Creating Professional Text-Based Presentations with PowerPoint: An Easy-to-Follow Guide

To create an attractive and professional presentation, it is essential to incorporate text animation in PowerPoint. When assigned the task of designing slides for a group presentation, refer to the following comprehensive guide on how to effectively create text animation in PowerPoint.

What is text animation in PowerPoint?

Text animation in PowerPoint involves displaying text content in various visually appealing ways, such as moving from left to right, top to bottom, or showing one letter at a time. This simple technique in slide design enhances the engagement level of the presentation content and helps avoid monotony. Text animation creates interest for the audience, viewers, and fosters greater interaction.

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How to create text animation in PowerPoint

Note: The instructions provided below describe the process of creating text animation in PowerPoint 2016. However, similar steps can be followed for PowerPoint versions such as PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010.

Step 1: Begin by creating a text box on the slide where you would like the text animation effect to be applied.

Step 2: Select the text line and navigate to the Animations tab on the PowerPoint toolbar.

Click on the arrow icon (as shown in the illustration) to display all available animation types.

In this section, you will find various pre-determined text animation effects categorized under Entrance, Emphasis, and Exit. Alternatively, if none of these suit your requirements, you can choose Motion Paths to create custom text animation effects.

Within the Motion Paths section, you will observe a vector indicating the movement path of the text line. Adjust the length and direction of the movement by moving the mouse to the end point of the path.

You can click on the Preview section to visualize how the text line will run.

To gain a clearer view of the animation, you may choose the Animation Pane option under the Advanced Animation section. This will provide you with a list of motion animations created within the current slide.

To complete the process of creating text animation in PowerPoint, you need to configure additional settings related to the start and duration of the animation in the Timing section.

Within the Start section, select one of the following options:

• On Click: The animation will run immediately after you click during the presentation.
• With Previous: The animation will run simultaneously with the previous motion.
• After Previous: The animation will run immediately after the previous motion is completed.

Within the Duration section, set the time required for the animation to finish.

Within the Delay section, set the time interval from the start time to when the text line actually starts moving. For example, if you select On Click for the start option and set a delay of 3 seconds, the text line will start moving 3 seconds after you click, in accordance with the previously set motion.

The guide above provides detailed steps on how to create text animation in PowerPoint. It is an uncomplicated process that offers numerous customizable animation styles to make presentations more distinct and unique.

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