Add animation to pictures, shapes, text boxes, and more to help bring your PowerPoint slides to life.

Choose an animation

  1. Select an object, press Shift, and then select the rest of the objects in your slide if needed.

  2. Select Animation > More to view the three animation types:

    • Entrance: Control how an object appears on a slide.

    • Emphasis: Control what happens to the object while it’s already on the slide.

    • Exit: Control how an object leaves a slide.

  3. Select an animation to use.

Change animation settings

  1. Select Animation Pane.

  2. To determine when and how each animation will happen, select an object, and then select its drop-down arrow.

  3. Select an option for each animation:

    • Start On Click: Make an animation start with a click.

    • Start With Previous: Make an animation start at the same time as the previous one.

    • Start After Previous: Make an animation start after the previous one happens.

  4. To reorder an object, select it and then select the Up and Down Arrows in the Animation Pane.

Change multiple animation settings at once

  1. To change all animations at once, select an animation, press Shift, and then select the last animation. You now have several options:

    • To speed up or slow down an animation, change the number in the Duration box.

    • To determine when animations appear with a click, select Trigger > On Click of, and then select an object.

    • To add multiple animation effects, select Add Animation.

    • Select Preview to playback your animations.

Delete an animation

  • Right-click the animation in the Animation Pane and select Remove.
    Or, select an animation from the top of the slide and press Delete.