Animated template for PowerPoint

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  llama on 03/06/2011 - 12:17

  Animations make your PPTs look REALLY cheezy unless you are skillful in how you use them.

  What exactly do you want animated - just the headings or bullet points?

  You can do that yourself to a non-animated template, if you want.

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    scrimshaw on 03/06/2011 - 18:14

    +1.
    Too many animations and transitions will just annoy your audience

    http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2011/…

    You can download free and official templates directly from the MS Office templates database.

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      llama on 03/06/2011 - 19:24

      I often use fade-in and fade-out for the bullet points. And I use animation to make graphs etc appear at certain points, or an arrow to appear rather than using a laser pointer. But that's about it… subtle is definitely best.

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        scrimshaw on 03/06/2011 - 21:25

        +1

        I've seen many good presentations where the presenter hasn't used a single word on the powerpoint slide, and instead opted to use images. Steve Jobs for example, in his keynote / powerpoint presentations uses very few words and keeps them very simple and minimalistic.

        A few images on a slide is much easier to take in than a big wall of text or bullet points.
        If you have to use graphs or flowcharts, keep them big and simple to make it easier to understand at a glance.

        The key to a good presentation is not in the Powerpoint slide, it's the way you talk to the audience. Look at how Steve Jobs does his keynote speeches and you'll see what I mean.