How to Creating Effects in PowerPoint: Step-by-Step Guide

This updated guide explains how to Creating Effects in PowerPoint through clear steps, practical examples, and important checks that help prevent common errors.

- Create effects for text.

- Create effects for graphs.

- Create effects for images.

- Create slide transition effects.

Create Effects for Text

Step 1: Highlight the text or select the text box you need to create the effect.

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Step 2: Then you select Animations -> Add Animation -> choose effects for the text. You can click each effect and preview and select the effect you like.

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Step 3: To edit the effect, you select the tab Animations -> Animation Pane .

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Animation Pane dialog box appears on the right of the screen, click the triangle icon in the effect to edit. Here you can change the way the effect appears: Start on click (run with the left mouse click), Start with previous (run at the same time), Start affter previous (run after the slide is shown).

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Step 4: Or you can edit right in the Timing section of the Animations tab.

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After creating the effect, click Preview in the Animations section to preview.

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To remove the effect, highlight the text and select None in the Animation Styles section.

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Create Effects for Graphs

Step 1: Select the graph to create effects.

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Step 2: Select the Animations tab -> Add Animation -> choose effects for the graph.

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When you have selected the effect, the graph will appear as soon as you click, you edit and delete the effect similar to the effect of the text. To create effects for advanced display graphs, follow these steps.

Step 3: In the Animations tab you select the icon as shown below in the Animation section.

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Step 4: A small dialog box appears, select the Chart Animation tab and in the Group chart section you have many display options for the graph. You can select By Element in Category so that the graph shows each column of data from left to right.

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You can choose Preview to preview or press F5 to show and view the results.

Create Effects for Images

Step 1: Select the image to create effects and select Animation -> Add Animation , here you can choose effects for images in the Entrance , Emphasis , Exit , Lines .

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Step 2: If you may need to create many other beautiful photo effects, then you select Animation -> Add Animation -> More Motion Paths .

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Step 3: In the dialog box Add Motion Path you select the type of motion effects you may need to create and click OK .

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Step 4: Now on the interface that appears the effect line you choose, you can edit the long, short effect path. by placing the mouse pointer on the small white squares, then press and hold Mouse to the desired location.

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After completing you select Preview on the left of the Animations tab to preview, if not satisfied, then you can edit it.

Create Slide Transition Effects

Step 1: Select the slide to create transition effects, select the Transitions tab on the Ribbon.

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Step 2: In the Transition to this slide section, select the transition effect you want. Click the dash and arrow icons to get more slide transition options.

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Do the same with the other slides in the PowerPoint file to create transition effects for all slides. If you may need to delete the effect on which slide, then you select the slide and select None in the Transition tab.

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You can create the effect you want in your presentation according to the instructions on the article. However, you should not use too many effects on a slide to avoid distractions. Good luck!

FAQ

What is the easiest way to Creating Effects in PowerPoint?

Start with the requirements in this guide, then follow each step in order. Check the result after every major change so problems are easier to identify.