Master presenter, author and consultant Nancy Duarte says that presenters should use "visuals to communicate the story in a clear, engaging way." Animation serves the story that you're telling with ...

Microsoft Office PowerPoint treats Flash animations like videos that can be embedded in or linked to in a presentation. On the Insert tab in PowerPoint, click the "Video" button on the far right and ...

On the Draw tab, select a pen in the Drawing Tools group and draw a text on the slide. Press the Esc key to exit the pen effect. Click on the Drawn text, then click the Animations tab. Click the ...

Animations are one of PowerPoint’s most effective features. They aren’t just to make photos fly around (although that can be fun). Everything from personnel procedures to industrial processes to ...

Change the slide layout to blank. On the Home tab in the shape gallery, select the oval shape and draw it on the slide, forming a circle. Now we are going to copy the smaller oval shape. Press Ctrl D ...

Almost any PowerPoint presentation would benefit from clever animation. And, lucky for us, the Internet has an endless supply of animated templates that you can download for free (or for a nominal fee ...

Animating PowerPoint slides can transform a standard presentation into an engaging and dynamic experience for your audience. By incorporating motion into your slides, you can emphasize key points, ...

Nothing can revive a DOA PowerPoint presentation faster than animations. Applied judiciously, these motion effects can bring dynamism to your deck and make your message more powerful. Using the ...

PowerPoint will let you animate chart elements, but the option’s not easy to find. If you don’t know about it, you might not even go looking for it. You can animate just about anything in PowerPoint, ...

The concept of hiding information until you’re ready to expose it is easy to represent using two animations in a PowerPoint presentation. Flipping is a unique way to display related data during a ...