7. Adding Animation, Sound, and Movies

Chapter at a Glance

In this chapter, you will learn to:
	Animate slide elements.
	Add transition effects.
	Insert, play, and modify sounds.
	Insert, play, and modify movies.

The difference between an adequate presentation and a great presentation often lies in the judicious use of multimedia. By incorporating animation, sound, and movie clips, you can grab and keep the attention of your audience. You can emphasize key points, control the focus of the discussion, and entertain in ways that will make your message memorable.

With Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you have so many opportunities to add pizzazz to your slides that it is easy to end up with a presentation that looks more like an amateur experiment than a professional slide show. When you first start adding multimedia to your slides, it is best to err on the conservative side, especially where animation is concerned. As you gain more experience, you will learn how to mix and match effects to get the results you want for a particular audience.

In this chapter, you will apply predefined animations to the title, bullet points, and a picture on a slide, see how to change some of the animation settings, and then change the way slides move on and off the screen during a slide show. You will insert a sound clip and a sound file and make various adjustments to their settings. Finally, you will insert a movie file, preview the movie, and modify its behavior.