Produce a professional presentation when you synchronize effects

You can use PowerPoint to produce a professional

multimedia presentation. Multimedia presentations

include audio, video, and effects. PowerPoint can help

you synchronize all of them to play when and where

you want.

For example, a slide can contain a transition effect,

an audio file to play when the slide is loaded, and an

entrance effect to make a graphic enter slowly at a

small size and then expand to its normal size. You

can coordinate each of these effects to play at just

the right time and for the desired duration.

You can use the Custom Animation task pane to

reorder effects and change the speed at which they

occur. You can also use the timeline to click and drag

fields that represent the beginning and end times for

an effect, enabling you to move them where you want

in a graphical and easy-to-use fashion. Additionally,

you can set effects to occur simultaneously with the

previous effect, after the previous effect is finished,

or upon clicking the mouse.

1 Click the Animations tab.

2 Click Custom Animation.

The Custom Animation task pane

appears.

3 Click here and select the effect

with which you want to work.

4 Click here and select After

Previous.

5 Click the Re-Order arrows until

the effect is in the desired order.

6 Click the drop-down

arrow beside the effect

with which you want

to work.

7 Click Show Advanced

Timeline.

* PowerPoint displays the Advanced

Timeline.

* This box shows you where the effect

begins (represented by the left edge) and

ends (the right edge).

8 Click and drag the left edge to adjust the

start time of the effect.

9 Click and drag the right edge to adjust

the end time of the effect.

10 Repeat Steps 3 to 5 and Steps 8 and 9 to

set the timing of the other effects.

Caution!

Because audio files have a fixed duration, you

cannot click and drag the end point of an audio file

displayed in the Custom Animation task pane to

extend its play. Instead, you can loop the audio to

make it repeat. 

Apply It!

When you click the Play button on the Custom

Animation task pane, you can see a preview of all

of the effects on the slide.

Did You Know?

If your animations take a long time, you can scroll

the advanced timeline by clicking the left and right

arrows. For a lengthy series of animations, you might

find it easier to work with a larger timeline interval.

To configure the timeline in this way, click Seconds

and then click Zoom Out.