Ok. Try this and report back :-)
1. Press ctrl+F1 a few times - it should toggle the task pane on the right
hand side on and off (to check that's working).
2. Leave it turned it on and click on the drop down arrow next to the name
of the task pane - this should give you a list of available task panes (e.g.
Help, Clipboard, Slide layout).
3. Select Custom Animation from the drop down
4. Click on an element in your slide to select it
5. What do you see in the task pane?
Lucy
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"Darren" wrote:
> Thank you so much for the speedy reply. I do have something on the slide
> selected, but I still don't see a greyed out "add effects" button. You're
> getting to the heart of my issue. First, I'm not terribly sure I'm looking
> at the correct "Task Pane" - The one I'm looking at is the Custom Animation
> Pane that is opened when you select Slide Show from the top page of PPT then
> select "Custom Animation". When I've tried to find a different task pane
> (on the right hand side, I don't see any logical option which shows "custom
> animation"...
>
> "aneasiertomorrow" wrote:
>
> > Hi Darren
> >
> > Do you have something on the slide selected? If you have nothing selected
> > the add effects button is greyed out in the custom animation task pane. Can
> > you see the task pane at all?
> >
> > Lucy
> > --
> > MOS Master Instructor
> > www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au
> >
> > If this post answered your question please let us know as others may be
> > interested too
> >
> >
> > "Darren" wrote:
> >
> > > I am desperately, and unsuccessfully trying to figure out why I can't see the
> > > option for adding a motion path to my PPT slide. I am running PowerPoint
> > > 2003 in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003. The directions clearly
> > > state that "In the Custom Animation task pane, click Add Effect, point to
> > > Motion Paths". Not only do I not have "Add Effect" in my Custom Animation
> > > task pane, I also can't see Motion Paths. Its almost like I'm looking in
> > > the completely wrong place. For clarification, I am selecting Slide Show
> > > from the top of my "normal view" PPT window, then I select Custom Animation,
> > > then am looking for "Add Effect" under the effects tab, but don't see it, and
> > > subsequently never get to "motion paths"... The directions to do this seem
> > > perfectly reasonable, I just can't find "Add Effect" in my Custom Animation
> > > Task Pane... Any idea why I am not seeing this? Thanks so much!
> > >
> > > Darren
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