Do you want to make your PowerPoint presentation more attractive and professional? One way to do this is to use underline animation on text. Underline animation is an effect that makes text underline move from left to right or vice versa, highlighting the text you want to emphasize. These animations can add dynamism and focus to your presentation, as well as make it easier for the audience to follow your key points.
However, how to animate underline on text in PowerPoint? Do you have to use external tools or special code? As it turns out, you can create underline animations easily and quickly using PowerPoint’s built-in features. In this article, I’ll show you the steps to animate underlines on text in PowerPoint, as well as provide some tips and tricks to improve the result.
Step 1: Add Text and Underline
The first step to creating an underline animation is to add the text and underline you want to animate. You can use any text you want, be it headings, subheadings, lists, or paragraphs. You can also use different fonts, sizes, colors, and text styles according to your preferences.
To add text, you can use text boxes or text placeholders available in PowerPoint. You can drag and adjust the text box size according to your need, and then type the text as you want. You can also copy and paste text from other sources if you want.
To add an underline, you can use one of two ways:
- The first way is to use the text underline feature found in the Home tab. You can select the text that you want to underline, and then click the U button in the Font group. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+U. This method is easy and fast, but it has some limitations. You can’t change the color, thickness, or style of underlines, nor can you set the spacing between text and underline. Also, you can’t animate the underline separately from the text, which means you have to animate the entire text box.
- The second way is to use the outline feature found in the Insert tab. You can select the Insert tab, and then click the Shapes button in the Illustrations group. You can select Line shape from the Shapes gallery, and then draw a line below the text that you want to underline. You can adjust the length, position, and angle of the line according to your text. You can also change the color, thickness, and style of a line by using the Format tab that appears when you select a line. This method is more flexible and creative but requires more time and effort. The advantage of this method is that you can animate lines separately from the text, which gives you more options for animation effects.
Step 2: Add an Underline Animation
The second step to creating an underlined animation is to add the underlined animation you want. You can use different types of animations available in PowerPoint, such as Entrance, Emphasis, Exit, or Motion Paths. You can also combine several animations to create more complex and interesting effects.
To add an animation, you have to select the object you want to animate, be it a text box or a line. You can then select the Animations tab, and then click the Add Animation button in the Advanced Animation group. You can select the animation you want from the animation gallery, or click More Entrance Effects, More Emphasis Effects, More Exit Effects, or More Motion Paths to see more options.
You can also adjust animation settings by using the Animations tab. You can change the Start, Duration, and Delay animations by using the number boxes in the Timing group. You can also change the Effect Options animation by using the drop-down buttons in the Animation group. You can choose the direction, speed, size, color, or shape of the animation according to your preference.