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How to Animate in Google Slides? [Everything to Know!]

By: Author Shrot Katewa

Animation can be a great way to bring your presentation alive, and make it more engaging for the viewer. It’s also an easy way to add some variety into what might otherwise be a very static document. Animating in Google Slides is actually quite simple and straightforward.

To animate in Google Slides, select the object (text, shape, or image) and right-click on it. From the menu, click on “Animate”. In the “Motion” settings pane that opens on the right, choose the “Animation Type” and “Start condition” from the dropdown options under “Object Animations”.

In this article, you will learn how to animate objects, text, bullet points, add delay, edit animations, and even delete animations – as well as everything else that you need to know about animations in your Google Slides presentations!

I shall be covering the basics so you will be able to follow along even if you are a beginner. If you are an advanced user and are looking for specific animation instruction, I advise that you skip the beginner information at the start, and scroll down to find the relevant information.

Let me first start with the basics of animations in Google Slides. So, without further delay, let’s get to it!

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1. What does Animation Mean in Google Slides?

The word ‘animation’ in itself refers to the technique used to move inanimate objects in order to bring life to pictures or graphics.

Animation in Google Slides allows objects to move or fade in or out of the slides. This feature on Google Slides enables you to insert multiple effects on your slides. Animations can be used to focus the attention of your audience on the specific part of the slide or even make your presentation more engaging!

Google Slides is equipped with tons of features that will help you to amplify your presentation without having to do much. It also allows you to adjust the speed of each effect by dragging the animation speed slider. This allows you to put a professional touch on your slides.

In Google Slides, you can apply animations to text boxes, shapes, pictures, bullet points, graphics, and icons.

One thing that you need to keep in mind is that while using animations on Google Slides, do not get carried away with too many animations and transitions. Make sure you do not overpower your message with too many effects.

One last thing before we move on to the next section is to remember not to confuse animations with transitions in Google Slides. Let’s talk about the differences between animations and transitions in a bit more detail in the next section.

2. Difference Between Animation and Transition in Google Slides

It is easy to get confused between “Animations” and “Transitions” in Google Slides since both add motion effect and movement in the presentation. However, they are not the same thing.

The key difference between animation and transition in Google Slides is that animation is applied to objects present on a slide, whereas transition is applied to the slide itself! Animation effect is visible on the slide while transition effect can be seen when you move one slide to the next.

Thus, it is important to remember that these two can not be used interchangeably. However, these motion effects can be used together.

Pro Tip! Animations in Google Slides are of two types – a.) ones that will make your elements appear (usually contain the word “in” in it), and b.) ones that will make your elements disappear from the slide! (usually contain the world “out” in it)

Let’s understand the types of animations and transitions before we move on the next section –

Types of Animations in Google Slides

There are a total of 13 animation types that are available in Google Slides. These are as follows –

• Fly in from left
• Fly in from right
• Fly in from top
• Fly in from bottom
• Fly out to left
• Fly out to top
• Fly out to bottom

A quick way to understand these animations is that when the animation has the word “in” mentioned in it, that animation effect will make the object appear on the slide. The animation with the word “out” mentioned, will make the object disappear from the slide.

Another glance at the list above (with the information about the ‘in’ and ‘out’ animation types), and you will perhaps notice that in reality, Google Slides actually only provide 4 animations i.e. Appear, Fade, Fly, and Zoom.

The other animation types provided are either to use the same effect to make the element disappear or use a variation of the same animation effect in Google Slides.

Transitions in Google Slides

As mentioned earlier, the motion effect that takes place while switching from one slide to another is denoted as Transition. By default, you will not see any transitions applied as they are turned off. However, you can enable them pretty easily.

Slide transitions actually deserve a completely different post altogether! (which I plan to cover in the near future). For now, let’s take a look at the various transitions provided in Google Slides –

• Slide from right
• Slide from left

I hope this has helped you differentiate between animation and transition in Google Slides.

3. How to Animate in Google Slides?

Now that we have understood the basics, let us now learn how to add animations to your Google Slides presentation. Remember, you can add animation to different objects including text, images, objects, shapes, icons, graphics, tables, etc.

Regardless of what element you plan to consider, the process of adding animations to each of those elements is going to be quite similar.

That said, for the sake of this article, I’m going to consider adding animations to text, and adding animations to images and text as an example. Plus, I will show you multiple different ways in which you can add animations to the objects in Google Slides.

3.1 How to Animate Text in Google Slides?

Here’s a step-by-step process to add animations to text in Google Slides –

Step-1: Open Google Slides

To open a Google Slides presentation, simply click here or visit slides.google.com. Make sure that you are logged into your Google account to open a new presentation.

Step-2: Select the Text and click on the “Insert” Menu

Once you’ve opened a new presentation, type out your desired text on your selected slide. Select the text and click “Insert” , which you will find on the top left corner of your screen. Choose the “ Animation ” option from the dropdown menu.

Step-3: Select the Animation Type and Start Condition from the Motion Pane

After clicking on “ Animation ” you will see a new window open up on the right side of the screen. This will help you adjust the motion settings.

Pro Tip! Google Slides allows for 3 start conditions for animations namely a.) on-click, b.) with previous, and c.) after previous. These settings help determine when the animation should start playing and depending on your chosen setting, it could be played on a click of a button, with a previous animation, or after an animation is completed.

Under the “ Object Animation ” section, choose the “Animation Type “. In the above example, I’ve gone with the “Fade in” animation.

Next, choose the “ Start Condition “. You can choose to start the animation on click, with previous (animation), or after previous (animation).

3.2 How to Change Duration of Animations in Google Slides?

Google Slides also allows you to slow down or make the animations appear quickly! This can be done using the “duration” setting for animation.

Here’s how you can change the duration for animations in Google Slides –

Step-1: Select the Object to Change Animation Duration

The first step is to select the text or other object that already has the animation added. You can select it by clicking on it.

Step-2: Open the Motion Settings Tab by Clicking on View

If an object has animation already added to it, then click on the “ View ” tab. From the dropdown, click on “ Motion “.

This will open the “motion” settings window on the right part of your screen.

Pro Tip! To make changes to an existing animation, always open the “ Motion ” tab first from the “ View ” menu. By using the “ Add Animation ” option from the “ Insert Menu ” (or by any other method), will add an additional animation to the same object!

It is important to note that if you select an object that already has an animation added to it, then click on insert, and add animation as described in the previous section, you will end up adding another animation to the same object instead of editing the existing animation.

Step-3: Change the Duration of the Animation

The last thing that you would want to do is to change the duration of the animation by dragging the “Duration” slider towards the left or the right.

Dragging the slider towards the left will result in slowing the animation, while dragging it towards the right will make the animation speed up.

3.3 How to Reorder Animations in Google Slides?

Sometimes, you may add animations in the wrong order. In such a scenario, you may want to change the order in which the animations appear. This can also be done easily in Google Slides.

Here’s how to change the order of the animations in Google Slides –

Step-1: Open the Motion Settings Window from the View Menu

If you don’t have the motion window open, then go to the “View” menu, and click on “Motion” to view the existing animations that are present on the slide.

Step-2: Change the Order of the Animations from the Motion Window

Choose the animation that you want to change the order for. Then, in the “Motion” window pane, hover over on the “6 dots” at the far right of the animation until the cursor changes to a crosshair. Then, click and drag the animation up or down as per the requirement.

