Apply Multiple Animation Effects To One. In the Animation Pane. Thats the concept of multi-step animations in a nutshell.
On the Animations tab on your Ribbon in the Advanced Animation group click Add animation. Follow the steps below to learn how to apply multiple animation effects to one Object. When the cursor displays a paintbrush graphic to the right of a hollow arrowhead click on another object to apply the animation to it.
From the main menu choose Layer Pre-compose.
As with any Adobe program applying an effect to a layer is only going to affect that layer not the layers below it. It is possible to apply more than one animation to an object on a slide. This video also briefly explains how this procedure works differently between the Mac and Windows versions of PowerPoint. Apply multiple animation effects to one object Open the Animation Pane.