And if you have animations grouped together, you have to grab the gray bar to see them individually.

And when you do, you’re only given minimal details.

Finally, all of the above confusions become even worse if you have dozens of animations on each slide.

The Animation Pane in the Microsoft 365 PowerPoint App showing several animations.

First, you don’t have to decode the confusing symbols and icons anymore.

Then, click “Add” in the Animation Pane, and choose the animation you want to use.

The app-based PowerPoint Animation Pane with the options drop-down open one one of the animations.

Details of an animation, accessed by hovering over the animation in the Animation Pane.

The Animation Pane on PowerPoint for the web, with the details of one of the animations highlighted.

The web-based Animation Pane with an animation selected and the available options displayed and highlighted.

The web-based PowerPoint Animation Pane with ‘Add’ and the trash (delete) options highlighted.

The web-based Animation Pane with the reordering dots highlighted and arrows showing that you can move the animation upwards or downwards.

PowerPoint for the web’s Animation Pane open with ‘View More Animations’ highlighted on one of the animations.