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How to chain animations across multiple slides vs. stacking multiple animations on a single build slide?

Is there a way to chain animations from one slide to another, without having to manually advance to the next slide? I don't want it doing it on a timer, i just want the last animation to play to trigger the transition to the next slide.

The cleanest, easiest to work with slides are those with only a few animations where, for the most part, the slide is readable without running through the animations.

The best looking animation build sequences, are slides that are literally LITTERED with overlapping objects that you have to use the selection pane to sort through.  Looking at the slide standing still, it's a total mess.

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You can take advantage of the fact that PPT won't trigger a timed slide advance until all the animations on the slide have finished.  So for example:

Set Slide 1 to advance automatically after 1 second (or less if need be)

Add whatever animations you like to the slide.

When you play the show, it'll advance automatically from Slide 1 to Slide 2, but only after all of your animations have played. 

If you need a bit of delay after the last animation but before the advance, add a dummy animation offscreen.

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How To Play Video Over Multiple Slides | PowerPoint Tutorial

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With the limited time and attention span of business professionals, it is difficult to get a larger volume of information across in a shorter period of time.

A well-placed video can aid your slides to rope in your audience. However, the common issue is that the content of a video is split into multiple slides, and it is difficult to create sync between the presentation and the video.

In this PowerPoint tutorial, we will learn how to play video over multiple slides.

  • Arrange the slides with your content in sequence, and leave the same space for the video placeholder in each of them.

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  • Add your video in the first slide of this sequence and make the necessary adjustments.
  • Now select your video and click on the Animations ribbon, and go to Animation Pane

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  • In the animations tab, arrange your video w.r.t the other elements on the slides (before or after the text, starting point, etc.)
  • If your video has a ‘pause’ symbol next to it; select the video and click play. Stop the video and notice that the symbol in the animation pane will change to a ‘play’ icon. If this doesn’t work, set the video to start automatically.

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  • Click on the drop-down arrow next to the video in the animations pane, and select effect options.
  • In the effect tab, now you can see the Stop Playing section. By default, ‘after current slide’ will be selected.
  • Change this option to ‘after’, and select the number of slides you want the video to play over.

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  • Save the settings and check the slide show.

Watch this stepwise video PowerPoint tutorial on how to play video over multiple slides to get a detailed idea –

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How to combine motion paths in microsoft powerpoint.

Create a seamless animation by combining motion paths.

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Assigning and combining motion paths.

You can assign multiple motion paths to a single object in PowerPoint, but if you don’t combine them, the object will reset to its original position before executing the next animation. Combine the motion paths for a smooth, seamless transition.

Let’s assume you have an object that you want to bounce to the left, then drop down a bit into its final position. You can assign a single object with multiple motion paths, but if you don’t combine the motion paths then you’ll end up with something like this:

As you can see, the motion path goes from A > B then A > C instead of the intended A > B > C. Obviously that’s not what we wanted to do. The fix is as simple as clicking and dragging, but before we get into combining motion paths, you first need to assign the animations to our object.

First, select the object to which you will assign multiple motion paths.

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Next, head over to the “Animations” tab and click the “Add Animation” button.

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A menu will appear showing a large library of animations. Scroll to the very bottom to find the “Motion Paths” group. If you find the one you want to use here, great! If not, you can select “More Motion Paths” to browse through many more. We’ll go ahead and click that in this example.

select more motion paths

In this example, we’re going to be using the “Bounce Left” option, found in the “Lines_Curves” group. Once selected, click “OK.”

Select Bounce Left

You may notice the path doesn’t go exactly where you’d like it to go. To position the path, simply grab the box and drag.

Now, head over to the “Animations" tab. Select the arrow next to “Start” to show the menu, then select “After Previous.”

after previous

Repeat the previous steps to add the second motion path. This time, we’ll add “Down” which you'll also find in the “Lines_Curves” group.

Select down path

Now that our motion paths are assigned, we need to select the second motion path and drag the green arrow over the red arrow of the first. After that, drag the red dot of the second motion path to the final destination of the animation.

Once you’re finished, go ahead and preview the slide show to make sure it works properly. To quickly view the presentation starting at the current slide, press Shift+F5. Otherwise, head to the “Slide Show” tab and select either “From Beginning” or “From Current Slide,” whichever you’d prefer.

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Finally, you should have something that looks like this:

You’ve now successfully combined motion paths to make one smooth, seamless animation.

