With PowerPoint you can do so much more than just simple presentation. In this article you will learn how to quick animate text in PowerPoint

This tutorial will teach you a technique to produce a Dynamic Typography and to stand out from the opening.

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Do you know what is most important in presentations?

To conquer your audience’s attention and the best path to achieve this is to:

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The beginning of a presentation is extremely important, because it defines your image before the public. This tutorial will teach you a technique to produce a Dynamic Typography and to stand out from the opening.

Let’s go?

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1. The first step is to set the slide.

In Home Tab, click in Layout.

A display appears. Choose the Blank Option.

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Figure 2

The Title’s box and the Text’s Box disappears, leaving the slide empty.

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Now, go to Design Tab and, after, the Variants Group.

Press the third option of the row.

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The slide´s background becomes black.

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1. Create a square and rectangle.

Go to Insert Tab and press Shapes.

The rectangle can be found in Recently Used Shapes or Rectangle group (first option).

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A Cross sign will come out. This tool is used to create and resize shapes.

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Press LEFT BUTTON of the Mouse and drag it to create a square.

Put a height of 7.14 cm and a width of around 10.17.

You may check the size on the Format Tab > Sizes Group.

Figure 9.2

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Repeat the procedure, however producing a rectangle. The rectangle´s size must be 2 cm of height and 16.17 cm of width.

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1. Apply purple color fill and no border on the shapes.

Select both and click on Format Tab.

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Click on Shape Fill.

A display will come out with numerous options of colors. Go to Standard Colors and apply purple (last option).

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Now, go to Shape Outline.

In the drop list, choose No Outline.

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1. Insert text box and create texts.

Go to Insert Tab and press Text Box.

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Similarly, to creating shapes’ procedure, a symbol appears in the slide.

Press the LEFT BUTTON of the slide to create the Text Box and set a size of your preference. Although, is important to highlight that for our purpose there is no need to create big Text Boxs, since few words are going to be used.

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You will create 4 Text Box and apply configuration.

1º Text Box

Type BE

Figure 23

With the Text Box selected, go to Home Tab.

In Font Group, press the Down Arrow of Fonts.

A drop list comes out, presenting numerous options of Fonts.

Figure 24

Scroll down and choose TW CEN MT

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Now, click on box of Font´s size and type 225.

After, click on B button to bold the text.

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The text´s size increase and is delivery in vertical position. It happens because the size of the Text Box is not wide enough.

Figure 29

To correct this, position the mouse´s arrow above the second circle of the right corner, until it becomes a double white arrow.

Click, hold the LEFT BUTTON of the mouse and pull the Text Box´s border to the left. It will increase the width of the Box.

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Figure 30

Create 3 more Text Boxes, according to the configuration bellow.

All of them must have TW CENT MT as font and White as color. In addition, all must be written in ALL CAPS.

Figure 32

1. Reposition the texts and Groups.

Position the text according to the figure 33.

Figure 33

Group the text “BE” with the square.

Select both (may be will be necessary to drag down the text a little to be able to select the square)

Right click.

A drop list appears.

Press GROUP and GROUP again.

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Now both text and square are grouped. Return the text to within the square.

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Repeat the procedure with the text “YOUR OWUN BOSS” and its rectangle.

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1. Apply the Entrance Animation

First, let´s set the BE Group´s animation.

Go to Animation Tab and press “Fly Inn” option.

Figure 39

Now, press Effect Option.

A drop list appears, choose Far Right.

Figure 40

Now, go to Timing group.

On Start options, maintain “On Click”.

On Duration, type 0.75.

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In Animation Tab, press Animation Pane.

Figure 43

Beside the slide, the Animation Pane will come up.

Press the Down Arrow.

A Drop List will appear.

Click in Effect Options.

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Figure 44

Another display appears, presenting numerous configurations.

In Effect Tab, drag the button of Smooth End to the far right, until the time becomes 0.75 seconds.

Figure 45

Now we are going to apply the effect on the others texts.

With the “BE” Group selected, press Animation Painter on Advanced Animation Group.

Figure 46

A “brush” appears beside the arrow. It is the symbol of Animation Painter.

Click on “Your Own Boss” Group.

All the effects of the first group are applied on the second.

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Notice that the 2º effect is represented on the Animation Pane as well.

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However, we will make some changes.

On Timing group, go to Start options and put “After previous”.

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In Effect Options, put “From Top”.

