Slide Master View

Make sure you’re on any song slide…

Then go to View > Slide Master.

This should take you to view the templates for the slides which you will see on the left. Make sure you are on the Section Layout one.

Animation Pane

  1. Go to the Animations tab
  2. Click on the Animation Pane button to open the panel on the right…

Animate Titles (Singers)

Click in the Title box…

Use the drop-down menu to add the green animation Bounce.

In the Animation Pane, double-click on the animation and set to come in By letter.

Animate Text Box (Song Names)

Click in the bottom text box…

Add green animation Fly In.

Double-click on the animation and set to come in By Letter.

Your slide should have a “1” and “2” beside the boxes as shown below…

Your Animation Pane should look like this…

Click on the Preview button to see how it looks…

Normal View

Go back to Normal View

Step #1: Copy Effects to Slide

The Animation Pane on your song slides will look like this to start…

Right-click on either of the top “Layout” animations and Copy Effects to Slide.

You should now see animations “1” for the Title and “2” for the song name.

Other Song Slides

Right-click on either of the “Layout” animations and Copy Effects to Slide on each song slide. Make sure you see animations “1” for the Title and “2” for the song name.

Step #2: Play in Background

On the first song slide:

  1. Click on the song icon on the slide.
  2. Go to the new Playback tab on the top right
  3. Click on Play in Background button.

This should make the song change

  • from “3” (at the bottom/last)
  • to “0” (being at the top/beginning).

Other Song Slides

Repeat on the other song slides…

  1. Click on the song icon on the slide
  2. Go to Playback tab and click on Play in Background.

Step #3: Animate Pictures

On the first song slide:

  1. Select the picture and add the green animation Shape.
  2. Then go to Effect Options … and change it to Out.

Preview your song slide. You should see the following:

  1. Singer ‘Bounce’ in by letter
  2. Song Name ‘Fly In’ by letter
  3. Picture ‘Shape’ out

The Animation Pane should look like this:

  • “0” = the song/mp3
  • “1” = Title
  • “2” = the song name
  • “3” = Picture

Other Song Slides

Repeat on the other song slides

Step #4: Play Songs for 2 slides only

  1. Double-click on the song animation which will open the Play Audio window…
  2. Go to the section Stop playing and double-click on “999” to select it.
  1. Change it to “2” slides, and click on OK.

Other Song Slides

For the other song slides, repeat these steps:

  1. Double-click on the song animation in the Animation Pane
  2. Select “999“…
  3. Change it to “2” slides, and click on OK.

Keep the Animation Pane open and get your song slides checked off

SUMMARY OF STEPS…
  1. Right-click on any animation and Copy Effects to Slide.
  1. Select the song icon and Play in Background (so “0” beside it).
  1. Double-click on the song animation and set to play 2 slides only.
  1. Set the Picture to come in on Shape, and ‘Out’.

So each song slide Animation Pane should look like this with the song/mp3 first (with “0” beside it) and then Title, song, and Picture.