Lesson 4: Working with Animation
Before You Begin: Start Microsoft PowerPoint.
Try This: Do the following steps
1. Open the sample presentation: The Boy Who Cried
Wolf.pptx
2. On the title slide, use the Set Transparent color tool and select the
blue around the edge of the little boy image.
3. On Slide 2, select the content text (not the title slide) and apply
the Dissolve Animation Effect . Set both lines of text to appear On
Click. Add the Typewriter Sound Effect to all of the text animation.
4. On Slide 3, apply the Animation Emphasis Effect Grow/ Shrink to the
wolf and speech bubble.
5. On Slide 4, apply the Animation Entrance Effect Swivel to the
laughing boy.
6. On Slide 5, apply the Animation Entrance Effect Fly Out. Change the
Effect option so the boy flies out to the right. Also, apply the
Animation Entrance Effect Fly In. Change the Effect option so the boy
flies in from the left. Reorder the animations so the Entrance Effect is
first. Set the Exit Effect to occur After Previous.
7. On Slide 6, select the red NO symbol and add the Emphasis Effect
Blink from the More Emphasis effects menu. Change the Animation Effect to Pulse.
8. On Slide 7, add a Motion Path to the wolf. Resize the Motion Path so
the wolf moves onto and across the entire slide. Change the Duration of
the wolf to 4.00.
9. On Slide 8, add a Custom Motion Path to the boy.
10. On Slide 9, resize all the sheep to be 1.41” by 1.2”. On the first
sheep, add the Entrance Effect Float Up. Also, add the Exit Effect Fade.
Set the Exit Effect to Start After Previous and apply a Delay to the
Exit Effect of .50.
11. Use the Animation Painter on all of the sheep so they have the same
animation settings.
