How to Make Things Appear in Powerpoint by Clicking a Button

Create animations on your slide that appear when you click your mouse.

PowerPoint allows its users to create customizable computer slide show presentations. One of these custom features is the ability to add animations to a slide. For instance, you can make the title of the slide appear by clicking your mouse. There are dozens of animations to choose from and you can add these types of click animations for any object you insert into the slide show. This feature can help the presenter time their slide show and present what they want when they want it.

Instructions

PowerPoint 2007

1. Click on the object or text that you wish to make appear when you click during a presentation.

2. Click the "Animations" tab then choose "Custom Animation" from the Ribbon, the menu bar on the top of the window. An animation panel will appear on the right side of the window where you can add and edit all of the animations on whichever slide you have selected.

3. Click the "Add Effect" button in the top left corner of the "Custom Animation" pane. Hold your mouse over "Entrance" then choose "More Effects." This allows you to view all of the entrance animations.

4. Double-click "Appear" from the entrance animations list to simultaneously choose the animation and close the entrance animations window.

5. Edit the animation so that it appears upon clicking by selecting the "Start" drop-down menu in the "Custom Animation" pane then choosing "On Click."

PowerPoint 2003

1. Click on the object or text that you wish to make appear when you click during a presentation.

2. Click the "Slide Show" menu and choose "Custom Animations." An animation panel will appear on the right side of the window where you can add and edit all of the animations on whichever slide you have selected.

3. Click the "Add Effect" button in the top left corner of the "Custom Animation" pane. Hold your mouse over "Entrance" then choose "More Effects." This allows you to view all of the entrance animations.

4. Double-click "Appear" from the entrance animations list to simultaneously choose the animation and close the entrance animations window.

5. Edit the animation so that it appears upon click by selecting the "Start" drop-down menu in the "Custom Animation" pane then choosing "On Click."

References

• Microsoft.com: The Custom Animation Task Pane
• Microsoft.com: Animate Text or Objects