Have a pop up window

[Guest]

Hello, I am using PPT 2003 I have a presentation were I would like to have a
text window pop up and then disappear at my own will, I know I can do this
with custom animations, but I want to have it as an option and not always
run. I also tried inserting it as an object and dsiplaying icon, but I cant
seem to open the text file when I am in slide show mode. Does anyone have
any other sugestions on how to have a text window (or a picture of the text)
being an option to appear when I want it to on a slide and disappear when i
want it too?
Thanks

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You want to use animation triggers. Lots of good tutorials on the Web about
this, including this one:

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/cool/trigger01.html

--David

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Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

You just need to use a trigger shape which could be invisible. Click on the
trigger to show hide. In the tutorial below theres an option to create a
toggle trigger which could first trigger an entrance and then on a second
click an exit

There's more on triggers here:http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/Triggers1.html
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[Maureen]

I am a "newbie" but have you tried trigger effects.
Not absolutely sure but I think I was shown this earlier this year.

Set the Text box to disappear when it is clicked on. In other words,
apply an exit animation to the rectangle and set its trigger to be itself.
An arrow (unseen 'til hovered over with mouse) will disappear an
reappear on mouse click.If I am wrong someone very clever on here
will point you in the right direction.

MoMo (Maureen)