How to Create a Whiteboard Animation in PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful tool that allows you to create all kinds of presentations. You probably already know how to use it to create static slides.

However, you may not be aware that you can also use it to create whiteboard animations. Even if you do, you probably may not know how to create whiteboard animations in PowerPoint yourself.

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Whiteboard animations appear like the content or characters are handwritten or hand-drawn on a whiteboard in real-time. You’ve probably seen them in ads and tutorials. In this article, you’ll learn how to create whiteboard animations in PowerPoint.

What You Need to Create a Whiteboard Animation in PowerPoint

Whiteboard animations aren’t created in a vacuum. To make one, you’ll need the following tools:

That being said, let’s now dive into creating our first PowerPoint whiteboard animation.

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Creating Your First Whiteboard Animation in PowerPoint

In this tutorial, we’ll create a whiteboard animation of a hand writing on a whiteboard. This should be easy and fun to do. Here’s how to do it.

First, Create the Animated Text

Next, Add the Hand Doing the Writing

To add the hand doing the writing:

Start Creating Amazing Whiteboard Animations

There are many use cases for whiteboard animations, and you may start creating them with PowerPoint. Although not as advanced as Adobe Animate, PowerPoint does a decent job with whiteboard animations.

With constant practice, your whiteboard animation skills will start to show, and you can become a true professional. It’s one of the many cool things you can do with PowerPoint.

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