Apply Animation Effects to Text in PowerPoint using C#

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Read the complete article on how to apply animation effects on text in PowerPoint using C#: https://blog.aspose.com/2021/08/20/apply-animation-to-text-in-powerpoint-using-csharp/

apply-text-animation.cs

// Load presentation
using (Presentation presentation = new Presentation("Presentation.pptx"))
{
    // Select paragraph to add effect
    IAutoShape autoShape = (IAutoShape)presentation.Slides[0].Shapes[0];
    IParagraph paragraph = autoShape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0];

    // Add Fly animation effect to selected paragraph
    IEffect effect = presentation.Slides[0].Timeline.MainSequence.AddEffect(paragraph, EffectType.Fly, EffectSubtype.Left, EffectTriggerType.OnClick);

    // Save presentation
    presentation.Save("AnimationEffectinParagraph.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

get-text-animation.cs

// Load presentation
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation("Presentation.pptx"))
{
  	// Get sequence and shape from slide
	ISequence sequence = pres.Slides[0].Timeline.MainSequence;
	IAutoShape autoShape = (IAutoShape)pres.Slides[0].Shapes[1];

  	// Loop through the paragraphs
	foreach (IParagraph paragraph in autoShape.TextFrame.Paragraphs)
	{
    		// Access animation effects
		IEffect[] effects = sequence.GetEffectsByParagraph(paragraph);

		if (effects.Length > 0)
			Console.WriteLine("Paragraph \"" + paragraph.Text + "\" has " + effects[0].Type + " effect.");
	}
}