in this module is the Presenter view, which helps the presenter by showing the next animations and slides with easy ways to navigate throughout the presentation while actively presenting it.

What You'll Learn

Apply animations to make text and elements appear on screen during a presentation
Add and configure slide transitions to move from one slide to the next
Explore the varied transition options available in PowerPoint
Use Presenter view to see upcoming animations and slides while presenting
Navigate through a presentation easily while actively delivering it
Use additional tools and features to add interactivity to your slide show

Key Takeaways

Animations let you make text fly onto the screen to engage the audience and direct focus toward key points.
Transitions are the way you move from one slide in a presentation to the next, and they can be applied throughout the presentation.
PowerPoint offers many varied options for transitions.
Presenter view helps the presenter by showing upcoming animations and slides with easy ways to navigate while actively presenting.
Interactive features can add some pizzazz to a PowerPoint slide show presentation.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this PowerPoint module focus on?

This module focuses on delivering your PowerPoint presentations, including using interactive features such as animations, transitions, and Presenter view to add pizzazz and engage your audience.

What will I learn about animations and transitions?

You will learn how to make your text fly on the screen as you present, and how to apply transitions throughout your presentation while seeing the many varied transition options available. Transitions are how you move from one slide to the next.

What is Presenter view used for?

Presenter view is a tool that helps the presenter by showing the next animations and slides, with easy ways to navigate throughout the presentation while actively presenting it.

What lessons are included in this module?

The module includes three lessons: Transitions and Animations, Tools and Features, and Presenter View.

What skills does this course cover?

The course covers Microsoft PowerPoint, animations, presentation software, presentation training, and slide shows.