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How to Apply Multiple Animations in PowerPoint

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Apply multiple animations to one object in PowerPoint.

Multiple Animations in PowerPoint Explained

Animations are visual effects that can be applied to objects in PowerPoint. Animations can be applied to text, shapes, pictures, charts, icons, lists and much more. Animation adds a dynamic element to objects instantly making a presentation look more interesting.

Animation controls the way objects move on or off the slide. Effects that control how an object moves on to the slide are called Entrance Effects . Effects that control how an object moves off a slide are called Exit Effects . We can even apply Emphasis Effects which occur once the object has arrived on the slide.

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When used correctly, Animations can really enhance a presentation and draw attention to keep points of interest. When used incorrectly, they can make a presentation look chaotic and unprofessional.

Our recommendation is to build the PowerPoint presentation first and apply animation effects at the end when all objects are in their final locations. Try to stick to subtle animation effects and don’t use too many different effects in one presentation.

It is possible to add more than one animation effect to a single object. However, how we do this is not immediately obvious.

Apply an Entrance Effect Animation to a Bulleted List

Apply an emphasis effect animation to a bulleted list.

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In this example, we want each bullet point to fly in from the left when the presenter clicks the mouse.

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  • Select the first bullet point.
  • From the Animations tab, in the Animation group, click the drop-down arrow to expand the animation gallery.
  • From the Entrance group, click Fly In .

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  • From the Animations tab, in the Animation group, click the drop-down arrow next to Effect Options.
  • Select From Left from the menu.
  • Repeat this process to apply the same animation to each bullet point in the list.

By default, animations will be set to start On Click . This means the animation won’t play until the presenter clicks the mouse. We can adjust this setting if we want the bullet points to fly in automatically after the previous slide finishes.

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When an animation has been applied to an object, it’s indicated by a number. This number determines the order in which the animations will play.

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Using the animation gallery in PowerPoint allows us to add an entrance effect OR an emphasis effect, OR an exit effect. However, what if we need to add an entrance effect AND an emphasis effect to the same object?

When applying multiple animations to one object, we need to approach this slightly differently. If we use the animation gallery, the new effect will replace the original effect.

In this example, I want the bulleted list of items to fly in from the left and then pulse once they have arrived on the slide. So, I need to add an emphasis effect but still retain the entrance effect.

  • Select the first bullet point in the list.
  • From the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click the drop-down arrow next to Add Animation .
  • From the Emphasis group, select Pulse .

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The Emphasis Effects will show in the Animation Pane and can be customized.

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  • From the Animations tab, in the Animation group, click Animation Pane .

Each animation is listed in the Animation Pane. Click the drop-down arrow next to the animation to see more customizable options.

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Once multiple animations have been applied to an object, the Animation gallery will reflect that.

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July 27, 2022

Introduction

Animation in your slide deck is a great way to add visual interest. And when done well it can WOW your audience. This in-depth, step-by-step tutorial covers how to animate in PowerPoint showing the fundamentals of adding and modifying animations and then demonstrates advanced strategies like customizing timings, adding triggers, using morph, and creating animations with 3D objects.

Types of Animation Effects

Before you begin applying animation in PowerPoint, it helps to know how they are categorized and how these categories affect the function of the animation. These categories or types are also referred to as effects.

The first effect category is Enter. With this animation objects are not visible initially and appear based on a specific action by the presenter like a click of a mouse.

The second effect category is Emphasis. Here an object is visible on the slide and will animate to draw attention to it such as pulse.

The third effect category is Exit. Here an object is visible on the slide and then will exit from view based on an action like a mouse click.

Adding an animation

To apply an animation on a slide you need at least one object on the slide. An object is any type of content that can be added to a slide such as a shape, text, icon, picture, etc. In this example, I’ll use a shape on blank slide. The location of the object will be where the animation either ends or begins. You want to select the object. Click the Animations tab and click the animation you want to apply. You can scroll through the gallery or click the small drop-down arrow to display more options all at once. When you select an animation, the object will show what the animation looks like. You can also use the Preview button on the Animations tab to see what the animation looks like. You will notice that the object now has a small box with a number next to it. That is a visual indicator noting an animation has been applied to the object. The number indicates the order the animations occur if you have more than one object animating on the slide. In Windows if you select a new animation from the gallery, it will override the previous selection. For instance, if I apply an Emphasis animation the Enter fly-in is replaced. The same with applying an Exit Fly-out the Emphasis effect is replaced. To remove an animation, just choose None in the Gallery.

