PowerPoint: Animations and Transitions Flashcards

What is the purpose of the Morph transition in PowerPoint?

Answer: Smoothly animates objects that appear on both the current and next slide

Morph seamlessly animates shared objects between two slides, giving the impression of continuous movement.

When using Effect Options for a text box animation, which option animates each paragraph separately?

Answer: By 1st Level Paragraphs

'By 1st Level Paragraphs' causes each top-level paragraph in the text box to animate individually in sequence.

Which setting hides an object on the slide after its Exit animation completes?

Answer: After Animation: Hide After Animation

'Hide After Animation' in the Effect Options dialog removes the object from view as soon as its Exit animation finishes.

What does the 'Bounce' setting under 'Smooth End' in animation Effect Options do?

Answer: Makes the animated object overshoot its endpoint and spring back

The Bounce end option creates an overshoot-and-spring-back effect at the end of the animation, simulating elastic rebound.

Which keyboard shortcut previews animations on the current slide from within Normal view?

Answer: Shift+F5

Shift+F5 starts the slide show from the current slide, allowing you to preview animations without going to the first slide.

In the Animation Pane, what does a yellow bar represent for an animation item?

Answer: The delay period before the animation starts

In the Animation Pane timeline view, the yellow (lighter) portion of the bar represents the delay before the animation begins playing.

Which menu option removes all animations from a selected object at once?

Answer: Select the animations in the Animation Pane and press Delete

Selecting all of an object's entries in the Animation Pane and pressing Delete removes every animation applied to that object.