Figure 53

Now, copy the effects of “Your Own Boss” Group to “COME” Text.

Check if it was added in the Animations Pane like in figure 56.

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Figure 56

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Copy the effect from “COME” Text to “INDEPENDENT” Text, using Animation Painter.

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In Effect Options, put “From Right”.

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1. Apply the Exit Animation

Select “BE” Group.

On Animation Tab, press Add Animation.

Figure 61

A display appears with numerous options of effects and a drop list in the end.

On the drop list, click in More Exit Effects.

Figure 62

Another display is offered with exit effects.

Go to Basic Group and choose Fly Out animation.

Figure 63

Let´s set the effect.

On Animation Pane, position the mouse´s arrow on the Exit Effect, which is showed as Group 41.

The white arrow pointer turns in a double arrow pointer.

Double click it with the LEFT BUTTON of the mouse.

Figure 64

A display comes up.

On Direction Options, put “To Left”.

On Smooth Start, drag the button to far right.

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Go to Timing group,

On Start options keep “After previous”

On Duration, type 00.75.

On Delay, put 00.25.

Figure 68

Figure 67

Repeat the procedure with the other text, however following the table bellow.

All of them must have “Fly Out” as exit effect the option Smooth Start´s button dragged to the left as presented in figure 66.

After the procedures, the Animation Pane must be similar to the Figure:

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1. Create more rectangles to hide the animation´s path.

In this moment, it is possible to see the whole movement of the animation. Although, it is more elegant to show only half of it, offering the illusion that the texts are emerging from inside the slide.

Therefore, you will create rectangle in the same color of the slide to hide the part of the animation´s movement.

To create rectangles, use the same procedure of Step 2.

The rectangles need to be perfectly aligned with the Text Boxes and Groups.

They, also, must have no line.

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After set the rectangles, select all of them and change their color to Black, repeating the procedure of Step 3.

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Now the effect is ready.

Good job!

Be the Boss in Presentations

Do you know what is most important in presentations? To conquer your audience’s attention and the best path to achieve this is to:

Figure 1

The beginning of a presentation is extremely important, because it defines if your image before the public. This tutorial will teach you a technique to produce a Dynamic Typography and to stand out from the opening.

Let’s go?

Figure 1

1. The first step is to set the slide.

In Home Tab, click in Layout.

A display appears. Choose the Blank Option.

Figure 1

Figure 2

The Title’s box and the Text’s Box disappears, leaving the slide empty.

Figure 4

Figure 3

Now, go to Design Tab and, after, the Variants Group.

Press the third option of the row.

Figure 5

The slide´s background becomes black.

Figure 7

Figure 6

1. Create a square and rectangle.

Go to Insert Tab and press Shapes.

The rectangle can be found in Recently Used Shapes or Rectangle group (first option).

Figure 8

A Cross sign will come out. This tool is used to create and resize shapes.

Figure 9

Press LEFT BUTTON of the Mouse and drag it to create a square.

Put a height of 7.14 cm and a width of around 10.17.

You may check the size on the Format Tab > Sizes Group.

Figure 9.2

Figure 11

Figure 10

Repeat the procedure, however producing a rectangle. The rectangle´s size must be 2 cm of height and 16.17 cm of width.

Figure 12

Figure 13

1. Apply purple color fill and no border on the shapes.

Select both and click on Format Tab.

Figure 15

Figure 14

Click on Shape Fill.

A display will come out with numerous options of colors. Go to Standard Colors and apply purple (last option).

Figure 16

Figure 17

Now, go to Shape Outline.

In the drop list, choose No Outline.

Figure 18

Figure 19

1. Insert text box and create texts.

Go to Insert Tab and press Text Box.

Figure 20

Similarly, to creating shapes’ procedure, a symbol appears in the slide.

Press the LEFT BUTTON of the slide to create the Text Box and set a size of your preference. Although, is important to highlight that for our purpose there is no need to create big Text Boxs, since few words are going to be used.

Figure 22

Figure 21

You will create 4 Text Box and apply configuration.

1º Text Box

Type BE

Figure 23

With the Text Box selected, go to Home Tab.

In Font Group, press the Down Arrow of Fonts.

A drop list comes out, presenting numerous options of Fonts.

Figure 24

Scroll down and choose TW CEN MT

Figure 25

Now, click on box of Font´s size and type 225.

After, click on B button to bold the text.