Step-3: Click Play to Review the Changes

As a final step, click on the “Play” button on the Motion settings window pane to review if the order of the animation is as per requirement.

3.4 How to Remove Animations in Google Slides

Sometimes, you may have added an animation to an object or text by mistake. In that case, you may like to remove the added animation. In case you are wondering, here’s how to remove the animation in Google Slides –

Step-1: Go to the Slide Containing the Animation to be Deleted

First, you should go to the slide which contains the animation you want to remove or delete.

Step-2: Open the Motion Window and Select the Animation to be Deleted

From the animation plane, select the animation that you want to remove or delete.

Step-3: Select the Animation and Press the “Delete” button

Press the “Delete” button or icon to remove the chosen animation. Follow the same method to delete any animation that you want to remove.

4. How to Animate Bullet Points in Google Slides?

Having bullet points on our presentation can be helpful when we want to summarize key pieces of information. However, how do you animate bullet points in Google Slides? In this section, I will share a cool tip to help you animate bullet points quickly.

Here’s what you need to do to animate bullet points in Google Slides –

Step-1: Select the Bulleted List

Click on the Bulleted list you want to animate and “Select” it.

Step-2: Press Right Click and Select Animate

Right click on the mouse and select the “Animate” tab to add animation to the bulleted list.

Step-3: Select the Type of Animation

Depending on the type of animation you want, click on “Fade in” tab to select on the animation style.

Step-4: Select the Start Condition and enable “By Paragraph” setting

Depending on when you want the Bulleted List to show, select the “On Click” tab. Next, make sure that you click on the “ By Paragraph ” setting. This will allow the bulleted points to appear one at a time.

Step-5: Preview the Animation to See the Result

To preview the animation of the bulleted points, click on the yellow “Play” tab at the bottom of the section.

Press the yellow “Stop” button when you want to end the preview of the animation.

5. How to Animate Image and Objects in Google Slides?

Animating images and other objects in Google Slides works just the same way you would animate text. That said, I shall show you another way to access animations option for adding animations on Google Slide.

Step-1: Select the Image or Object

Select the image or object that needs to be animated. You can do that by clicking on it.

Step-2: Click on “Animate” Option on the Toolbar

Once the image is selected, you will notice that a “ Animate ” option is visible on the toolbar as showcased in the image above.

Click on it to add an animation to the image. This is another way to add animation to an object.

Depending on the type of transition you desire, choose one. For this example, I’ve gone with the “ Fly in from Bottom ” animation option.

Step-4: Select the Start Condition for the Animation and the Duration

A time can be chosen depending on when you want the Object or Image to show. Press the “On Click” tab to allow the Image or Object to appear one at a time. Other options include “ After Previous ” and “ With previous ”.

Likewise, you can choose how fast or slow the animation show appear using the “ Duration ” option. Drag the slider towards right or left.

To preview the animation of the Image or Object, click on the yellow “Play” tab at the bottom of the section.

To end the preview of the animated Image or Object, click the “Stop” button.

6. How to Add a Motion Path Animation in Google Slides?

Motion path animations allow an object to move along in a certain path. This could be from right to left, up or down, or even diagonally.

Unfortunately, Google Slides doesn’t have an option to add a motion path animation on the slides directly. However, motion path animation can be recreated by using duplicating the slides and changing the position of the object slightly on each slide.

Unlike PowerPoint or Keynote, Google Slides doesn’t have an option to add “ Path Animations “. However, the desired result can also be achieved with what is called a stop motion animation.

Check out the video below that explains the process of creating a stop motion animation in Google Slides –

7. How to Loop Animations in Google Slides?

Looping animations in Google Slides is not possible till now. However, you can create loop animation for an object, image, or text box in Google Slides using a hack. Let’s understand that in further detail.

Step-1: Create an Object on your Slide

The object created can be from the “Shape” tab, or an image, or a text box. It can contain statistical numbers or pictures related to the topic of the Presentation.

Step-2: Right Click and Select Animate Tab

Right click on the mouse and Select on the “Animate” tab to add animation to the already existing object.

Step-3: Select the Object to Add Looping Animation

After the animation sidebar pops up, make sure that the desired object is selected by clicking on it.

Step-4: Add Animation and Timing to your Object

Supposing that you want a Spin Loop Animation. From the transition option, select the “Spin” tab available on the bottom of the transition type list.

To select the time appearance of the object, select “On click” tab available on top of the list. This starts the animation when the object is clicked.

Step-5: Create Second Animation

Now, click “Add animation” button to create a second animation for the object. Select “Spin” available at the bottom of the list again to maintain coherence.

For the time of appearance of the object, click “After previous” available as the second option on the list. This ensures the object appears after the first animation process.

Step-6: Repeat step 5

Depending on how long you want the loop animation to be, keep repeating the 5 th step. After a certain number of repetitions, the list of animations should show.

It is vital to ensure all the animations maintain the same speed for the object . Click “Medium” to get a moderate spin on the object.

Step-7: Click Play

Click the “Play” button available on the bottom of the sidebar to see how the object spins in a loop animation. Click “Stop” when you want the preview to end!

8. Can you Animate in Google Slides using Mobile App? 

Google Slides has a very robust mobile application for both Android and iOS devices. It does have several functionalities built-in that can enable you to design a presentation on the fly!

Unfortunately, you can not add animation using the mobile app in Google Slides. Although the option to add an animation doesn’t exist on the mobile app in Google Slides, you can still view a presentation that already contains animations.

You can also present a Google Slides presentation that contains animations, using just your phone.

9. Do PowerPoint Animations Work in Google Slides?

If you have created a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint that contain animations, and if you need to share it using Google Slides, you may be wondering whether PowerPoint animations will work in Google Slides!

In general, most PowerPoint animations are not supported by Google Slides. However, if you use animations in your PowerPoint presentation that are also present in Google Slides (for eg. appear, fly in, etc.), it will work in Google Slides.

If you try uploading a PowerPoint presentation that contains animations that are not supported by Google Slides, you will see a warning in the top part of the Google Slides window (as shown in the image above).

The error message will inform you that “Some PowerPoint features can’t be displayed in Google Slides and will be lost if you make changes”

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Alternatively, you can press the  Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B  to open the  Motion  panel. Either way, you can find a sidebar panel on your right-hand side. Here you can see a section called  Fade . You need to click on this section to expand all the options.

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Adding transitions and animations

Presentations don't have to be a series of static slides. You can add animations to objects on slides or transitions to entire slides. A transition can be as simple as fading to the next slide, or it can be a more flashy effect. Any object can be animated , making it move or fade in or out of the slide. Google Slides makes it easy to apply these effects to some or all of your slides, adding emphasis or polish to your presentation.

Watch the video below to learn how to add transitions.

Google Slides has one pane to manage all of your transitions and animations. The Motion pane will allow you to configure the transition and all animations for the current slide.

Transitions and animations are best used in moderation. Adding too many of these effects can make your presentation look a little silly and can even be distracting to your audience. Consider using mostly subtle transitions and animations—or not using them at all.

To add a transition:

To add an animation:

If the Motion pane is already open and you want to add more animations, you can select an object and click Add animation. You can also add multiple animations to one object.

Watch the video below to learn more about using animations.

