Within the Animations tab, locate the Entrance Effects group and hover your cursor over the preview thumbnails to reveal a down-arrow ( More) button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below.įigure 2: More button within the Entrance Effects group.
With the shape selected, click the Animations tab of the Ribbon, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1. We selected a star shape, as shown in Figure 1, below. Alternatively, open any existing presentation and select an unanimated slide object. Once the slide object is animated, you can tweak the animation to control how the slide object appears, moves, and disappears in Slide Show view.įollow these steps to animate a shape in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: These slide objects include pictures, shapes, text, bulleted lists, SmartArt graphics, charts, etc. You can animate any slide object that is selected on your slide. We have already explored what animation is, and what guidelines should to be considered before you add an animation to a slide object within PowerPoint.
