Animation in Power Point

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How do I animate a word so that one letter will apear with a click? or I can
set the timeing so there is a delay between each letter? Office 2003 Power
Point 2003
 
Hi Allison

To animate letter by letter using clicks you would have to put all the
letters in their own text boxes and add animation. This isn't as bad as it
sounds if you use a few tricks: ctrl+d to copy/paste the 1st text box, f2 to
edit text in text box, alignment buttons & distribute evenly buttons to make
them all neat & tidy. To get the alignment & distribute evenly buttons: Tools
-> customise -> commands -> drawing -> find them in the list & drag them on
to your drawing toolbar. I love them & use them constantly!

Or you can add delay timing between the letters:
1. Right click text box/ placeholder -> custom animation
2. Add effect -> entrance -> select what you would like e.g. appear
3. Click on drop down arrow next to animation -> effect options -> nnimate
text -> by letter
4. A new bit appears in the dialogue box allowing you to change delay
between letters (exactly what you get here depends on what animation you
chose)

Post back if you have more questions.

Lucy
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I did that, and it did not work. I am using 2003, and I set the delay and I
tried everything and it still does the entire phrase at once. I created a
sererate text box as well. I do the ppt for my pastor every Sunday of his
sermon and he wanted each letter to come one at a time to make a point for
each letter, and I cannot figure it out. Thanks
 
Hmmmm. Are you sure you are changing to 'animate text by letter' in the
effect tab and NOT on the text animation tab where it only allows paragraph
levels? Because any normal person would look in the text animation tab, but
that isn't where microsoft decided to put the 'by letter' option... Also try
using the 'appear' entrance animation as that definitely works (it may be one
of those things that doesn't work on all animations).

If you are still having trouble then I can send you a sample - either write
to me via my website or post your e-mail up here but a bit mangled (e.g.
write 'at' not @) to stop you getting spam.

Lucy
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MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

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Thank you very much, this is what a co-teacher friend of mine said who
teachers computers at the high school level, I was hoping there was an easier
way. You answered the main question I was wondering and that was how to make
them look even. I really appreciate the assistance very much.
 
No problem at all.
I love the extra buttons on my drawing toolbar - make sure you pick up
'realative to slide' too as then you can align
top/bottom/right/left/middle/centre with elements on the page OR the whole
page. Same goes for distribute evenly.
Other buttons I have - select multiple shapes, all the send backward/forward
ones, grouping ones, shadow & 3-d (they may have been there already...).
Basically have a look around the commands in tools->customise for all your
programmes :-)

Lucy
--
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

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