Animation options

By default, an effect starts playing when you click the mouse during a slide show. If you have multiple effects, you will need to click multiple times to start each effect individually. However, by changing the start option for each effect, you can have effects that automatically play after the previous effect or with the previous effect.

If the object is a placeholder or text box, the By paragraph check box will be displayed. It determines if the animation is applied to the entire box or if it animates each paragraph of text in the box one at a time.

You can also adjust the speed of the animation by dragging the animation speed slider.

• Open our example file . Make sure you're signed in to Google, then click File > Make a copy .
• With the first slide selected, add a flip transition , set the speed to medium , and select Apply to all slides .
• Select slide 6 .
• Delete the animation that says Fade in (on click) .
• Select the Nice Work text box and add a spin animation .
• Set the animation to happen after previous at medium speed.
• Select the Next week, Space: The Final Exam text box.
• Add the animation Fly in from left and set it to happen after previous .

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Fade, dissolve, slide, cube, or flip. Spice up your presentations with transitions between slides and add visual effects to animate text, images, and other objects in Google Slides. Here's how to use transitions and animations in slides.

Fire up your browser, head to Google Slides , open a presentation, or upload an existing PowerPoint presentation .

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Select a slide and, from the menu bar, click Slide > Change Transition.

From the Transition pane, choose the type of transition and speed of the transition.

Preview a transition by clicking the "Play" button after you choose a transition type.

Changes made are saved automatically. If you want to apply the same transition to all slides, click the "Apply to All Slides" button.

You can create visual effects when you add animations to text, images, and other objects from the Transitions menu as well.

Open the Change Transitions pane from the menu bar or press the keyboard shortcut  Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Option+Shift+B (macOS) to add an animation to an object.

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Click on an object you want to animate and then click "Add Animation."

Choose the type of animation, start condition, and the speed at which the animation will occur. Tick the box next to "By Paragraph" to animate lists one line at a time.

To add an animation to other objects, repeat the previous steps over again.

That's all there is to it. Any slides that have transitions or animations will show an icon that looks like three overlapping circles next to it.

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Add or change animations and transitions

You can create visual effects when you add animations to text, images, slides and other objects in Google Slides. You can also animate lists, one click at a time, as you present.

Animate text or images

• On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides .
• Click the text or image that you want to animate.

Add slide transitions

• On the left, click the slide you want to transition to.

Change animations and transitions

When you add new animations, they are automatically set to 'fade in'. You can change transitions and animations in the panel on the right.

• Click the animation that you want to change.
• To change the speed of the animation, drag the slider.
• To animate lists one line at a time, tick the box next to 'By paragraph'.

Note: Not all animations will work when viewing the presentation in some browsers.

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Transitions and animations in Google Slides add movement to a presentation. Transitions are applied to slides and animations are applied to elements on a slide. Learn how to do animations in Google Slides and apply Google Slides transitions to create interesting presentations .

This tutorial uses the Science project template from Google Sheets , which contains several text and image elements that would look even cooler with transition and animation effects. To create this presentation and follow along with the tutorial, go to Google Drive and select New > Google Sheets > From a template . Scroll to the bottom of the list and select Science project .

Understanding Google Slides Animations and Transitions

Transitions occur when you move from one slide to the next during a presentation. Google Slides contains transitions that dissolve, fade, slide, flip, turn on a cube, and bounce in a gallery.

Animations highlight text and images on a slide. Animations help with eye flow by directing where your audience should look during the presentation. Google Slides contains animations that appear, disappear, fade, fly, zoom, and spin.

You can even take your presentation design a step further by collaborating with others or adding audio to your Google Slides presentation , since Google Slides is a web-based, fully-powered presentation creation app.

Play around with different transitions and animations and choose those that match the tone of your presentation.

Less is better when using transitions and animations in Google Slides. You want your audience to be drawn in by your cool graphical moves, but you don’t want them distracted by a constantly moving presentation. Limit the use of transitions and animations to keep the audience focused on you and the topic of your presentation.

Here are a few more guidelines:

• Don’t overdo it : Think about your audience, the purpose of your presentation, and the image you want to project. Then, choose your transitions and animations wisely.
• Avoid twirling and bouncing slides : Choose subtle animations and transitions that fade and dissolve. Complex movements can be distracting.
• Automate animations as much as possible : Set up animations so they automatically start with or after a previous animation. If you’re focused on initiating the next animation, you’re not focused on your audience.
• Use animations to keep your audience focused : Create animations to help your audience focus on the content of your presentation. Use animations to highlight important points, ideas, and concepts.

How to Create Google Slides Transitions

In a Google Slides presentation using the default slide transition, slides just appear and disappear as you move through your slideshow. Give your presentation some visual interest by changing the transition.

You have the option to use the same transition on all slides or to use a different transition on each slide. In most cases, a single slide transition in a presentation works best.

Go to Slide and select Transition .

Select the Transition type down arrow and choose a transition. For example, choose Slide from right to scroll the slideshow across the screen.

Select and drag the Duration slider to change the length of the transition. For example, drag the slider from Fast to Medium .

Select Play to see what the transition looks like in the slideshow.

Select Stop when the transition is over.

If you don’t like the animation, choose a different Transition type and Play it.

When you’ve found a transition you like, select Apply to all slides to use it in your entire presentation.

How to Animate Text and Images

Animations in Google Slides are easy and straightforward. For simple animations, add a single effect to text or an image. If you want to add more emphasis to a slide element, add multiple animations to it.

To add multiple animations to a slide element:

Go to the slide where you want to add an animation and select the text or image element. For example, choose a section heading text box to add a text animation that introduces the topic.

In the Animations pane, select Add animation .

If the Animations pane is not displayed, go to Insert and select Animation .

In the Animation type list, choose an animation. For example, select Fade in to make the text fade into the slide.

In the Start Condition list, choose when the animation will start. For example, select After previous to make the text fade in after the slide has stopped.

Select and drag the Duration slider to change the speed.

To add a second animation to the element, select Add animation .

Select an Animation type. For example, select Spin to make the text rotate after it fades in.

Select a Start Condition. For example, select After previous so the text automatically spins after it appears on the slide.

Select Play to see how the animation works.

Animations play in the order they appear in the Animations pane. To change the order in which animations play, drag an animation to a different location in the list.

Select Stop when the animation is finished playing.

How to Animate a Bulleted List

When you want the items in your bulleted list to appear on the slide one at a time, animate the list.

Select the bulleted list.

In the Animation pane, select Add animation .

Select an Animation type. For example, select Fly in from right to match this animation with the Slide from right transition.

Select a Start condition. For example, select On click to display each bullet point when you click on the screen. 

Select By Paragraph .

Drag the Duration slider to choose a speed for the animation.

Select Play to see the animation in action.

To start the animation, select the slide. Then, select again to see the first bullet point. Keep clicking until you get to the end of the list.

Select Stop when you’re done.

How Apply the Same Animation to Multiple Elements on a Slide

Another cool effect is to make two or more objects appear on the slide at the same time using the same animation.

To apply the same animation to multiple elements:

Select two or more elements. For example, choose two images that will appear on the slide at the same time.

Select an Animation type. For example, select Fade in so the images go from transparent to opaque.

Select a Start condition. For example, select After previous so the animation starts after the slide transition has finished.

Select and drag the Duration slider to change the animation speed.

