PowerPoint: Animations + Transitions | Map Highlighting

The ask, combine PowerPoint slide Transitions and sequenced Animations to create a follow-along focus effect. Simply, the asking trainer wants something unique added to their presentation. So, for today's steps, darken the slide with a transparent rectangle, introduce an oval, then combine the two shapes into a freeform shape and animate that shape along several … Continue reading PowerPoint: Animations + Transitions | Map Highlighting

PowerPoint: Animations + Animations | Gear Shifting

The ask, help a trainer add some animations to their presentation. Following the Power Platform Community Conference, the keynote's main takeaway was that "Low-code (as we know it) is dead," highlighting that low-code is shifting into another gear. Taking that as inspiration, the trainer wants to animate an element shifting between gears: Figure 1 - … Continue reading PowerPoint: Animations + Animations | Gear Shifting

PowerPoint: Morph + Highlight

The ask, figure out a way to "highlight" PowerPoint slide elements. A technical trainer, in their more content-heavy sessions, would like to "highlight" lines of code. The suggestion today, use the Morph transition in PowerPoint, but instead of using morph to zoom, add transparent rectangles to "highlight" code snippets. Figure 1 - PowerPoint presentation with … Continue reading PowerPoint: Morph + Highlight

PowerPoint: Morph + Transitions

The ask, add some animation to a technical trainer's PowerPoint deck. Their content is solid, but they're looking for help drawing attendee attention to specific elements of their presentation. The recommendation, add morph transitions to a few of their slides: Figure 1 - PowerPoint slides with morph transitions. An often-overlooked feature of PowerPoint, Morph is … Continue reading PowerPoint: Morph + Transitions