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Creating a text build in PowerPoint

Creating a text build in PowerPoint - PowerPoint Tutorial

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Creating a text build in PowerPoint

- [Instructor] Now that the presentation is built. Let's take a look at animation. Animation should be used sparingly, but it's a useful way to add emphasis to bullets or denote a transition as you move between slides. Remember, the goal with animation is to pull the audience back in. You don't want to be over the top and distract them. But the subtle use of animation is a great visual cue. Particularly, since people can be easily distracted. Let's start with a text build. I'll go to slide two here and select this first block. Now let's choose the Animations pane. Here, you'll see several different styles of animation. And if you click, you get a preview of what they're like. Now, once you've chosen one, you'll notice that there are Effect Options. For example, we can change the direction of this Float, and that works fine. Now, if you want to see all the choices, just click here and you can expand, and you'll see a wealth…

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