How to Delete Google Slides Animations and Transitions

Sometimes transitions and animations need to disappear. When you no longer want to use a transition or animation in your presentation, delete it.

Go to the slide containing the transition.

In the Animations pane, select the transition.

Select the Transition type down arrow and select No transition .

If the transition appears on all slides, select Apply to all slides to remove the animation from the entire presentation.

To delete an animation, go to the slide containing the animation.

In the Animations pane, select the animation you want to delete.

Select Delete .

Preview Google Slides Transitions and Animations

After you’ve applied transitions to your slides and created animations for important elements of your presentation, preview the entire presentation before you deliver it in front of a live audience. Select Present to open your presentation in a browser window, then use the controls to see the transition from slide to slide and to watch the animations move across your screen.

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You can add animations to your presentation in Google Slides and the elements in it to make your presentation more interesting. When used properly and in moderation, animations can break the deadly seriousness of the presentation, and make it easier for the eyes to take in all the text and data.

Google Slides' animation and transition repertoire isn't as extended as PowerPoint's, but it's still more than enough to help you add some subtle animations to your presentation. Read on to find out how you can add animations in Google Slides.

How to Add Animations in Google Slides

Adding animations in Google Slides basically consists of selecting the object you want to animate (text, picture, etc.) and then selecting the animation type. Another factor that plays a role, is the order of animations, which instructs Google Slides on which animations it should play first.

Much like PowerPoint, there are three types of animation in Google Slides: Entrance , Emphasis , and Exit . You can add single or multiple animations to an object in your slide. Though, naturally, it's best if you don't add more than one of each type. Having two entrance animations on a single object can make your presentation look silly.

• Select the object that you want to animate.
• Go to the Insert menu.
• Select Animation . The Motion pane will appear on the right.
• In the Motion pane, under Object Animations , click Add animation .
• Click on Fade in and change the animation type to your liking.
• Click on Play to preview the animation.

Now your object is animated. You can go on and add more animations to the same object, or to a different object. To do so, you need to select the object and repeat the process above.

When you have multiple animations in a single slide, they're going to appear in the order indicated in the Motion pane. To change the order, grab one animation and drop it to where you want. The animation on top will play first, and the rest will play out in order, one after another.

Aside from animating the objects in your slides, you can also add animated GIFs correctly to add some motion to your Google Slides presentation.

Animation Options in Google Slides

Other than the animation type itself, there are three additional settings that you can tweak within Google Slides. First, you can change the Start condition of the animation.

By default, the start condition of all animations is click. Meaning that once you click the presentation, the next animation will play. You can change this by changing the start condition.

• Go to the Insert menu and then select Animation . This will bring up the Motion pane.
• Collapse the animation that you want to modify.
• Change the Start condition. This is set to On click by default.

Changing the start condition to After previous will play the animation right after the previous one is finished. Changing it to With previous will play the animation at the same time as the previous one. In this form, the animation's start time depends on the previous animation's start time.

You can create a cascade of automatic animations by setting all start conditions to After previous, or you can have all the animations play at the same time by setting them all to With previous. In these scenarios, you will need to click only once for the first animation to play, and the rest will unfold automatically.

The second animation setting in Google Slides is a checkbox labeled By paragraph . This setting is eligible for text objects. Once you check it, Google Slides will animate the paragraphs one after another and show them sequentially, rather than treating the whole text as a single object.

• Go to the Motion pane.
• Select your animation.
• Check By paragraph .

The final setting is the Duration. This is a number between 0 and 5 seconds, which indicates how long the animation should last. The larger the number, the slower the animation will be.

• Set the slider to your desired amount.

Animating the slides themselves, for instance, how they enter and how they leave, is called slide transition. You can read our article about slide transitions in Google Slides to learn more.

Present Your Data With Animations

Presentations can sometimes get too serious, or god-forbid, even boring. A good way to make the data flow smoother, and to give the eyes a break, is adding animations.

You can add as many animations as you want to the objects in your Google Slides' presentation, and Google Slides does a great job at helping you keep track of all the animations. Just remember that adding too many animations can backfire and make your presentation lose its subtlety.

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How to Use Google Slides Animations and Timed Transitions

Presentation animation is a great way to add professional polish to your Google Slides presentation. You can use animations and transitions between slides to help your presentation flow seamlessly. You can even define how long transitions should last.

In this tutorial, we'll teach you how to use Google Slides animations and transitions. We'll start by explaining what animations and transitions are. Then we'll provide a step-by-step guide to creating your own animations and transitions. 

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For more detailed information about making animations and transitions in Google Slides presentations, review the written steps in this tutorial that follows: 

What Are Animations and Transitions?

Before you learn how to use animations and transitions in your Google Slides presentation, it's important to understand what each term means.

1. Multiple Animation Options in Google Slides

Animations are used within a slide to add interest. If you've ever seen text paint onto a slide line by line in a presentation, you've witnessed an animation effect. And that is just one of several animation effects in Google Slides.

2. Use Presentation Transitions Consistently

Transitions are a specific type of animation that you can apply between your slides. For example, you could have each slide fade in from black. 

In Google Slides, you define the transitions between your slides at each slide, although to you can apply your selection to all the slides in your presentation at once. It's best to remain fairly consistent with the type of transition you use between all the slides in your presentation rather than using a different transition type for each slide.

3. Remember: Don't Overdo It

Transitions and animations are a great way to add interest to your Google Slide presentation and retain your audience's attention. But, be careful. You don't want to overdo it. Too many animations can make your presentation seem busy and will distract from your message. 

How to Add a Transition to a Google Slides Presentation

This section provides step-by-step instructions on how to add an animation to a Google Slides presentation. Before you get started, choose a Google Slides presentation that you want to add animation to.

For this tutorial, I'm going to use an email presentation that I created in Google Slides:

Note: AnyTown Consulting is a fictitious entity used solely for instructional purposes. It is not meant to represent a real organization.

The sample presentation in this tutorial is made using the Fox Google Slides Template (no longer available).

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Let's get started with leaning how to work with Google Slides transitions.

Step 1. Open the Animations Panel

Start with the Google Slides presentation open to the slide where you want to add a transition. Click the Transition button to the right of the toolbar.

The Animations panel displays on the right of the screen:

As you can see from the top of the Animations panel, the slide currently has no transition defined. Our next step is to add a transition.

Step 2. Add a Transition to a Slide

With the Animations panel open, click the down arrow to the right of the words No Transition . You'll see a drop-down menu listing the available transition effects:

You have seven transition options:

• No transition . There is no transition. This can also be selected to turn off an existing transition.
• Fade. The contents of the slide slowly appear the screen.
• Slide from right. The contents move onto the screen from the right to the left.
• Slide from left. The contents move onto the screen from the left to the right.
• Flip. The slide flips over as it paints on to the screen. The effect is almost as though a paper has been turned over.
• Cube.  A rectangular three dimensional shape gradually flips over to display the slide.
• Gallery. The contents move to the left to display the next slide.

To select a transition, click on it. You'll notice that the transition type you selected replaces the words No Transition in the Animations panel:

You'll notice that I selected the Flip transition type for this tutorial.

