LibreOffice-Impress-on-BOSS-Linux/C3/Custom-Animation/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
Time | Narration |
00:00 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Custom Animation in LibreOffice Impress. |
00:07 | In this tutorial, we will learn about Custom Animation in Impress. |
00:12 | Here, we are using GNU Linux as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. |
00:21 | First, open the presentation "Sample-Impress.odp". |
00:27 | Let’s click on the thumbnail "Potential Alternatives" from the Slides pane. |
00:33 | This slide is now displayed on the Main pane. |
00:37 | Let’s learn how to use Custom Animation to make our presentation more attractive. |
00:43 | Select the first text-box to the left, in the slide. |
00:48 | To do this, click on the text and then click on the border which appears. |
00:54 | From the right side of the Impress window, in the Tasks pane, click on Custom Animation. |
01:00 | Click on Add. |
01:03 | The Custom Animation dialog-box appears. |
01:07 | Notice that the Entrance tab is open. |
01:10 | The Entrance tab controls the way the item appears on the screen. |
01:16 | We will learn the other tabs in the later tutorials in this series. |
01:21 | Under Basic choose Diagonal Squares. |
01:26 | You can also control the speed at which your animation appears. |
01:31 | In the Speed field, click on the drop-down box, select Slow and click OK. |
01:38 | The Effect field allows you to set animations options. |
01:43 | The box at the bottom of the Effect field displays the animations that have been added to the presentation. |
01:51 | Notice that the first animation has been added to the list of animation. |
01:57 | Scroll-down and click Play. |
02:00 | The preview of all the animation you selected will now play on the Main pane. |
02:08 | Now, in the slide, select the second text-box. Under Custom Animation, click Add. |
02:18 | In the Custom Animation dialog-box that appears, under Basic Animation, select Wedge. |
02:26 | Set speed at Medium. Click OK. |
02:31 | Notice that this animation has been added to the box. |
02:36 | Observe that the animation in the list are in the order in which you created them. |
02:42 | Select the second animation. Click the Play button. |
02:47 | You can also select more than one animation to preview. |
02:51 | To do this, hold down the Shift key while selecting the animation. |
02:57 | Click Play. The preview of all the animations you selected are played. |
03:05 | Now, select the third text-box. In Layouts, click Add. |
03:12 | In the Entrance tab, under Basic, select Diamond. |
03:17 | Set the speed to Slow . Click OK. |
03:22 | Each animation comes with certain default properties. |
03:26 | You can also change the order of the animation using the Change order buttons. |
03:32 | Let’s look at the default properties for each animation and learn how to modify them. |
03:39 | Double-click on the first animation in the list. This is the Diagonal Squares option. |
03:46 | The Effect Options dialog-box appears. |
03:50 | By default, the Effect tab is displayed. |
03:55 | Under Settings, click the Direction drop-down and select From right to top. |
04:01 | This has the effect of starting the animation from the right and moving to the top as it progresses. |
04:09 | Click OK to close the dialog-box. |
04:12 | Click on the Play button to observe the animation that you have added. |
04:17 | Double-click on this animation again. The Effect Options dialog-box appears. |
04:24 | Click the Timing tab. |
04:26 | In the Delay field, increase the delay to 1.0 sec. This has the effect of starting the animation after one second. Click OK. |
04:39 | Now, let’s select the first animation. |
04:43 | Click Play button. |
04:45 | You can observe the effect of the change you have made on the animation. |
04:50 | Double-click on the second animation in the list. This is the Wedges option that we set. |
04:58 | The Effect Options dialog-box appears. |
05:02 | Click the Text Animation tab. |
05:05 | The Text Animation tab offers various options to animate text. |
05:10 | In the Group text field, select 'By 1st level paragraphs'. |
05:16 | This choice displays each bullet point separately. |
05:20 | You can use this option when you want to thoroughly discuss one point, before moving on to the next. |
05:27 | Click OK. |
05:29 | Click Play. |
05:32 | Pause this tutorial and do this assignment. |
05:36 | Create different animations and check the Effect options for each animation. |
05:43 | Let us now learn to view the animation effects we have made. |
05:48 | Click on the Slide Show button. Then click anywhere on the screen to view the animation. |
05:59 | Animation is a good way to break the monotony of a presentation and helps to illustrate certain points which are difficult to explain otherwise. |
06:09 | However, be careful not to overdo it! |
06:13 | Too much animation will take the attention of the audience away from the subject under discussion. |
06:20 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
06:24 | In this tutorial, we learnt about Custom animation, Effect options. |
06:30 | Here is an assignment for you. |
06:32 | Create a text-box with three bullet points. |
06:36 | Animate the text so that the text appears line by line. |
06:41 | Play this animation. |
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07:33 | This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. |
07:38 | Thanks for joining. |