Animated Slide Tutorial
Microsoft PowerPoint
Objective: To Add "Preset Animation" to a PowerPoint Slide.
Introduction: Using PowerPoint can help educators organize course notes, and also make class presentations more appealing for students.
For example, science teachers can produce a presentation that adds some "flare" to material that is usually preceived by students as "boring" or "dry". In addition, educators can use slide animation to control the timing of presentations to ensure students are getting all the necessary information.
Skill Practice: Add "Preset Animation" to a PowerPoint Slide
Step 1: Open 
. Choose 
and click OK.
Step 2: Choose a slide layout from the "auto layout" menu. For the title slide, usual choices are 
and 
.
For a chart, 
is a useful choice.
Step 3: Add a title by clicking on any area of "Click to Add Title" region. Type in the title of the slide. You can adjust the font type, font size, and font alignment by using the format toolbar options, just as in Microsoft Word.
Step 4: Add text by clicking on any area of the "Click to Add Text". Be sure to save this presentation by going to the 
pull-down menu, choosing Save As, and
assigning an appropriate file name.
Step 5: A design can be added to the slide by going to the 
pull-down menu and selecting from "slide layout, slide color scheme, background, or apply design template".
Again, always be sure to save the file after making changes.
Step 6: Now the preset animation can be applied to the text. First, "left click" on the text you wnat to animate. The box around the text region will appear.
Step 7: Go to the 
pull-down menu, select "preset animation", and choose an animation of preference, such as "dissolve". Remember to save the file
after making changes. In order to preview the slide animation, go to the pull down menu and select "View Show"
Step 8: To add a new slide to the presentation, go to 
and select "New Slide", or use the 
button on the "standard"
toolbar. Follow steps 3 - 8 to format and animate new slides.