Some animations like the Fly In are pre-set to animate from a specific direction. To change the direction, click the Effects Option button after applying the animation. From the drop-down options choose the direction you want. If the Effects Option isn’t active, then that effect you selected can’t be changed in any way.

Motion Path animation

The next effect I want to touch on is the Motion Path option. You can choose a basic effect like moving in a straight line. Or something highly custom like drawing your own path. With the Motion Path, the small green dot is the starting point, and the red dot is the ending location. To extend the path, you can drag and drop the red dot to a new spot on the slide. With motion path the animation possibilities are quite extensive, especially if you use it with other effects.

Applying an animation to similar objects

If you have several objects that you want to add animation to, here are some strategies I use to save time. If you want to animation multiples of the same object in the same way first add the shape then add the animation to that shape and then press Control D to duplicate that shape.

Rearrange as needed and you will notice that all of the objects have a number indicator next to them. The different numbers indicate the order the objects will animate. Let's click the Preview button to see what it looks like.

Copying the shape and pasting is another option Either on the same slide or another slide. To copy either use Control C, Right-click and copy, or click the Copy button on the Home tab. Then paste either using Control V, Right-click and paste, or click the Paste button on the Home tab. Just like with Duplicate, there is an indication number.

If you want the same object to animation on a different slide, you can duplicate the slide Select the slide in the Thumbnail Pressing Control D or Right-click and choose Duplicate

Looking at the second slide, you can see the object has an animation indicator I will change the object's color so you can see what it looks like. I'll go into Presentation Mode and here is what the animation looks like.

If you have several different objects and you want them all to have the same animation, you have a couple of options. You can select them all. And click the animation type in the Animations tab. You will see they all have the same animation indicator next to them. As the Preview shows, this option sets the animation for all objects to start at the same time.

You can also use the Animation Painter. Once you’ve added an animation to an object, select it. Click the Animation Painter button. Then click on the object you want to apply the animation to.

With this option, it sets the animations to start one after the other. If you double click the Painter option, you can apply the animation to multiple objects without having to click the Painter button for each object.

Adjusting Start, Duration, and Delay

Once you’ve added an animation to an object, often the next step is modifying the timing of the animation. To the far right on the animation tab, there are three timing settings: Start, Duration, and Delay.

Modifying Start

The Start timing determines how the animation will start. The default is On Click. So when you click your mouse the animation begins.

The next option is With Previous. The object with this setting will animate at the same time as the previous animation. In this example the Triangle animates with the circle.

The third start setting is After Previous. Here an object animates after the previous animation is complete. In this example the triangle animates once the circle animation is done.

Changing Duration

The next timing is the Duration or speed of the animation. The default setting is typically Very Fast at half a second (0.5). You can use the up and down arrows to speed up or slow down the animation by quarter intervals. Or you can type in the duration.

In this example, you can see the Triangle fly in is much slower than the previous examples. As a side note, the duration can’t be changed for some animations.

Adding Delay

The last timing is Delay. This a slightly more advanced setting and this setting delays the start of an animation. The default setting is zero. Meaning there is no delay. In the example, the Triangle is set to start after previous with a one second delay.

Applying Multiple Animations

Now that you know how to modify a single animation, we can move on to apply multiple animations to one object. As I mentioned in Video 1 of this 3-part series, clicking a different animation in the gallery replaces the previous animation.

In this example, I will set the object to fly-in, pulse, and then fly-out. Do do this, I select the object. I choose the Fly in animation. Then I click the Add Animation button. Choose Pulse as an emphasis. I'll add the third animation, clicking the Add animation button and then choosing Fly-out. And the Preview shows what that will look like.

In Video 1 of this series, I demonstrated the Animation Painter, when you have multiple animations, this option comes in handy.

Using the Animation Pane

Once you start adding multiple animations to objects, using the Animation Pane can help you keep track. To display the pane either click the Animations Pane button or click one of the animation indicators by an object.

From the animation pane, you can see the order of the animations. They are listed from beginning to end. A mouse means it is an On Click start animation. No icon means that it is set to With Previous. And a clock indicates that the Start is After Previous.

