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Subject: MS Powerpoint effect
Category: Computers > Software
Asked by: supraner-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 16 Jan 2006 13:32 PST
Expires: 15 Feb 2006 13:32 PST
Question ID: 434133
I want the individual points on a slide to be hidden until I click the
mouse.  The topic should display, then, with each mouse click, another
point appears (and I may want it to fade or slide in).  I've seen
people do this but I couldn't get it to work with the "Slide show"
menu options.  Thank you.
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Subject: Re: MS Powerpoint effect
Answered By: crabcakes-ga on 16 Jan 2006 14:06 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Supraner,


  
To have text appear by manually clicking the mouse:

PowerPoint 2002 and up
----------------------
You need to change the "Group By" value for the bullets to one level
higher than the number of indentation levels in the text you're
animating.
?	Click the text box to select it
?	Choose Slide Show, Custom Animation to bring up the Custom Animation task pane
?	If the text box doesn't already have an animation applied, click Add
Effect, click Entrance and choose the Entrance effect you want. An
animation effect appears in the list area below "Modify ..."
?	Right click the animation and select "Effect Options" or "Timing"
?	Click the Text Animation tab in the dialog box that appears
?	Set "Group by" to either the number of outline levels in your
paragraphs or one more than that number (just in case you add a level
later)
?	Click Ok and you're done.
If you don't want to do this by hand on every slide, you can set up
the Animation and Group By settings on the Slide Master and it will
automatically apply to the placeholder text of each slide.


PowerPoint 2000 and previous
------------------------------
You need to change the "Group By" value for the bullets to one level
higher than the number of indentation levels in the text you're
animating.
?	Choose Slide Show, Custom Animation or right click on the text
placeholder and select Custom Animation. Either way, the Custom
Animation dialog box appears.
?	In the Custom Animation dialog box, click the Effects tab. The
"Group By" drop-down list is on the right side of the tab.
?	Click the placeholder you want to animate in the "Check to animate
slide objects" area. Verify that PowerPoint shows the placeholder you
want to animate as as selected in the preview window. If not, click
the name of the shape you want to animate in the "Check to animate
slide objects" area.
?	Choose an entry effect in the "Entry animation and sound" area
?	Set your text to enter as you desire in the "Introduce Text" area
?	Click the check box for "Group By" and then use the drop-down list
to set the value to either the number of outline levels in your
paragraphs or one more than that number (just in case you add a level
later).
?	Click OK
If you don't want to do this by hand on every slide, you can set up
the Animation and Group By settings on the Slide Master and it will
automatically apply to the placeholder text of each slide.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00581.htm

To have it automated:

Slide Show Animation
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edpy202/tutorial/PowerPoint/pptBasics/pptBasics.htm


If this does not do it for you, please let me know by requesting an
Answer Clarification, and allow me to respond, before you rate this
answer. I will be happy to assist you further before you rate the
answer.

Regards, Crabcakes

Search Terms
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PowerPoint + clicking text
animated text + Power Point
PowerPoint bullets + manually appear
supraner-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
Worked the first time I tried the sequence.  Thank you.

Comments  
Subject: Re: MS Powerpoint effect
From: crabcakes-ga on 19 Jan 2006 10:14 PST
 
I'm glad my answer was useful! Thank you for the 5 stars and the nice tip!
SIncerely, Crabcakes

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