Using the Animation Effects Toolbar

The Animation Effects toolbar provides another means for accessing many of PowerPoint's animation capabilities for text. Table 14.1 illustrates the buttons on this toolbar.

Table 14.1. Animation Effects Toolbar Buttons

Button	Name	Description
	Animate Title	Applies a default animation effect to the slide title
	Animate Slide Text	Applies a default animation effect to the slide text
	Drive-In Effect	Displays a drive-in effect on the selected text, which enters from the right
	Flying Effect	Displays a flying effect on the selected text, which enters from the left
	Camera Effect	Makes object appear through a camera shutter with accompanying camera click sound effect
	Flash Once	Flashes the selected text once
	Laser Text Effect	Displays the selected text as if it were printed by a laser printer
	Typewriter Text Effect	Displays the selected text as if it were entered on a typewriter
	Reverse Text Order Effect	Displays the selected text in reverse order
	Drop-In Text Effect	Drops in the selected text from the top of the slide
	Animation Order	Displays a drop-down list for setting the order in which slide objects are animated
	Custom Animation	Opens the Custom Animation dialog box
	Animation Preview	Previews the slide animation in a small preview window

To view the Animation Effects toolbar, click the Animation Effects button on the Formatting toolbar. These buttons all duplicate animation features we've already discussed, but their placement on one toolbar can be very useful for animating text objects.