The color of the star indicates the type of effect: green for enter, yellow for emphasis, and red for exit. If you can’t see color very well, the lines Indicate whether it is an Enter, an Emphasis, or an Exit.

If you want to change the order of the animations, you can use the up and down arrows. Or just drag and drop. You can select more than one by holding down the Shift key and then moving them all at the same time.

Deleting animations from the Animation Pane is quite easy. Select the animation and press the Delete key.

The animation pane also shows the timeline of the animations. The placement of the bar on the timeline indicates when the animation begins and end. You can drag and drop the bar to change the delay. You can resize the bar to change the duration of the animation.

Effects and Timing Dialog Box

When you mouse over or select an animation, To the far right of each animation is a small down arrow. Clicking the arrow provides options to show more settings for the effects and timings. Let’s take a look.

You will notice there are three tabs Effect, Timing, and Text Animation The added options in the Effects tab, is that you can add a Dim after animation setting. I usually apply this to content that I have as part of a list. So, when I am done discussing one bullet point, I dim that option and then display the next option.

If you don’t want to apply an exit animation, you can also make content disappear right after the animation or hide on the next mouse click.

The Timing tab, provides the same options as on the Animation tab for Start, Duration, and Delay.

You can also add a repeat loop. You can set specific times or until the next animation or until the end of the slide show. The speed of the animation will determine how the effect looks such as a rapid pulse or slow flash.

The trigger setting lets you set an On Click to a specific object. When you click the object with your mouse, it activates the animation for a different object. This differs from a typical On Click animation because the object itself must be clicked for the animation to work.

To do this, apply each animation to the specific object Then select the animation in animation pane Click the trigger button in the Animations tab and choose the object from the menu options Repeat this process for each object.

Renaming objects in the Selection Pane helps if you have several objects to trigger. One reason I like this option, is because it allows me to animate in any order.

Text Animation Strategies

With all of the examples so far, I’ve worked with shapes and other objects. Text can be animated just like any other object on the slide. But here are some things to keep in mind.

Selecting the text box will animate each line separately Selecting all of the text in the text box will animate all of the text at once. To change the setting, highlight the line or lines and change the Start to On Click. Selecting each paragraph or line in a bullet and then choosing your effect, will animate each line separately.

Morph Transition

A more advanced animation people like to use is called morphing. Within PowerPoint, morphing is a transition and not an animation. That means you apply the effect to the entire slide and not an individual object. Morphing as its name implies is an object that is changed into something different. This can be a simple effect like moving and changing in color.

For this effect, I will duplicate the slide with the circle. On the second slide I’ll move the circle to the right side and changed the color fill. With the second slide selected in the thumbnail pane, I click the Transitions tab and select Morph.

The Preview shows you what it'll look like. As you can see, unlike a fly in type of animation, the object appears to be changing with a slight fade.

Advanced Morph Transition

An advanced morph transition can be used to make an object change into a different object. Like this example of a circle morphing into a star. To apply an advanced morph, create the two slides with the different objects.

Before applying the transition to the second slide, open the Selection Pane. Select the object on the first slide, then click the Selection Pane button either on the Home tab or in the Shape Format tab.

Within the Selection Pane, you can rename objects to help keep track of multiple objects. For this animation to work, the objects on each slide need to have the same name starting with 2 exclamation points. I will rename this object to !!morph1. And copy the name. And then press Enter to set the new name of the object.

Now I need to select the second slide. In the Selection Pane, double click in the name of the star object. And paste in the name of the first object. Then I will press Enter to set the new name.

Now with the second slide selected, I can apply the Morph transition. And it will show what the morph will looks like. This is one of my favorite tricks to add some pizazz to a slide deck.

Animating 3D objects

The last animation I want to show you is animating a 3D object, like this example. Many people aren’t aware that they have access to 3D objects within their 365 subscription.

To add a 3D object, click the Insert tab. Then click the 3D object button and choose from Stock 3D Models. Or if you have a model on your device, choose that option. Search and select the object you want. In this example, I will insert a Monarch Butterfly.

To view the different sides of the model, click the center button with the multiple arrows. And then just drag your mouse to view the object. With the model selected, click the Animations Tab. And you'll notice that the Gallery now has 3D animations added.

These will be cubes with arrows around them. For this example, I will use the turntable effect. With the Effects option button, I can make some adjustments like the direction and amount of spine as well as the spin axis.

