A motion path is an invisible track you lay on your slide for an item like a picture, line of text, or shape to run along. For example, you can move text from one place on your slide to another; create a hand-drawn entrance or exit for a piece of art; or lay a path that an arrow could follow at crucial points in your narrative, to show a process.

In this course you'll try a range of paths and get guidance on how to position, size, and edit them. Last, you'll explore what certain path options do, and you'll see extra sample slides with path examples.

For more details, read the overview in the center of this page or the detailed table of contents in the left column.

Click the Next button to start the first lesson.

You should take Animations I: Preset and custom animation.

Or: You should be familiar with applying custom effects such as entrance, exit, and emphasis effects using the Custom Animation task pane and its primary options.