Learn how to replace or remove animations applied to objects in a PowerPoint presentation.

In our example, if slide 3 has no transition, it appears instantly as slide 2 disappears. If you want to remove the transitions from all slides, click Apply to All on the ribbon after clicking None.

Select the slide you want, and then on it, select the number of the animated effect you want to revise. The Animations pane at the right shows all the animations on the slide.

An animation effect option called By Paragraph lets you make list items appear one at a time. This type of animation is sometimes called a build slide.

In PowerPoint, you can apply multiple animation effects to a single string of text or an object, such as a picture, shape, or SmartArt graphic.

On a Windows tablet or phone, you can’t use the PowerPoint app to add animations to or remove animations from a presentation; however, you can play back animations that have been added …

To test the animations you just applied to the two pictures, select the Slide Show button located at the bottom-right corner of the browser window: In slide show view, click a slide to start each animation. …

They're a good option for shorter presentations without lots of sections, but you can use slide zooms for lots of different presentation scenarios. Slide zooms help you drill down into multiple pieces of …

Select an animation to see a preview of how the object will move on your slide. Once you pick the motion path you want, select OK. To remove and animation, on the slide, select the motion path …

Animations are a great way to show a list of bullet points on a slide one at a time. You can choose to click once for each bullet point, or have each point automatically appear after a short delay.