Using the Morph transition with a 3D object can add an extra visual element. Using the butterfly again, I will duplicate the slide. For the first slide, I will delete the turntable animation and change it to top view.

On the second slide I will keep the side view and the turntable animation. Then I will apply the Morph transition to the second slide. The preview shows the butterfly smoothly transitions from the top view to the side view. and then the turntable animation begins.

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Start multiple animation sequences simultaneously in PowerPoint

I'm using PowerPoint 2010 and trying to create an animation. In one of my slides, I've different objects with different paths. I'm trying to run all of them at once (not one after another). I know that this can be done by Effect Options -> Sequence -> All At Once .

However, when I click on Effect Options I don't see Sequence.

Does anyone know how to add it?

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All at Once doesn't mean what you think it does. It's meant for SmartArt graphics, as this page notes:

The difference between All at Once and As One Object is most notable in animations where the shapes rotate or grow. With All at Once , each shape rotates or grows individually. With As One Object , the entire SmartArt graphic rotates or grows.

It's easier to understand if you see each option in action:

If you want multiple objects to be animated simultaneously, select all of them (either in the slide or Animation Pane ), then select Animations tab / Timing / With Previous :

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With Previous means that a given step will start simultaneously with the 'previous' one. Increase the timings of two consecutive animations in the animation pane to convince yourself, like two grow/shrink animations; you'll see them grow together, not one after another.

It's After Previous that implies sequential animations.

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Apply Two or More Animations to One Object at the Same Time in PowerPoint

Learn to apply multiple animations to the same slide object in PowerPoint. You can make all animations play together to create a customized animation effect.

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Date Created: June 27, 2017 Last Updated: August 5, 2021

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PowerPoint animation makes slide objects move. These slide objects can be anything you can select on your slides, such as text, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, and even video clips.

So, yes, you can add animations to PowerPoint slide objects . However, did you know that you can combine multiple animations to happen at the same time for the same slide object, creating a custom animation effect? Imagine, an object fading and zooming at the same time! Although you can combine fade and zoom entrance animations, you really cannot combine a fade entrance with a zoom exit. PowerPoint has four types of animation , and you will learn what can be combined or not in the box below.

Animation Types You Can Combine:

  • Two or more Entrance animation effects.
  • You can even combine an Entrance effect with an Emphasis or a Motion Path effect.
  • You can also combine two or more Emphasis effects or two or more Exit effects.

Animation Types You Cannot Combine:

  • Any Entrance effect along with an Exit effect. If you do so, PowerPoint will play the Entrance effect only. And then in a blink-of-the-eye moment, the animated object will disappear!
  • Two Motion Path effects. You cannot expect the same object to animate on different paths at the same time. If you do so, PowerPoint will ignore all earlier Motion Path effects and just play the last Motion Path effect.

Now that you have understood the prerequisites, follow these steps to apply multiple animations to the same slide object in PowerPoint:

  • Select any object on your slide. In Figure 1 , below, you can see that we have selected a SmartArt graphic.

SmartArt graphic selected on the slide

  • Add the first animation to this slide object. We added an Entrance Effect called Swivel to the SmartArt graphic, as shown in Figure 2 , below.

 Entrance Effect added to the SmartArt

  • Now, deselect the slide object for a moment. Then select it again and add another animation. Why did we deselect at all? That is because you need to add another animation rather than replacing the existing one. In Figure 3 below, you can see that we added another Emphasis Effect called Object Color .

Emphasis Effect added to the SmartArt

  • At this point, the SmartArt graphic has two animation effects applied that play one after the other. Also, note that it is possible that both animation effects possess different time durations (playing time). Now, click the Animation Pane button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3 , above. Doing so brings up the Animation Pane as shown in Figure 4 , below. Within the Animation Pane , select the second animation and change its Start event to start With Previous , as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4 .

Video inserted on the slide

  • Then, edit the Timeline of both the animations within the Animation Pane so that both animations have the same duration, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 5 , below. This is necessary if you want the animations to start and stop together.

Both animations have the same duration

  • Now, preview the animation or play in Slide Show view. Figure 6 , below shows our SmartArt graphic animating with two effects at the same time.

Both animations playing together

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Discover the power of combining multiple animations of photo and shapes in PowerPoint. Get inspired to create interesting effects for your business presentations.

