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In this article
Morph animates the difference between two slides: duplicate a slide, move or resize things, apply Morph to the second one. No animation pane needed.
- Build the “before” slide. Duplicate it (Ctrl+D).
- On the copy, change positions, sizes, colours or text.
- Select the copy > Transitions > Morph. Effect Options: Objects, Words or Characters.
In the practice deck, the purple circle grows from 144 to 288 points between “18% market share” and “31% market share”. That’s the story, told by motion.
When Morph can’t match objects
Morph matches objects by type and name. If a shape fades instead of moving, open Home > Arrange > Selection Pane and give the object the same name on both slides, starting with !! (e.g. !!circle). That forces the match.
Common mistakes
- Applying Morph to the first slide: the transition belongs on the second slide of each pair.
- Older viewers: PowerPoint 2016 without Microsoft 365 shows a fade instead.
Practice
Download the practice deck: the first slide lists the tasks.
📎 Practice files for this article
⬇ Download all 2 files (ZIP · 47 KB)
- 📙Practice deckTwo slides with the same shape at different sizes.⬇ PPTX · 30 KB
- 📙Finished exampleMorph applied to slide 3 by PowerPoint.⬇ PPTX · 34 KB
Free to use for learning. Files with macros (.bas) are plain text — import them with Alt+F11 → File → Import File, and always test on a copy.
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