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How to Use Morph Transition

How to Use Morph Transition

Use the Morph transition in PowerPoint

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The Morph transition allows you to animate smooth movement from one slide to the next. This video describes the concept and how to use the Morph transition, all in 90 seconds.

You can apply the Morph transition to slides to create the appearance of movement in a wide range of things—text, shapes, pictures, SmartArt graphics, WordArt, and charts.

Note: Morph is available if you have an Office 365 subscription or are using PowerPoint 2019. For Office 365 subscribers using PowerPoint Online, Morph is available when you are using files stored in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online.

How to set up a Morph transition

To use the Morph transition effectively, you’ll need to have two slides with at least one object in common—the easiest way is to duplicate the slide and then move the object on the second slide to a different place, or copy and paste the object from one slide and add it to the next. Then, apply the Morph transition to the second slide to see what Morph can do to automatically animate and move your object. Here’s how:

  1. In the Thumbnail pane on the left side, click the slide that you want to apply a transition to, which should be the second slide you added the object, picture, or words you’d like to apply the morph effect to.

2. On the Transitions tab, select Morph.

Note: In PowerPoint for Android, select Transitions > Transition Effects > Morph.

3. Select Transitions > Effect Options to choose just how you’d like the Morph transition to work.

You can move objects around on the slide, change colors, move words and characters around, and much more.

4. Click Preview to see the Morph transition in action.

Here’s an example of how the Morph transition can seamlessly animate objects across slides.

This is the original slide:

This is the second slide with the same objects after the Morph transition has been applied. The planets moved without needing individual motion paths or animations to be applied to them.


Posted on By Author Jasmine Categories Interactive PowerPoints, PowerPoint Help

Ways to Use Interactive Templates to Promote Active Learning

Ways to Use Interactive PowerPoint Templates to Promote Active Learning

Similar to a website’s home page, Slide Navigator’s interactive PowerPoint templates have a menu on the home slide (first slide) with interactive buttons that allows you to jump to any section within your presentation instead of having to flip through individual slides.

  1. Easily review or reference material from a previous slide without searching for it.

With a traditional PowerPoint presentation, it is difficult to skip material or access a previously viewed slide without flipping through slide after slide of the presentation. For example a student asks a question about previous material covered on a different slide, with the navigation menu you can easily access that slide and then return back to where you left off to continue the lecture.

2. Combine different chapters in one PowerPoint in an organized way.

You can decrease the number of PowerPoint presentations that you have. Also, it is easier to make a quick reference or review material from another chapter.

3. Select alternative slide paths in response to classroom interaction.

With traditional PowerPoint the instructor cannot easily change around material in order to accommodate student questions or particular student interests. Students are discouraged from asking questions when the response to every question is “We will get to that issue in 20 slides.” Instead of slide after slide displayed sequentially, sometimes it is better to select alternative slide paths in response to classroom interaction.

4. The link buttons can be used to link to not only to other slides in your presentation but also to videos, files, photos, discussion prompts, and various applications.

The links can be used to link to activities to incorporate active learning into class lecture.

5. Periodically pause your lecture to include structured activity.

Using the home button you can go to the home page of the presentation to focus the class’s attention on a structured activity. After the activity, you can use the last slide viewed button to return back to where you left off.

6. Easier for students to review and study.

Slide Navigator templates are easy to navigate and organized making it easier for students to review and study the PowerPoint presentations before exams. Incorporating multiple chapters makes it easier to study for midterms and finals. It is especially helpful for students using tablets and phones to review PowerPoint presentations.

To learn more about how we can create an interactive presentation for you click here.