Quick word about combining multiple animations in PowerPoint: If you want to leverage the full power of custom animation in PowerPoint, you need to learn the art of combining multiple animations seamlessly. Here is an example of what we are talking about:

Answer : ‘Fly in’ and ‘Box’ animations. If you answered correctly, you are already familiar with combining animations to good effect. If you couldn’t answer correctly, this article will teach you how to create the effect in a step by step way.

You can use the effect to showcase pictures or text in your business presentation.

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Step 1: Set up the shapes

We used two shapes to create our graphic. The first is a ‘ Rectangle ’ filled with picture. The second is ‘Half-frame’ where we applied a preset from ‘Shape effects’ option.

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Step 2: Apply animation effect

  • Select the half frame in the top left corner of the photo. Apply ‘Fly in’ entrance animation. Let the direction be ‘From Bottom-Right’
  • Select the half frame in the bottom right corner of the photo. Apply ‘Fly in’ entrance animation. Let the direction be ‘From Top-Left’
  • Select the photo and apply ‘Box’ entrance animation. Let the direction be ‘Out’

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Step 3: Set up the timing

Let the duration be 1.5 seconds for both the half frames. For the rectangle – use a shorter duration and allow a delay as shown below:

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The delay allows the photo to box out after the half frames cross each other. When you play the animation you get the result you saw at the beginning of the article.

Thus, by combining multiple animations in PowerPoint you get some remarkable results to impress your business audience. Go ahead and experiment to get your own variations.

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You may not always have the time to experiment with various animation options to create your business slides. That is why we came up with our  750+ Advanced Animation Templates for PowerPoint .

The templates pack has graphics, models and concepts to help you visualize your business ideas in an interesting way. The templates pack is an essential investment for those involved in making eLearning presentations, training presentations and marketing presentations uploaded on the web.

Here is an example showing different photos revealed with text:

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Here is another example from the animations pack showing effect of click to reveal photo and text.

All the above examples are taken from our ‘ 750+ Advanced Custom Animation Templates for PowerPoint’.

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How to Play Multiple Images in the Same PowerPoint Slide in Order

If you inserted several pictures in the same slide of PowerPoint, and want them to play one by one, how can you achieve it? Actually, there’s nothing complicated about the process, you just need to add several animation effects to these pictures.

1. Insert the pictures you want them to play in this slide.

2. You can arrange the order of these pictures by double-clicking them and choosing Bring to Front or Send to Back accordingly.

How to Play Multiple Images in the Same PowerPoint Slide in Order

3. Go to Animations tab, click Animation Pane , then click Add Animations and choose an Entrance effect in the drop-down menu for the appearance of the first picture.

How to Play Multiple Images in the Same PowerPoint Slide in Order

4. This animation will be added to Animation Pane immediately, you can select it to adjust its Timing .

How to Play Multiple Images in the Same PowerPoint Slide in Order

5. Then select the picture and click Add Animation to add an Exit effect for it. This animation will be listed in Animation Pane and you can adjust its effect as well.

6. Now select the second picture (if it’s completely covered by picture 1, you can right-click picture 1 and choose Send to Back first), Add an Entrance animation for it to appear, and an Exit animation as well.

7. Set up the Entrance and Exit animation for each picture you inserted in this way, and don’t forget click Preview on the top-left corner to test them. You can keep adjusting them till you get satisfied with the effect.

How to Play Multiple Images in the Same PowerPoint Slide in Order

Note: If you want a picture to stay longer, you can enter a longer Delay time for its Exit animation.

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How to loop a sequence of PowerPoint animations

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Loops are like buses. You wait ages for one then a bunch of them arrive at the same time! In our last looping article you discovered how to create infinite Motion Paths in PowerPoint. Now you’re going to learn a simple technique to loop sequences of animations in PowerPoint.

Animation effects in presentations aren’t just decorative, they’re a great way to pace your content so you can explain your story step-by-step. We’ve got lots of articles about how to use simple animations effectively (like this beginner’s guide to Morph and this introduction to PowerPoint animation ), but today we’re going to look at something a little more sophisticated. Sometimes you might want to play a sequence of animation effects in a loop, over and over again to illustrate a particular point. PowerPoint allows you to loop a single animation effect but not a sequence of multiple effects. Our neat hack solves that limitation and, as an added bonus, gives you a warm fuzzy sensation because you know loops inside out.

