OfficeOne Animations

One of the more popular presentation tools on the market is PowerPoint, the application that allows users to create a series of individual pages that are animated together as a slideshow. OfficeOne Animations is an add-on for PowerPoint that adds over 50 new animations, as well as improving some of the original animations.

The add-on nature of OfficeOne Animations means it is very easy to install and automatically integrates itself into PowerPoint. Accessing the extra features is simple as a new menu is clearly displayed, it lists the various extra animations in different categories.

There are three main types of animations OfficeOne Animations adds: Entrance Effects, Emphasis Effects and Exist Effects. The Entrance Effects menu allows users to select from a list of animations focused on how slides appear, while Emphasis Effects provides different fading options. The Exit Effect menu contains more dramatic animations, such as exploding slides or rapidly disappearing slides.

Any presentations enhanced with the add-on's extra features can be saved, exported and then accessed by versions of PowerPoint without the add-on. This very useful addition means that, if users create a presentation at home using the enhanced features, they can access and use the presentation at work.

The application includes a variety of smaller features helping justify its price, which is expensive enough to give some users pause. Smaller elements within a slide can be animated and looped, creating moving shapes and features that are displayed constantly. The add-on also includes a several smaller, more minor animations that change small things, like how certain text appears, to subtly enhance any work created.

While OfficeOne Animations is clearly a costly addition to PowerPoint, for those who use the presentation application on a regular basis, there are clear advantages. Users can easily breathe new life into their slideshows by customizing and adding more of a personal flair to what they create. In conclusion, OfficeOne Animations is a definite improvement on PowerPoint and one well worth considering.