

Go to Insert > Animation - the "Motion" side-panel will open and a Fade in animation will be applied automatically.The animation options in Google Slides are relatively basic: Second-level bullet points are animated along with their ‘parent’.Each top-level bullet point is animated on a mouse-click.The points are animated by paragraph in the order they are listed.When you apply animation to a series of bullet points, the following defaults apply: All of these defaults can be modified in the Effect Options.

The animations will play in numerical order.īy default, animations are set to be triggered by a mouse click.

An animation applied to highlighted text in a shape or text-box will be applied only to that selection if the selection contains multiple paragraphs, animation points will be created for each one.īullets set to appear one-at-a-time in separate (enumerated) animations.An animation applied to a shape or text-box will by default only apply to the object as a whole, not to any text content.An animation applied to a placeholder will create animation points for the placeholder itself (but only if it has shape formatting of any kind) and to each paragraph or list item therein.In the Timing group on the ribbon, choose how the effect will behave.Inspect the Effect Options and choose alternatives as appropriate - these will depend on the effect chosen and the type of object being animated.Choose an animation effect from the gallery ( Animations > Animation) - this will be applied to the selection.Motion Paths - the text/object moves from one position to another.Exit - the text/object is removed from the slide.Emphasis - content already on the slide is highlighted or otherwise transformed.Entrance - the text/object is introduced onto the slide.There are four types of animation effect: The Animation tab includes the essential controls for animating content.