Figure 28

Figure 27

Figure 26

The text´s size increase and is delivery in vertical position. It happens because the size of the Text Box is not wide enough.

Figure 29

To correct this, position the mouse´s arrow above the second circle of the right corner, until it becomes a double white arrow.

Click, hold the LEFT BUTTON of the mouse and pull the Text Box´s border to the left. It will increase the width of the Box.

Figure 31

Figure 30

Create 3 more Text Boxes, according to the configuration bellow.

All of them must have TW CENT MT as font and White as color. In addition, all must be written in ALL CAPS.

Figure 32

1. Reposition the texts and Groups.

Position the text according to the figure 33.

Figure 33

Group the text “BE” with the square.

Select both (may be will be necessary to drag down the text a little to be able to select the square)

Right click.

A drop list appears.

Press GROUP and GROUP again.

Figure 34

Figure 35

Now both text and square are grouped. Return the text to within the square.

Figure 37

Figure 36

Figure 37

Repeat the procedure with the text “YOUR OWUN BOSS” and its rectangle.

Figure 37

Figure 38

Figure 37

1. Apply the Entrance Animation

First, let´s set the BE Group´s animation.

Go to Animation Tab and press “Fly Inn” option.

Figure 39

Now, press Effect Option.

A drop list appears, choose Far Right.

Figure 40

Now, go to Timing group.

On Start options, maintain “On Click”.

On Duration, type 0.75.

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Figure 41

In Animation Tab, press Animation Pane.

Figure 43

Beside the slide, the Animation Pane will come up.

Press the Down Arrow.

A Drop List will appear.

Click in Effect Options.

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Figure 44

Another display appears, presenting numerous configurations.

In Effect Tab, drag the button of Smooth End to the far right, until the time becomes 0.75 seconds.

Figure 45

Now we are going to apply the effect on the others texts.

With the “BE” Group selected, press Animation Painter on Advanced Animation Group.

Figure 46

A “brush” appears beside the arrow. It is the symbol of Animation Painter.

Click on “Your Own Boss” Group.

All the effects of the first group are applied on the second.

Figure 47

Figure 48

Notice that the 2º effect is represented on the Animation Pane as well.

Figure 49

Figure 50

However, we will make some changes.

On Timing group, go to Start options and put “After previous”.

Figure 52

Figure 51

In Effect Options, put “From Top”.

Figure 53

Now, copy the effects of “Your Own Boss” Group to “COME” Text.

Check if it was added in the Animations Pane like in figure 56.

Figure 48

Figure 54

Figure 56

Figure 55

Copy the effect from “COME” Text to “INDEPENDENT” Text, using Animation Painter.

Figure 57

Figure 54

Figure 59

Figure 58

In Effect Options, put “From Right”.

Figure 60

1. Apply the Exit Animation

Select “BE” Group.

On Animation Tab, press Add Animation.

Figure 61

A display appears with numerous options of effects and a drop list in the end.

On the drop list, click in More Exit Effects.

Figure 62

Another display is offered with exit effects.

Go to Basic Group and choose Fly Out animation.

Figure 63

Let´s set the effect.

On Animation Pane, position the mouse´s arrow on the Exit Effect, which is showed as Group 41.

The white arrow pointer turns in a double arrow pointer.

Double click it with the LEFT BUTTON of the mouse.

Figure 64

A display comes up.

On Direction Options, put “To Left”.

On Smooth Start, drag the button to far right.

Figure 66

Figure 65

Go to Timing group,

On Start options keep “After previous”

On Duration, type 00.75.

On Delay, put 00.25.

Figure 68

Figure 67

Repeat the procedure with the other text, however following the table bellow.

All of them must have “Fly Out” as exit effect the option Smooth Start´s button dragged to the left as presented in figure 66.

After the procedures, the Animation Pane must be similar to the Figure:

Figure 69

1. Create more rectangles to hide the animation´s path.

In this moment, it is possible to see the whole movement of the animation. Although, it is more elegant to show only half of it, offering the illusion that the texts are emerging from inside the slide.

Therefore, you will create rectangle in the same color of the slide to hide the part of the animation´s movement.

To create rectangles, use the same procedure of Step 2.

The rectangles need to be perfectly aligned with the Text Boxes and Groups.

They, also, must have no line.

Figure 70

Figure 33

Figure 71

After set the rectangles, select all of them and change their color to Black, repeating the procedure of Step 3.

Figure 33

Figure 71

Now the effect is ready.

Good job!