Introduction

PowerPoint offers powerful animation effects to its presentations, but editing them is often slow and tedious. The Quick Animation activity allows you to get multiple objects animated in just a few minutes.

This function is additive, meaning that you can layer sets of animations one after the other.

Although the Quick Animation function doesn't yet offer all of the animation features available directly within PowerPoint, such as moving along a path, etc., all of the primitive entrance and exit effects are available.

Instructions

Follow these steps to create a quick animation.

In the Shapes list, select one or more shapes on the active slide.
In the Start drop-down list, select one of the delay options from the following:
After Click.
After Delay.
Immediate.
In the Per Item / Effect drop-down list, select the type of effect to be animated.
Check or uncheck the Exit checkbox to indicate whether the effect will be exiting or entering, respectively.
Set the Effect Duration of the effect, in seconds.
If multiple items have been selected in the Shapes list, select the Next Item delay type from the following:
After Click.
After Delay.
Immediate.

Activity Description

Following is an illustration of the Quick Animation panel, followed by per-control descriptions.

Key	Name	Description
A	Shapes List	List of shapes available on the currently selected slide.
B	Start Type	Type of delay to enact at the start of the animation.
C	Start Delay	Time to wait, in decimal seconds, when a timed delay has been selected.
D	Effect Type	Type of effect to animate.
E	Exit Active	Value indicating whether the current effect is an exit for the selected object.
F	Effect Duration	Duration of the effect animation while active.
G	Next Delay Type	Type of delay to apply before animating the next item in the list.
H	Next Delay Duration	Time to wait, in decimal seconds, when a times delay has been selected.
I	OK	Apply all configured animations and close the Quick Animation panel.
J	Cancel	Return to the PowerPoint Tools panel without making any changes.

Available Delay Types

Following are descriptions of the delay types available in the Start and Next Item delay controls.

Name	Secondary Entry	Description
After Click		Animation activates when the next click is received from the user.
After Delay	Delay, in seconds	Animation activates X seconds after the previous animation finishes.
Immediately		This animation will start at the same time as the previous animation.

Available Effect Types

Following are the effects currently available for a quick animation sequence.

Name	Description
Appear	Instantly appear or disappear.
Bounce	Bounce into scene or bounce out of scene.
Fade	Fade� in or fade out.
Flash Once	Flash one time.
Float Down	Float down from the top on entry or down through the bottom on exit.
Float Up	Float up from the bottom on entry or up through the top on exit.
Fly Down	Fly down from the top on entry or down through the bottom on exit.
Fly Down and Left	Fly southwest. Enter from the top-right corner. Exit through the bottom left corner.
Fly Down and Right	Fly southeast. Enter from the top-left corner. Exit through the bottom right corner.
Fly Left	Fly west. Enter from the right. Exit through the left.
Fly Right	Fly east. Enter from the left. Exit through the right.
Fly Up	Fly north. Enter from the bottom. Exit through the top.
Fly Up and Left	Fly northwest. Enter from the bottom right corner. Exit through the top left corner.
Fly Up and Right	Fly northeast. Enter from the bottom left corner. Exit through the top right corner.
Split Horizontal In	Inward horizontal split.
Split Horizontal Out	Outward horizontal split.
Split Vertical In	Inward vertical split.
Split Vertical Out	Outward vertical split.
Teeter	Teeter in place.
Wipe Down	Wipe in a downward motion.
Wipe Left	Wipe in a leftward motion.
Wipe Right	Wipe in a rightward motion.
Wipe Up	Wipe in an upward motion.

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