10.3. Preview an Animation

You can play the animation in Normal view without having to start the slide show, or you can run the slide show using a button on the Animations tab of the Ribbon. Previewing the regular or custom animations applied to a slide enables you to verify that the animations work as expected and are appropriate for the slide's content.

Preview an Animation

1 Display the slide with the animation(s) to preview in Normal view.

2 Click the Animations tab.

3 Click Preview

  • The animation previews in the Slide pane.

You also can preview the animations by running the entire slide show. Click or press F5 to run the slide show. After ...

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