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I’ve received a lot of requests to show how to do powerpoint animations.  These are fun and the possibilities are endless. 

For example, at a sales kickoff meeting .. you may want to show the sales forecast for the next 4 quarters.  You could show a chart:

Or you could show them an animated chart …

To create the animation, start by creating the chart:

• Insert, Chart

• Change the data sheet, [I added a sales forecast for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters.]

• Add a Title to the chart, by right clicking on the chart, then selecting Chart Options from the menu

• Add the the Chart Title, and click OK

 Change the Scale, so that the change in each bar is more pronounced.

• Double click the Y Axis

• Change the scale minimum 

Now your chart looks like this:

 Now for the fun part … we will animate each bar.

First, Ungroup the chart (HINT: Make sure you are done editing … because the chart won’t work after you ungroup it)

• Right click on the chart, click Grouping, Ungroup

Repeat above step and your chart will look like this:

 Next, you will want to regroup the bars.  Because our chart is in 3D, you will want to group all 3 pieces.

• Hold the shift key, click on all 3 pieces.
• Use your mouse to right click, select Grouping, select Group
• Do this for each bar in the chart

Now, you are ready to animate …

• Hold the shift key and click on each bar
• Use your mouse to right click
• Select custom animation

1. Click Add Effect
2. Click Entrance
3. Click Peek In  (Hint: You can choose any effect .. click more effects to see them all)

Change the timing of the bars:

• Click on the down arrow
• Click Timing
• Select Start on Click … that way the presenter can talk before each bar’s animation
• Another option would be to select “Start After Previous”
• Delay:  add a 1 second delay between the bar animations

  


Your chart is done … I saved this on the public Google Group: BusinessToolsBlog Shared Files if you want to check it out.