Step 3. Define the Transition Timing

After you've defined the transition type, you can determine how quickly it occurs. Beneath the transition type selection is the Transition Timing slider. ( It is nearly clear, so you may not see the slider until you click on it to move it. ) Here's what it looks like when you click on it:

Notice that the sliding scale is labeled: Slow , Medium , and Fast . To speed up the timing of your transition, drag the slider to the right. To slow the slide transition timing down, drag the slider to the left. Here's a slider being dragged to Medium position:

The length of time the transition will last in displays above the slider as you drag it. In this case, the transition will last for 2.8 seconds. The timing on the slider ranges from 5.0 seconds to 0.0 seconds.

Knowing how long your transition will last can help as you plan the timing of your Google Slides presentation. It can be particularly important for longer presentations with slow transitions.

Step 3. Apply Your Transition to All Slides

If you wanted to, you could define a different transition for every slide in your presentation. However, that could be distracting and make your presentation look sloppy.

Fortunately, there's an easy way to apply the same transition to all the slides in your presentation. This is a big time saver as well. Simply click the Apply to all slides button beneath the Transition Timing slider:

The transition you defined is applied to all the slides in your presentation.

Step 4. Test Your Transition

Now that you've defined a transition type for your presentation, you should test it. Testing your transition effect is a good way to tell how it will impact your Google Slides presentation.

There are two ways to test your transition:

Method 1. From Within the Animations Panel

Test the defined animation by clicking the Play button on the Animations panel:

The transition effect for the selected slide displays in the center of the screen.

Method 2. Using the Present Button

When you have defined the transition, close the Animations panel by clicking the X in the upper right corner.

With the Animations panel closed, click the Present button next to the menu:

A full-screen version of your presentation displays. Use the arrow in the bottom left to move between the slides:

Press <Enter> on your keyboard to move between the slides. Each time the presentation moves between slides, it uses the transition you defined.

After you've finished testing your transition effect, you may want to adjust it by changing the time or even selecting a different transition effect altogether.

Step 5. Remove or Change a Transition

It's not difficult to remove or change a transition after it has been defined. Start with the Google Slides presentation open to the slide where you want to remove or change the transition. Click the Transition button to the right of the toolbar. The Animations panel opens:

Use the drop-down menu to select a new transition. Or, select No Transition to turn transitions off for the selected slide.

Use the Transition Timing slider to redefine how quickly the transition displays. When you are finished, apply the transition changes to all the slides by clicking the Apply to all slides button.

How to Add an Animation to a Google Slides Presentation

This section provides step-by-step instructions on how to add slide animations to a Google Slides presentation: 

Step 1. Choose a Slide

Open the presentation you wish to work with. For this tutorial, I will continue using the Email presentation based on the Fox Google Slides Template (no longer avaliable.

To select a slide, click on a thumbnail on the left. The selected slide displays:

I choose the third slide because I want to animate the text under each heading. The next step is to open the Animations panel.

Step 2. Open the Animations Panel

Google Slides animation effects use the same panel as Google Slides transitions.

To open the Animations panel, click the Transition button to the right of the toolbar:

Note: You can also open the Animations panel with the Insert > Animation menu option.

As you can see from the middle of the Animations panel, no animations are set up for this slide. Our next step is to add animations.

Step 3. Define Animations

To define animations, you need to first select the objects to be animated. Click on the object you wish to animate first. In this case, a text box:

Next, click the plus (+) symbol next to the words Add animation to display the Google Slides animation options:

You'll notice that the default animation is set to Fade in (On Click) . To change the default, first click the down arrow to the right of the words Fade in . A drop-down menu appears:

As you can see, there are many different animation effects to choose from.

Most of the animation effects descriptions are self-explanatory. However, pay attention to the words " in " and " ou t" in the animation effect description: 

• Animation effects with the word " in " in the description add the selected object to your slide. 
• Animation effects with the word " out " in the description remove the selected object from your slide. 
• Likewise, the animation effect Appear adds an object and the animation effect Disappear removes the selected object.

Next, you'll want to define how the animation is triggered. The animation trigger you select determines what activates the animation. To see the Animation Triggers drop-down menu in Google Slides, click the down arrow to the right of the words On Click :

You can define three different types of animation triggers:

• On click . The presenter must click to trigger the animation. This is the default setting.
• After previous . The animation plays after the previous animation.
• With previous . The animation occurs at the same time as the previous animation.

Click on an animation trigger to select it.

If you click the checkbox next to the By paragraph field, the animation will be applied paragraph by paragraph to the selection. This can be especially helpful for animating lists line by line.

Step 4. Timing

Now that we've defined when the animation will occur, it's time to define how long each animation lasts. To do this, you will use the Animation Timing slider. ( It is nearly clear, so you may not see the slider until you click on it to move it .) Here's what it looks like when you click on it:

Notice that the sliding scale is labeled: Slow , Medium , and Fast . To speed up the timing of your transition, drag the slider to the right. To slow the timing down, drag the slider to the left.

Now that you've set up your first animation for this slide, you can add additional animations.

Step 5. Add Additional Animations

To add additional animations to the slide, click on the next object you wish to animate. Click the plus ( + ) symbol next to the phrase Select an object to animate .

Follow the instructions in Steps 3 and 4 to define the animation effect. Continuing adding animations to the slide as desired.

Note: The order in which the animations are defined will determine the order in which the animations play if you select the After previous animation trigger. The first animation you define will play first, the second animation you define will play second, and so on ...

Step 6. Test Your Animations

Once you're done defining all the animations for a slide, test them by clicking the Play button on the Animations panel. The animation effect for the selected slide displays in the center of the screen.

A second way to test your animations uses the Present button. Close the Animations panel by clicking the X in the upper right corner. Next, click the Present button next to the menu. A full-screen version of your presentation displays. Use the arrow in the bottom left to move between the slides. Here's how the Spin animation effect looks on my sample Google Slides presentation during testing:

 Notice the text under the phrase Identify Your Audience spins before moving into place.

Step 7. Remove or Change an Animation

After you've defined an animation, you may want to remove it or change it. Open your presentation to the slide where you want to change or remove an animation. Click the Transition button to the right of the toolbar. The Animations panel opens:

Click on the animation effect you want to change. The details of the animation appear in the Animations panel. Here are the animation details for the Spin animation:

To delete the animation, click the X to the right of the animation in Google Slides. Or, click the down arrow next to the animation type to redefine it. You can also redefine the animation trigger and use the Animation Timing slider to redefine how quickly the transition displays.

When you're finished, you can delete or redefine another animation if you wish.

If you've been wondering how to add animations and transitions to your Google Slide presentations, you now have the information you need. 

Animations and transitions can help your presentation come across as more professional and polished. When applied thoughtfully, animations also add an extra degree of interest to your presentation and help to engage your audience.

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In this new Slidesgo School tutorial, you’ll learn how to apply animations to the elements of a slide and how to add transitions between slides . This way, your presentation will be more dynamic and you’ll be able to impress your audience.

Adding an Animation to a Text or an Image

Adding transitions between slides.

• Click Insert → Animation.
• The Transitions panel will appear on the right,  If there are only transition options but no animation options, click the “Select an object to animate” button.

• You can either select the text, list, icon or image that you want to animate,  right-click and then choose Animation.
• The Transitions panel will appear on the right, where you can choose the animation for your selection. From the drop-down menu you can choose whether to play the animation when clicking, after the previous one or with the previous one.

