To select a whole text box, click on the border of the text box. Powerpoint automatically distinguishes text separated by a paragraph or bullet break. If your Powerpoint has no objects to animate, you will need to add some.

You can click through the animations to see a demonstration and view more animations by scrolling with the arrows on the right of the animations box. Entrance animations will change how an object enters the page. Exit animations will change how an object leaves the page. Emphasis animations will add movement or highlights to bring attention to an object. Paths determine a course of movement for an object on the page.

This step can be repeated multiple times to add as many animations to an object as you like.

This can be a useful tool for staying organized when working with multiple animations.

“On Mouse Click” will hold the animation until you click the mouse. “After Previous” will automatically start the animation after any previous animation (or when the slide appears if there are no other animations) “With Previous” will play the animation at the same time as the previous animation on that slide.

The delay begins after the selected animation action. That is if “On Click” is selected, the delay will start after the click.

You can also click and drag animation listings in the animation pane.

Choosing to add a sound manually will open up a window to browse for sound files on your computer, so you will need to have one handy.

Select “None” on the left to remove a selected transition. A slide can only have one transition at a time.

”On Mouse Click” is selected by default.

A higher duration means a slower transition. This setting only adjusts the duration of the transition, not of the slide itself.

Choose “No Sound” from the same menu to remove any added sound effect.

You can click and drag the image to move it around on the slide once it’s added.

You must be connected to the internet during your presentation for online objects to display.

Embedded videos can only play if you are connected to the internet during your presentation.