And don't forget to untick "start animation by drawing the chart background"
in step 5 :-)
Lucy
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Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au
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> PowerPoint 2007
>
> 1. Create you Bar Chart.
>
> 2. Click in one of the bars.
>
> 3. Animations / Animations group / Custom Animation
>
> The Custom Animation Task Pane should now open on the right hand side of
> the
> screen.
>
> 4. Click on Add Effect / Entrance / 3. Checkerboard (or something else of
> your own preference) /
>
> 5. Click on the drop down arrow of the Content Placeholder on the right
> hand
> side of the screen / Effect Options . . . / Checkerboard window should
> launch
> / Chart Animation tab / in the Group chart: drop down select By Category /
> OK
>
> TO TEST THAT THE ABOVE HAS WORKED
>
> 6. Slide Show / Start Slide Show group / From Current Slide /
>
> 7. Categories should now come in one by one on mouse roll.
>
> If my comments have helped please hit Yes.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> "Paul, The Passionate Presenter" wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I've seen bar graphs animated in powerpint before and I cannot seem to
>> find
>> any documentation help to do this?
>>
>> The bar graphs I saw were rolled in (Like using Peek in Bottom) but only
>> the
>> bars were animated.
>>
>> Can anyone help me with this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Paul