- You can put single words in separate text boxes and animate them
- You can insert an autoshape and then have your text wrap within the shape
- You can decide if the animation should start after the preceding action or wait for you to click a mouse or presenter, or set the timing
- You can have more than one object animated on a slide
- You can add shapes and pictures and move them on top of or under other items like a stack of pictures and words by arranging/send to back or bring to front
- After you choose an animation you can click the effect tab and make the text change color, play a sound, appear a word or a letter at a time
- the effects tab will also let you group to second level paragraphs to give you more control of how bulleted lists appear (called a build)
- have a chart appear on the slide, one element at a time
- add buttons or pictures that let you navigate around your slideshow. You decide what gets clicked and where it sends you
- Draw comic book type illustrations using the lines in the autoshapes menu and fill shapes with gradients to give the illusion of shading
I can’t wait to see some of the ppts you and the kids are coming up with! I’ll bet they’ll be terrific!