• Check the “By paragraph” box if you want the animation to be applied to each paragraph of a text box individually. This can be especially useful for lists.

• You can adjust the speed of the animation with the slider.

• You can also add a transition to your presentation from this panel.
• Go to the panel on the left, the Filmstrip view, and choose the slide that you want to animate.
• Click Slide → Change transition.
• The Transitions panel will appear on the right.
• Choose the transition that you want.
• You can adjust the speed of the transition with the slider.
• If you want to apply the same transition to all the slides, click the “Apply to all slides” button.
• You can change the animations or transitions at any time. Just select the animated object and choose a different option from the drop-down menu. Please note that the results may vary depending on the browser that you use.

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How can you bring your Google Slides presentation to life and engross your audience further? The answer is simple: animation! When used well, animation is a great tool, helping to capture your audience’s attention and consequently strengthening your message. Though Google Slides animation features aren’t incredibly wide ranging, we’re going to show you how to make the most of what’s there to work with.

Animation can build up processes step by step, keeping the audience connected throughout.  It can compare before and afters and also show movement. That’s why animation – when used to communicate meaning – is so important. You wouldn’t want to pose a question and reveal the answer at the same time. It is crucial to time these elements to the presenter’s talk track, allowing the audience to interact with information in a more meaningful way.

With Google Slides animation can be applied to text, shapes, objects, and slides. Sometimes a simple transition or fade in can make a world of difference – allowing you to pace the flow of information or communicate processes and changes more effectively. It is also important to remember to not overpower your message with too many animations, make sure they are consistent and keep it to a minimum. Remember less is more.

If you’re looking for ways to enhance your Google Slides presentation and have been following our blog posts, you will know that compelling visuals are the most effective way to inform and persuade your audience. If you are new to our philosophy, here is a great place to start. To access Google Slides, click here .

We’re going to explain how to add animation to Google Slides and show you five ways to make the most of its animation features. Now, let’s get to it!

Google Slides Transitions

Transitions are animations added in between slides to help move smoothly between different pieces of content. Just like in PowerPoint, Google Slides allows you to add animations when you transition from one slide to another. Unlike in PowerPoint, these transitions are stored alongside the animations.

How to add a transition: Open a presentation in Google Slides. Click the slide you want to add a transition to. Then click Insert > Animation . Select a transition from the scroll down. If you want to apply the transition to every slide, just click on the Apply to all slides button.

If you change your mind and decide you want to remove the transition, here is how you do it: Go to Insert on the menu, then scroll down to Animation . The animation pane will open on the right of the slide. Click T ransition and then N o transition .

With this in mind, let’s look at two ways you can use transitions in Google Slides.

1. Dissolve

As seen on the slide below, a Dissolve transition in between slides gives your presentation better flow and to allow your audience a second to breathe and take the information in, before moving on to the next topic.

2. Slide from the left

You can also transition from slide to slide using a Slide from the left transition. In the example below we present important stats – by using the transition we can move along as if using the motion path animation found in PowerPoint . It’s a simple and effective way of showing progression.

Google Slides Animations

Right, now that we’ve covered transitions, let’s talk about the more traditional animations in Google Slides. These apply to individual shapes, text, or objects on the slide.

How to add an animation: Open a presentation in Google Slides. Click the text or image you want to animate. Then click Insert > Animation . Click on Select an object to animate , scroll down and choose the animation you want to use. Then on the scroll underneath select whether you want your object to animate On click , After previous or With previous. 

There’s three animation features that we really like to use, and we’ll show you how to use them.

3. Fly in from Left to Right

This Google Slides animation allows you to bring in objects or text boxes one by one, automatically or with clicks. By setting objects to animate on clicks, you can to reveal each object as you discuss it, maintaining your audience’s focus on the topic. Without animations to pace the flow, your audience will likely read all of the content in one go, ignoring what you’re saying as the presenter and reaching the conclusion ahead of time.

Fade in is a very popular Google Slides animation as it can serve many different purposes. By bringing objects in with a fade, you can direct the audience’s attention to the item being discussed and you avoid overwhelming them with too many visuals all at once. It is very effective with bullet points, process items, or any shapes you want to present in a particular order.

In the example below we show the background photo of the Christ the Redeemer. It is both a beautiful and a relevant landscape that will engage the audience, in this case the travel industry. Having it take up the entire slide is an effective way to draw the audience in. After setting the scene we can then fade in the text content for the presenter to discuss.

5. Fly in from bottom

This Google Slides animation is very useful if your presentation includes technical information, as it allows you to break up the data with eye catching motions, particularly in graphs. In our example below, we used it to add some movement to our chart, bringing one value at a time, helping the audience study the numbers one at a time. We’ve also used a white rectangle to mask the fly in below the X axis. For a tutorial of how to do that, check out our guide to animating with masks : it focuses on PowerPoint but the principle of masking and animation on a graph are identical in Google Slides.

So those are our five ways to use animation in Google Slides: two awesome transitions, and three useful animations! As you can see, it’s not difficult to use the Google Slides animation features to make your presentation more compelling and engaging. Be sure to consider the purpose and timing of your animations: use them to pace the flow of information and keep your audience following your narrative. Now that you know how to add animation to Google Slides and have seen some creative animation ideas, go and get started! If you are new to Google Slides and want to learn more about how to use the tool from scratch, here is our ultimate guide .

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Although Google Slides is an incredibly simple and intuitive tool for building presentations, its animation limitations mean that slides can lack oomph. An easy way to bring movement and dynamism to your slides is by adding audio or video. In this blog post, we’re going to show you how to…

Appreciated! It’s one of the finest and concise articles on the animations in Google Slides. I would appreciate it if you could share the Google Slide-deck to my Gmail address.

Hi Gelli. Yes, we are happy to share this deck with you. If you could please email me on [email protected] I will share it with you. Many thanks!

how do i animations on google sides ?

I agree these are very good and very helpful! #OMGLlovethese

#OMG!Llovethese

nice work , keep up the good work. excellent

Thank you, Qdot! I am so glad you are finding our posts useful.

They are kinda useful.

4. how did you make the white area?

Hello. If you mean the white gradient box, on the 4th slide, this is how you can do it: 1. Create a box shape 2. Click the paint bucket tool and go to Gradient 3. Within Gradient click Custom 4. Make the left hand slider white and the right hand slider transparent

Many thanks!

Wow – thats cool! Thank you very much!

there is no dissolve

Hi Noah. We are referring to the dissolve transition, not animation. Many thanks!

thanks a lot

are there any add-ons for Google slides that allows you to use some of the animation effects that are in powerpoint?

Hi Marc I’m afraid not, the only animations effects you can use within Google slides are the ones that are in the original program. It’s a real shame that even some of the more simple effects featured in PowerPoint aren’t able to be performed in slides. Wipe in being a good example of this.

There is one fairly long winded work around. If you have a newer PowerPoint version e.g. Microsoft 365 there’s now the ability to export out your slides as a GIF. This means you could animate your slides in PowerPoint the way you’d like them to work in Google slides, export to GIF format and then pull the GIF into the Slides deck (the same way you can drag in an image)

Hope this helps!

Thank you! Do you know how to put a curtain up on a slide that I can drag down as I reveal the steps to a math problem? I want to have it already finished and then just pull it down so students can check if each step is correct, one step at a time.