How to loop one animation effect in PowerPoint

Let’s start at the very beginning as I’ve heard it’s a very good place to start! If you’re sitting there thinking, ‘Hang on a second, I have no idea how to loop a single animation!’ – fear not! Take a look at the slide below. Let’s say you wanted the computer icon in column E to blink repeatedly until you move to the next slide.

Screenshot of a PowerPoint slide with several vertical bars on it labelled A to H. The bars have small icons at the base.

To do this you would add the Blink emphasis effect from the Animations tab ( Animations > Add Animation > More Emphasis effects… ). Then open the Animation Pane , right click on the blink animation you just added and select Effect Options . Then set up the animation as follows:

Screenshot of the effect options for the Blink animation in PowerPoint. The option to repeat teh animation until the end of the slide is selected.

How to loop a sequence of animation effects in PowerPoint

Okay, one animation successfully looped! But what would you do if you wanted a sequence of animation affects to play in a specified order and then repeat, as in this example:

This is just one PowerPoint slide with a fairly complex animation sequence used to show the production line process. This is what the Animation Pane looks like:

Screenshot of the animation pane in PowerPoint. There are lots of different animations running one after the other,

You can download this file to see how the animation sequence was created: Download looping animation file . What we want to do now is to set this whole sequence to repeat until the next slide. How? With our audio bookmark hack!

Hover your mouse over the last animation effect in the sequence and make a note of the time it ends. In our example, it’s 13.5 seconds.

Screenshot of the PowerPoint animation pane showing that the sequence of animations stops at 13.5 seconds on the timeline.

Record a sound file that’s a bit longer than the time you just noted down. This may seem odd but stick with it! To do this, go to the Insert tab in PowerPoint and – way over on the right-hand side of the ribbon – click Audio followed by Record Audio .

Screenshot of the Insert Ribbon in PowerPoint showing the record audio option selected.

Top tip: Name your recording using the target time so you remember when to stop recording!

PowerPoint Record Sound dialog

If you want, you can mute your microphone. Otherwise, keep completely silent and press the record button. Wait until the recording is the right length, then press the stop button.

Wait! Hold the phone. Why are we telling you to record a silent audio file?! All will become clear.

Select your new audio file then set it up in the Playback tab as follows:

  • Click Add Bookmark (this will add a bookmark at 0 seconds)
  • Click Volume > Mute
  • Click Start > Automatically
  • Click Loop until Stopped
  • Click Hide During Show

Your audio file options should now look like this:

Screenshot of the audio file options in PowerPoint showing all the settings selected as described in the text.

Finally, click the Trim Audio button and set the End Time to the exact time you want the animation sequence to repeat. In our example, the sequence lasts 13.5 seconds so we’ll set the audio end time to 14.00 seconds.

Open the Animation Pane (download our free quick access toolbar customisation for Windows or macOS to open the Animation Pane with just one click). Then select the first animation effect in the sequence, hold down the shift key and select the last effect in the sequence. With the whole sequence selected, go back to the Animations tab and in the Advanced Animation group, click the Trigger menu followed by On Bookmark and then Bookmark 1 .

And you’re done! You should now see two zones in the Animation Pane. The top part in the main timeline sequence just has the audio file in it, set to start automatically and repeatedly fire its single bookmark trigger event every 14 seconds. The main animation sequence has moved to what’s known as the interactive or trigger sequence. This sequence will now start every time the bookmark in the audio file is reached.

Screenshot of the animation pane in PowerPoint showing the two sections as described in the text.

And as the audio file is set to loop until you advance the slide, the animation sequence will repeat from when you start the Slide Show until you move to the next slide or quit the show. And it doesn’t stop there. Imagine what effects you could achieve by adding different sequences to different audio files with multiple bookmarks. One audio file triggering another that triggers a sequence of effects that triggers another audio file. Welcome to mind-blowing PowerPoint that makes your brain ache and your heart sing! No? Just us then!

Got a thirst for PowerPoint loops?

If you’re now looping mad, then you might want to check out this blog post: How to create infinite Motion Paths in PowerPoint . And our free BrightSlide add-in for PowerPoint includes lots of new ways to enhance your creativity, including some very cool animation tools that’ll have your boss, colleagues and audiences jumping for joy. Download BrightSlide!

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All the best things in life do loop-the-loops. Rollercoasters, fancy planes, and… PowerPoint! Learn how to make a loop-the-loop-ing infinite Motion Path in PowerPoint for silky smooth repeating image carousels, never-ending animations, and more!

