Is it possible?

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I would like to have a pop up window with text of my
choosing appear on top of a dimmed slide and I would like
to be able to click on a button to make that window
disappear. When it disappears, I would like for the slide
behind it to become active (ie no longer be dimmed).

Is that possible?
 
What version of PPT are you using? This is quite doable with the entrance,
emphasis, and exit animations added in PowerPoint 2002 (XP), but earlier
versions can fake the effect by using multiple slides.

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To fake the effect in PowerPoint 2000 and earlier, you need to create a new
single slide custom show and link to the show. Here are the step by step
directions:

Create an exact duplicate of the slide. Add to that slide the following
items:
1) A box covering the entire slide with a gray fill and no line (this will
be used to dim the slide)
2) An autoshape containing the text for your popup (Simple shapes work best)

Go to Slide Show --> Custom Animation. Set up the gray box to appear
automatically after zero seconds. Set up the autoshape to zoom in after zero
seconds. Click ok and go back to the presentation.

Go to Slide Show --> Custom Show. Create a new custom show named PopUp and
add your new slide to it.

On the slide, right click and hide the slide. (This prevents the slide from
showing accidentally while you are running the presentation.

Go back to your original slide. Now, you are going to link to the custom
show. This step has tow options:
1) If you want the link to show: Either: Create a button and label/fill it
in such a way that your user will know to click it for more information. Or:
Select a word or phrase which relates to the popup text. Either way, add a
hyperlink to the custom show containing the popup slide. Be sure to click
the box for "Show and Return".

2) If you don't want the link to show: Create a box with no line and a fill.
Hyperlink it the custom show containing the popup slide. Be sure to click
the box for "Show and Return". Move the box over the word or phrase you want
linked. Format the box (right click, format autoshape) and set the fill to
none.

Test out your new link. When the link is clicked, you should see a seamless
change to a dimmed slide followed by the popup zooming in. Clicking again
will return you to the main slide.

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Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
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I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
 
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