Hi Kasie, You can just add a white box over the section you wish to hide and then you can add a fly out animation to reveal. In order to do that, just follow the same steps as #5 on the blog post, but instead of ‘fly in from bottom”, select ‘fly out from bottom’. I hope this is helpful!

Thank you very much! Very useful for me!

How can you make bullets come in in the reverse order? For instance I have a list of 5 things, and want to start at number 5 and build up to number 1. Thanks!

Hi Gregory. In order for the bullet points to come in in reverse order you would have to have each point in a separate box and animate them one by one. I hope this was helpful.

Thank you for this!

My question: I have a .png of a bird (it’s cut out and has a transparent background). When I have the bird enter from the left of the screen and fly out to the right, the bird is almost see-through as it begins its “flight” across the screen. By the time it’s leaving on the right side, it’s solid colors. I have no fade set. Can you advise?

Hi Charley, I am afraid that if that’s how the animation is set then there’s no tool to alter it on Slides. Sorry we couldn’t be more helpful.

I would like to make an object exit “fly out” diagonally from left to right.

It is a common animation on Ppt but this possible in Google slides?

Hi Vera. Unfortunately on Google Slides you can only Fly out vertically or horizontally. Google Slides animations are a bit more limited than PPT. Sorry we couldn’t be more helpful.

This is rather late, but you can achieve this effect I believe. If you do “fly out right” and pair it with “fly out up (or down)” the image will appear to fly out diagonally. You must be sure to choose the option “With Previous” for this to work!

When you are trying to do the animations, how do you make 1 object do 2 or more. My friend, Jade, made that happen and I am trying to make an arrow do 2 things at the same time. I am trying to do SPIN & FADE IN, and it won’t work.

Hi Ashlyn, just select the object, go to Insert>Animations and then add the animations to it. You can add as many as you need. I hope this is helpful. Many thanks.

I tried that many times

Hi Ashlyn. To apply two animations to the same object at the same time, you have to ensure that the lower of the two animations is set to ‘with previous’ instead of ‘on click’. Also make sure the timings of the animations are the same. To adjust the timings simply adjust the slider underneath. Hope this s helpful!

Thank you so much! Very helpful!

Thanks Cecilia Croasdell, words are too small for the value you add through your content, This is the best guide I have seen so far on the internet. 5 ways to make the most of Google Slides animation features was easy to understand with comprehensive and easy explanation. Really hard work, thanks for it.

I am so happy you found this helpful! Thank you! 🙂

Thank you for sharing these tips! VERY helpful for me and my students! Much appreciated! 🙂

Thanks for the info

Hey do you know how to make an animation like on tv? in google slides me and my friends are bored.

Hello. I’m afraid animations are limited on Slides and won’t allow for that level of movement. You’d need an animation specific software. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.

its a amazing information Thank you! Do you know how to put a curtain up on a slide that I can drag down as I reveal the steps to a math problem? I want to have it already finished and then just pull it down so students can check if each step is correct, one step at a time

Hello. If you cover each step with a rectangle you can have each fly out on a click, revealing each step. Just follow the same steps as we did with “Fly in from bottom” in the article above. Hope this is helpful!

if you could emil this slide to me pl and thank you

Hi Naod. Happy to – please email me at [email protected] and I can share it with you!

very informative guide

Hi, I love the animation! Can you provide me the link to how to make the slides?

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How to Add Transition and Animation in Google Slides (Step by Step)

You have wonderful tools at your fingertips if you’d like to make your presentation dynamic and appealing. Transitions and animations can make your presentations interesting and increase audience engagement . So, read on to learn how to add transitions and animations in Google Slides.

Adding a Transition 

Step 1 – Head over to your Google Slides presentation , and select the slide wherein you wish to add the transition. Click the Transition command on the toolbar. 

Step 2 – The motion pane will appear on the slide. Below Slide Transition , click the drop-down menu, then select the transition you want to apply.

Step 3 – The transition will be applied to the selected slide. You can customize the speed of the transition or use the same transition for all the slides in the presentation.

Add an Animation 

Step 1 – Right-click on the desired object and select Animate . 

Step 2 – The motion pane will appear on the slide. Below Object Animations, a default animation will be automatically added to the selected object and displayed in the pane. 

Step 3 – Click the drop-down menu and select the desired animation. 

Note: To add more animations to the desired object, select the object and click Add animation . 

Wasn’t that simple? Stay tuned for more useful tutorials!

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You can add animations to text and graphics in your presentation so that elements of a slide will appear one at a time as you talk about them.

Add an Animation

• Select an object.
• Click Insert on the menu bar.

You can choose a basic one like Appear or Fade In, or an advanced one that flies in or out from a certain direction.

You can trigger the animation by clicking on the slide while presenting. Or, you can play it automatically, either with another animation or after another animation completes.

• (Optional) Check the By paragraph check box.

The slide’s animation begins playing.

• Click Stop to end the preview.

Change Animation Order

Next, let's change the order of the animations.

• Click Slide on the menu bar.
• Select Change transition .

Remove an Animation

After you've added some animations, you may find that you've added one too many. If this is the case, you can easily remove animations from a slide.

The animation is removed from the timeline.

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How to Add Animations on Google Slides for Texts, Objects, and Slides

Powerpoint presentations have animation effects like fading, flying, and more. You must have missed this animation feature while switching to the Google Slides. Although it is free, you can still get the animations on Google Slides, like with the Microsoft Powerpoint.

In this guide, let us find out how to add animations on Google Slides for anything you add on to the slide, whether it is text, image or an object.

Add Animation to an Object in Google Slides

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Let’s say you are preparing a project pitch to show to your colleagues and you wish to add some animation effects to your slides. There are not much of the advanced animation effects available on Googe Slides. Still, the ones you have are good enoughto make a decent, eye-catching presentation. Let’s begin.

On your computer, launch any browser like Chrome and open your presentation in Google Slides (slides.google.com).

Next, go to the slide and click the object for which you want to add animation effects. Then, click the Insert menu on the toolbar and click Animation from the list of options.

Now, you will see a new window titled Motion on the right side of the screen.

In the new window, click the button Add animation located at the bottom.

Then, click the first drop-down box located under the section Object Animations.

Here, you will see 10+ animation effects like Fade in, Fade out, Fly in from left, and more. Go ahead and select a style based on your need. Then, in the next drop-down box select the point of trigger for the animation effects (On click, After previous, With previous).

For example, if you select On click, then the animation will appear only after you click on the slide. Or if you select After previous , then the animation will start after the slide transition has finished. In case, you select With previous , then the animation will start along with slide transition.

After you select the start condition, you can select the animation speed by dragging the slider from Slow to Fast .

To preview the effects you have added, click the Play button located at the bottom. While playing, you can click the Stop button to end the preview.

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Like objects, you can add the same animation effect to the whole text or for every paragraph in Google Sldes. While you think that it won’t be as good as in the Powerpoint, try out for yourself and see how good it works. Let’s see how to add animations to text on Google Slides.

Open the Google Slides presentation and navigate to the slide where you want to add animation.

As mentioned above, click Insert > Animation from the toolbar on the top. Next, select the paragraph of text and click Add animation . Then, select the animation style and the start conditions from the drop-down boxes under Object Animations .

