Follow the steps below to effectively use the animation pane in PowerPoint:

1. Open the ‘Animations’ tab in the Ribbon menu.


2. To add a new animation to a text box or a shape, select a corresponding item and click the leftmost ‘Animations’ icon.


3. In the pop-up window, choose an animation you’d like to insert and click ‘OK’.


4. Right-click on the item with animation to see the animation pane with all the animations applied.


5. To preview the resulting animation, select the slide and click ‘Play’ on the bottom of the animation pane.


6. To change the order of animations, drag the animations in the animation pane to the desired position.


7. To edit an animation, click on it in the animation pane and make changes in the right side menu.


8. Finally, to delete an animation, click on it in the animation pane and click the ‘Delete’ icon.