Add or change animations and transitions

You can create visual effects when you add animations to text, images, slides, and other objects in Google Slides. You can also animate lists one click at a time as you present.

Add & edit animations

1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
2. Click the text or image you want to animate.
3. Click Insert Animation.
   • Or, you can click View Motion.
4. Under “Object Animations,” select the animation you want to use.
   • When you add new object animations, on the right panel, they automatically set to “Appear (On click).”
   • To change the animation start time, select an option from the second drop down menu.
   • To change the animation speed, drag the slider.
   • To animate lists one line at a time, check the box next to “By paragraph.”

Tips:

• To preview the animation, click Play.
• When presentations are viewed in some browsers, certain animations may not function.

Add & edit slide transitions

1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
2. On the left, click the slide you want to transition to.
3. Click Slide Transition.
4. Under “Slide Transition,” in the drop down menu, select the transition you want to use.
   • To change the transition speed, drag the slider.
5. To insert object animations:
   1. Click Add animation.
   2. Under “Object Animations,” select the animation you want to use.
      • To animate lists one line at a time, check the box next to “By paragraph.”
      • To change the animation speed, drag the slider.
      • To change the animation start time, select:
        • On click: The animation starts when you click the mouse or press the space bar.
        • After previous: The animation starts immediately after the previous animation ends.
        • With previous: The animation starts at the same time the previous animation starts.

Tip: To preview the transition or animation, click Play.