WPS Animation Pane helps you manage animation effects on the current slide; this guide covers 5 core tasks, with 5 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 5 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 5 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 0 | No membership-only actions are involved in this feature guide |
About This Feature
Overview
Animation Pane is the animation management panel in WPS Presentation. It helps you view all animation effects on the current slide and manage changes, additions, deletion, ordering, and preview in one place.
Core tasks include:
- Open Animation Pane from the Animations tab or the right sidebar.
- Change an existing animation effect.
- Add an animation effect to the selected object.
- Adjust playback settings such as Start, Direction, and Speed.
- Preview animations and reorder them on the current slide.
This feature is useful for lesson slides, product demos, training materials, and presentations that reveal content step by step. It makes it easier to review the animation list on the current slide without checking each object one by one.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows desktop environment |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office |
| Network | No mandatory network connection is required for local animation editing; downloading, installation, and account services require internet access |
| Other | WPS Office should already be installed, and presentation files should open normally |
Download & Installation
Before using Animation Pane, install WPS Office for Windows.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Post-installation check | Open WPS Presentation, open any slide deck, and confirm that the Animation Pane entry is available on the Animations tab |
Source: WPS Download Center
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | Opens Animation Pane, shows all animations on the current slide, and supports changing effects, adding effects, deleting effects, setting Start, Direction, Speed, reordering, playing, slide show preview, and auto preview. | PowerPoint provides an Animation Pane for adding more effects, adjusting Start, Duration, and Delay, and dragging animations to change order. | Google Slides provides a motion panel for adding object animations, setting start timing and speed, and previewing with Play. | Official Notion materials focus on page presentation and presentation mode, rather than an object-level animation management pane for slide elements. | Adobe Acrobat Studio focuses on generating presentations and editing slides with tools such as Animate, Resize, and Replace. |
| Official Source | — | Animate text or objects | Add or change animations and transitions | March 26, 2026 – Notion 3.4, part 1 | Generate presentations in Acrobat Studio |
Advantage: WPS brings adding, deleting, parameter adjustment, reordering, and preview into one panel for current-slide animation management.
Overall Conclusion
WPS Animation Pane is well suited to presentation editing workflows that need a single place to review and adjust multiple animations on one slide. Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides also provide animation controls, but their layout and parameter presentation differ. Notion and Adobe focus more on page presentation or presentation generation than on a traditional slide animation list.
Use Cases
| No. | Scenario | Suitable for | Main challenge | How Animation Pane helps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step-by-step classroom slides | Teachers and trainers | It is hard to control pacing when a slide contains a lot of content | Review and adjust each animation order in one pane |
| 2 | Product demo refinement | Marketing and presales teams | Multiple object animations are scattered and hard to revise quickly | Change effects, direction, and speed from one place |
| 3 | Presentation troubleshooting | Office users | It is difficult to locate an incorrect effect on a busy slide | Remove or reorder specific animations from the list |
| 4 | Final playback check | Presenters | It is unclear whether animations will play as expected | Use Play or Slide Show to preview before presenting |
| 5 | Consistent animation style | Designers and content editors | Animation settings are inconsistent across one slide | Adjust start behavior and playback settings item by item |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Capability | Free users | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Open Animation Pane | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| View, change, and delete animations on the current slide | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Adjust start behavior, direction, speed, and order | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Other value-added WPS Office benefits | Depends on the feature | More benefits are available depending on the subscription plan |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Scenario | Recommended plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday presentation animation editing | Free | The Animation Pane tasks covered in this guide are available directly |
| Broader use of value-added tools across WPS Office | WPS Premium | Suitable if you also need PDF, cloud, or other subscription benefits |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership center: Subscribe now
Source: WPS Office pricing page