How to create Animated PowerPoint Timeline

Learn how to create a visually stunning animated timeline graphic in PowerPoint. This tutorial can be followed in any version of PowerPoint.

The advanced PowerPoint tutorial shows you how to create a series of 6 events with the audience attention being called to 1 event at a time.
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The tools used in this video tutorial include:

– Add teardrop shape, circles and text boxes from autoshapes
– Edit autoshape size and position to rotate the shape
– Change shape fill color
– Add preset shape effects
– Overlay multiple shapes to create interesting effects
– Add inner shadow effect to shape
– Change font color
– Change font to any thick font type
– Increase font size
– Align callout and related explanation text
– Add Emphasis animation – SPIN animation to shape
– Adjust Spin rotation type to quarter spin
– Increase animation speed
– Add wipe animation and change the direction of animation
– Add multiple animations to the same object
– Add Spin animation and set it to counter clockwise direction
– Using mouse controls to copy multiple objects
– Using Smart Guide to check if objects are aligned
– Change animation start timings of multiple objects at the same time.

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