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Apply multiple animation effects to one object

In the PowerPoint desktop apps, you can apply multiple animation effects to a single string of text or an object, such as a picture, shape, or SmartArt graphic.

Apply multiple animations to one object

Tip:  When working with multiple animation effects, it helps to work in the Animation Pane , where you can see a list of all the animation effects for the current slide.

Open the Animation Pane

Select the object on the slide that you want to animate.

On the Animations tab, click Animation Pane .

Open the Animation Pane

Click Add Animation , and pick an animation effect.

Add an animation effect in PowerPoint

To apply additional animation effects to the same object, select it, click Add Animation and pick another animation effect.

Important:  After applying the first animation effect, if you try to add more animation effects any other way other than clicking Add Animation , you won’t apply an additional effect. Instead, you’ll replace the existing effect with a the one you’re adding.

Set the start time and length of an animation effect

When you want to control the timing of your animation effects, do the following for each animation effect:

In the Animation Pane , click the down arrow next to the animation effect, and then click Timing .

Set the timing of an animation effect

On the Timing tab, click the Start down arrow, and choose from the following start times:

To play when you click the mouse, pick On Click .

To play at the same time as the previous animation effect, pick With Previous

To play after the previous animation effect plays, pick After Previous .

Tip:  The previous animation effect is the one listed in the playing order in the Animation Pane (usually located just above the animation you are setting the timing for).

Set the timing, delay, and duration of an animation effect

To delay the animation effect from starting, click the Delay up arrow to the number of seconds you want.

To change the speed of the animation effect, set the Duration to the level you want.

To watch how the animation effects work together, click Preview on the Animation tab.

Play multiple animation effects at the same time

You can have two or more animation effects occur at the same time for one object. For example, a picture could fade in and float in. To accomplish this layering of two (or more) effects at once, do as follows:

Use Add Animation to add the second effect.

The Add Animation button.

For the timing of the second effect, set Start to With Previous .

On the Animations tab, in the Timing section, set the Start option to With Previous.

Tip for working with multiple animation effects

When you work with multiple objects on a slide, it can be difficult to differentiate each object and their applied animation effects from one another.

In the picture, below, the default object names don’t provide much of a description so it’s hard to tell which object has what animation effect applied to it.

Names of objects without description

In the Selection Pane , you can give each object a distinct name to make it easier to work with them when you are applying animations to each. See below:

Give each object a distinct name

To change the default names of the objects, on the Home tab, click Select , and then click Selection Pane .

Open the Selection Pane

In the Selection Pane , double-click the default object name to open the box, and type a new name for the object.

Change the default object name

More about working with animation effects

Change the order of your animation effects

Trigger an animation effect to play

Add a motion path animation

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When creating PowerPoint designs or editing PowerPoint templates , mirroring an image can sometimes be helpful to give your audience a unique perspective or to make up for a photo taken from an awkward angle. You can do this by using the PowerPoint flip image option.

How to Mirror a Picture in PowerPoint

To get started, go to the Pictures option from the Insert tab to insert a picture from your device, stock images, or online pictures via Bing.

Inserting an image in PowerPoint

Resize the image to suit your needs so that it is appropriately displayed on the slide.

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To create a design where the same image appears on the opposite side, copy and paste it next to or below the original image.

Copying images in PowerPoint

Go to the Picture Format tab, select Rotate Objects , and select Flip Horizontal .

Mirror image by using Flip Horizontal in PowerPoint

How to Mirror Multiple Pictures in PowerPoint

Now that you know how to mirror an image in PowerPoint, you can use the same method to mirror multiple pictures in PowerPoint. To do this, insert the required photos, make copies of the original images to create the mirror effect, and select the copied images using the Shift key.

Selecting multiple images in PowerPoint

Select Flip Horizontal from the Rotate Objects menu from the Picture Format tab.

Using Flip Horizontal in multiple images

Final Words

By creating a mirror image in PowerPoint, you can design PowerPoint presentations that can be visually appealing and enable you to add a fresh perspective to your slides. However, using this option in moderation is advised, according to context. Since your slides can quickly end up looking awkward or unprofessional if this method is misused. For example, you might want to mirror an image on a title slide to create an attractive opening slide to show different perspectives. On the contrary, mirroring images of team members when introducing your team during a meeting might not be the best way to design your slides.

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