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• #3: Custom animation effects: descending text levels(Basic)To reproduce the rectangleon this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in theSlides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangle click Rounded Rectangle (second option from the left). On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, do the following:In the Shape Height box, enter 3.08”. In the Shape Width box, enter 4.33”.Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shapes Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Outline, and then click No Outline.Under DrawingTools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner in the Shapes Styles group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.Click the button next to Direction, and then click Linear Down (first row, second option from the left).Under Gradient stops, click Add or Remove until two stops appear in the drop-down list.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:Select Stop 1 from the list, and then do the following:In the Stop position box, enter 0%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).In the Transparency box, enter 25%.Select Stop 2 from the list, and then do the following: In the Stop position box, enter 20%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).In the Transparency box, enter 69%.Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Shadow in the left pane. In the Shadow pane, click the button next to Presets, under Outer click Offset Diagonal Bottom Left (first row, third option from the left), and then do the following:In the Transparency box, enter 72%.In the Size box, enter 100%.In the Blur box, enter 11.81 pt.In the Angle box, enter 141°.In the Distance box, enter 19.7 pt. Also in the Format Shape dialog box,click 3-D Format in the left pane, and then do the following in the 3-D Format pane:Under Bevel, click the button next to Top, and then under Bevel click Circle (first row, first option from the left). Next to Top, in the Width box, enter 7 pt, in the Height box, enter 7 pt.Under Surface, click the button next to Material, and then under Standard clickMetal (fourth option from the left). Click the button next to Lighting, and then under Neutral click Contrasting (second row, second option from the left). In the Angle box, enter 75°.On the slide, drag the rectangle into the bottom right corner. To reproduce the rectangle animation effects on this slide, do the following:On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.On the slide, select the rectangle. In the CustomAnimation task pane, do the following:Click AddEffect, point to Entrance,and then click More Effects. In the Add Entrance Effect dialog box, under Moderate,click Ascend. Select the animation effect (ascend effect for the rectangle). Under Modify: Ascend,do the following:In theStart list, selectWith Previous. In theSpeed list, selectMedium. To reproduce the text effects on this slide, do the following:On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then on the slide, drag to draw the text box. Enter three lines of text with paragraph breaks in the text box. Select the text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, do the following:In the Font list, select Candara.In the Font Size list, select 28. Click the arrow next to Font Color,and then under Theme Colors click Aqua, Accent 5; Darker 50% (sixth row, ninth option from the left). On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Align TextLeft to position the text left in the text box.On the slide, drag the text box onto the rectangle. To reproduce the text animation effects on this slide, do the following:On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.On the slide, select the text box. In the CustomAnimation task pane, do the following:Click AddEffect, point to Entrance,and then click More Effects. In the Add Entrance Effect dialog box, under Moderate,click Descend. Select the second animation effect (descend effect for the text box). Click the arrow to the right of the selected effect, and then click Effect Options. In the Descend dialog box, do the following:On the Timing tab, do the following:In theStart box, selectWith Previous. In theSpeed box, select1 seconds (Fast). On the Text Animation tab, in the Group text list, select By 1st Level Paragraphs.Also in the Custom Animation task pane, click the double arrow under the second animation effect to expand the list of effects, and then do the following:Select the new second animation effect in the list (descend effect for the first line of text). Click the arrow to the right of the selected effect, and then click Timing. In the Descend dialog box, on the Timing tab, in the Delay box, enter 1.Select the third animation effect (descend effect for the second line of text). Click the arrow to the right of the selected effect, and then click Timing. In the Descend dialog box, on the Timing tab, do the following:In the Start list select WithPrevious.In the Delay box, enter 1.5.Select the fourth animation effect (descend effect for the second line of text). Click the arrow to the right of the selected effect, and then click Timing. In the Descend dialog box, on the Timing tab, do the following:In the Start list select WithPrevious.In the Delay box, enter 2.To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following: On the Design tab, in the bottom right corner of the Background group, click the Format Background dialog box launcher.In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Picture or texture fill in the Fill pane, and then under Insert from click File.In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture, and then click Insert.