How to Animate your slides

Choose first object

First, tap the object that you’d like to bring onto the slide first, selecting “Animate” from the pop-up menu. Tap + next to “None, build in,” then select your first effect, tapping Play to see how it looks.

Tweak effect

Switch to the Options tab to tweak settings relevant to the effect you’ve chosen – you can change the length of the effect, choose a direction and set how the animation starts: when you tap, or after the previous effect.

Text animations

Continue adding effects to each object you wish to animate – if you animate certain objects, such as bulleted lists, use the Delivery tab to decide how the text is brought on-screen – all at once, or in stages.

Build-out effects

If you want to remove an object from the slide, tap it and choose Animate as before, but this time tap + next to “None, build out.” Choose your effect type and options in the same way as you set up the build-in effect.

Rejig running order

Animations are ordered according to when they’re created – first come, first served. However, switch to the Order tab and you can change them around by tapping and dragging elements into a new order.

Magic Move

If you’d like to animate an object so it moves from one position to another across the screen, you’ll need to make use of a special kind of transition called Magic Move. Tap the slide and choose Transition > Magic Move > Yes.

Move objects

A duplicate of the slide will be created. Move your object or objects to their final spot on the second slide (you can also add build-in and build-out effects for them at the same time). Tap Play to preview.

Add new objects

You can also remove existing objects using a build-out effect, and introduce new ones in their place too. Just add the new object to the slide, position it accordingly and then set up a built-in effect to bring it in.

Multiple moves

Want to move the objects again? Select your second slide and repeat steps 6 and 7 – another duplicate will be created, ready for you to move and animate the objects as you wish. This lets you create complex effects.