When people hear ‘PowerPoint animations’ I get the suspicion that they imagine something like this:
Dated animations that add nothing to the phone numbers in south korea story and are tricky to present. But times have changed! And it’s time to start using animations to help you present your story. Animations put you in control of the flow of information, they mean your audience isn’t reading ahead and ignoring you, and they give you the opportunity to tell your story visually.
It’s classy, it’s professional and it’s not terrifying to present! A great place to start is with BrightSlide’s My Animations. You’ll find a selection of simple animation combinations already available to add to your slide with just a couple of clicks and you can even add to the library yourself as you gain confidence. We’ve got lots of resources if you want to learn how to animate slides. Start here: How to be a PowerPoint animation ninja.
Use guides!
We’ve written elsewhere – and at length! – about why guides are a key component of making any design look good. And for a non-designer like me, they’re essential to help me create a balanced design. To turn them on in PowerPoint right click on a slide, open the Grids and Guides drop down menu and select Guides.
PowerPoint screenshot showing how to turn on Guides