• Change the timing for an animation effect

• Change or remove sound applied to an animation effect

• Remove one or more animation effects from your presentation

To apply an animation to text, a picture, or other object in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, see:

• An article with general procedures, Animate text or objects.
• An article with specific procedural examples, Use sample animations in your presentation.
• A visual demo with specific examples, Demo: Add animation and sound to text and objects in a presentation

Change the timing for an animation effect

A variety of timing options help to ensure that your animation flows smoothly and looks professional. You can set options for start times (including delays), speed, duration, looping (repeating), and automatic rewind.

Set options for start times

1. Click the text or object that contains the animation for which you want to specify start options.
2. On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.

3. In the Custom Animation list, right-click the animation effect, and then do one of the following:

   • To start the animation effect when you click the slide, select Start On Click.
   • To start the animation effect at the same time as the previous effect in the list (that is, one click executes two animation effects), select Start With Previous.
   • To start the animation effect immediately after the previous effect in the list finishes playing (that is, you do not have to click again to make the next animation effect start), select Start After Previous.

     If this is the first animation effect on the slide, it will be marked as "0" and will start as soon as the slide appears in the presentation

   • To replay or repeat the custom animations that you apply to a given object, select Timing, and then on the Timing tab, select an option in the Repeat list.

Set a delay or other timing option

1. Click the text or object that contains the animation effect that you want to set a delay or other timing option for.
2. On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
3. In the Custom Animation list, right-click the animation effect, select Timing, click the Timing tab, and then do one or more of the following:
   • To create a delay between the end of one animation effect and the start of a new animation effect, enter a number in the Delay box.
   • To set the speed with which the new animation effect plays, select an option in the Speed list.
   • To repeat an animation effect, select an option in the Repeat list.
   • To automatically return an animation effect to its original look and location after it plays, select the Rewind when done playing check box. For example, after the fly out exit effect plays, the item reappears on the slide in its original location.

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Change or remove sound applied to an animation effect

1. On the Animation tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
2. Click the text or object that contains the sound that you want to change or delete.
3. In the Custom Animation list, right-click the associated animation effect, and then click Effect Options.
4. On the Effect tab, under Enhancements, click the arrow next to Sound, and then do one of the following:
   • To change the sound, click a new sound effect.
   • To remove a sound effect, click [No Sound].

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Remove one or more animation effects from your presentation

1. On the Animation tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
2. In the slide window, click the text or object with one or more animation effects applied to it that you want to remove.
3. In the Custom Animation list, click an animation effect, and then click Remove. To select more than one animation effect applied to a single instance of text or an object, press and hold CTRL while you click each animation effect that you want to remove.

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