If the checkbox, By paragraph, is enabled, then the animation effect will be applied only for that paragraph. Or if it is unchecked, then the animation will be applied to all the text in that slide. Like for objects, you can adjust the animation speed for the text on Google Slides using the slider.

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I get it. You must have added too much animations to the slides and now everything looks so naive? You now want to get rid of certain animations from your presentation so that it looks minimal again. A single click and you can delete an animation from a text or object in Google Slides. Here is how.

Open the presentation on Google Slides and go to the slide where you need to delete the animation. Click View on the top toolbar and select Motion from the list of options.

On the right side of the screen, you can see all the animation effects for that slide. Click on the animation to view its menu options and then click the Delete icon that appears on the right.

The animation effects you added before is now completely removed. Now, if you play the presentation, there will not be any animation for the selected text or object.

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Let’s say want to change the animation style for a particular text or object. Or you want to rearrange the order of different animation effects in a slide. Google Slides allows you to quickly edit those things.

Open the slide and click View > Motion from the top toolbar . On the right, you will see the list of animations for that particular slide.

When you move your cursor over the grid of dots on the right, you will see a four-sided arrow. Now, you can drag the animation up or down to change its order.

To modify the animation style, click on the animation. Next, click the drop-down box to choose a new animation style.

With the animations on Google Slides, you can make the texts and objects come in and out flying, fading and so on. Since there is no limit to how many elements you can animate or how fast you want them, te Slides animations is worth a shot if you are trying to build an interactive presentation.

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How to Add Animations to Google Slides

Powerpoint-type decks are among the most popular and effective ways to present information to a group of people. Google Slides is a premier tool for such presentations: it’s free and readily available to almost anyone.

As more of us telecommute, slide decks have become more important for business, software development, sales, teaching, and more. Displaying a well-organized grouping of information is invaluable in almost all industries and learning environments.

Slide show tools such as Google Slides should be more than just bland pages of typed information. You can add color and stylist fonts for interest and clarity. You can add graphics, pictures, audio, video, and even animation. Adding animation can provide fabulous effects for Google Slides presentations.

Table of Contents

Adding Transition Effects

Animating an object, additional tips, why use animation in your slide, animation types, final words, how to create animations in google slides.

Now, let’s add some simple animations in Google Slides.

Transition effects can be added individually to each slide, or you can add the same to each one in the deck.

Here is how to add them:

Step 1 : Start Google Slides and open your presentation.

Step 2 : If you want to add transitions to specific slides, click the one that will have the transition. The effect will happen as you move from the previous slide into the slide you have selected.

If you wish to transition into your first slide, create a blank slide as your first one. You can then add the effect after it. To add the same transition effect to every slide, select all of them.

Step 3 : Right-click on the slide on the left side of the screen and select “Transition.” You can also use the menu at the top of the screen by selecting “Slide” and then “Transition.”

Step 4 : The “Motion” menu will pop up on the right side of the screen. At the top, you’ll see “Slide Transition.” Below that will be a drop-down menu. It should currently say “none” unless you have already added a transition. Click on the down arrow next to “None” to bring up the drop-down menu.

Step 5 : Click the drop-down menu and select from the different types of transitions.

Step 6 : You can then adjust the transition’s speed by using the slider below the drop-down menu.

Step 7 : If you want the transition to apply to all of your slides, click the “Apply to all slides” button.

Step 8 : You may want to test out some of the effects to see how they look. If so, you can click on the “Play” button to see how they look. It will give you a demonstration of how your slide works with a particular transition and settings. Just hit the “Stop” button when you’re done.

In Google Slides, objects are anything on your slide layout that you can select, such as a text box, shape, picture, etc. After selecting the object, you can add animation effects to it. Just follow these simple steps:

Step 1 : In Google Slides, click on the object you wish to animate to select it.

Step 2 : Right-click to show the context menu, then select “Animate,” or click on the “Insert” menu at the top of the screen and select “Animation.”

Step 3 : The motion panel will appear on the right side of the screen. This is the same panel you saw when creating transitions, but it will be scrolled down to the animation section.

Step 4 : Click on the first drop-down menu to select the type of animation you want. It may be defaulted to “ Fade In,” but you can choose from other options like “Fly-In,” “Appear,” and many others.

Step 5 : In the next drop-down, select whether you want it to start when you click on the screen, after or with a previous animation.

Step 6 : If you are animating a text box and want the animations to occur to each paragraph in the text, you can check the “By Paragraph” check box.

Step 7 : Adjust the slider at the bottom to set the animation’s speed to slow, medium, or fast.

Step 8 : You can test and make adjustments using the “Play” button at the bottom of the screen. You may need to try different settings. You can see how they affect the object by using the “Play” feature. Click on the “Stop” button when you are done.

Step 9 : Once you’re done, you can move on to the next task. All the animations you create will be saved and listed on the same motion panel whenever you bring them up.

As you can see, adding animation to your presentation is actually quite simple. Use the above techniques to make transitions more unique and eye-catching to your audience.

You can also animate just about any object placed on the slides, from text to shapes and even backgrounds. Below are a few tips to help as you create spectacular, eye-catching presentations.

• As you create animations, you will notice that on the slide menu at the left-hand side of the screen, slides containing animations will have a three-circle symbol by them. This can help you to keep track of where your effects occur within your presentation.
• Animations are great, but don’t overuse them. Too many will cause them to lose their effectiveness.
• Use animation in strategic places where you want people to focus or to signal that your topic is heading in a different direction.
• Don’t rely on just animation for a good presentation. You still need quality content that the audience can follow and learn from.
• Ensure the pacing of your animations fits your presentation. If it’s too fast, your audience may not even see it. If it’s too slow, they’ll wander away from your topic before you get a chance to begin.
• Always test your slideshow thoroughly before you present it. There’s nothing worse than having something not work when you go live.

While slideshows can provide a world of information, there are times when they can become plain and even boring. Nobody wants to watch slide after slide of bullet points and text against a blank background.

There will be certain parts that you want to emphasize. You need to maintain interest—you probably don’t want your audience to fall asleep on you.

This is where animation can provide that extra punch to keep your audience focused and alert. By “animation,” we are not talking about dropping in a Pixar short film. We mean simple graphical motion that draws and holds the attention of your viewers.

Some examples include having individual bullet points slide onto the screen as you click, allowing you to reveal each portion of the text one by one. This controls the flow of information, preventing your audience from reading ahead of you.

You can also add a fade-in effect to text or pictures. This will allow a chart or diagram to come onto the screen at a specific time or when you click on the slide.

These animations not only keep people focused on your presentation, but they also allow you to let information slowly trickle onto the screen instead of all at once. This prevents overload, helps you maintain simplicity, and keep your audience from nodding off.

There are two basic types of animations that can be used in Google Slides. The first is transitions. These take place when you “transition” or move from one slide to another.

The other type is object (or text) animation, in which you make specific objects or text move across the screen. You might also make them fade them in or out.

Both transition and object animations are effective tools for making interesting presentations. Transitions grab your audience’s attention as you move to the next slide. Object animations can serve a number of purposes, whether you want to control the flow of information or just catch your audience’s eye.

Animations can make your presentations more interesting and exciting. Use them wisely and take advantage of them whenever possible.

We hope this article helps you create a magnificent display for your co-workers, students, readers, or friends. As usual, please let us know if you have any questions or comments.

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