I recently saw a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter showed a
slide, then with a mouse click highlighted part of it. I can't figure out
how to do this. Could anyone tell me how? I'm using Office 2003 on Windows
XP Pro, SP2. Thank you.

That part of the slide (or just a graphic within the slide) probably had a
zoom animation set to happen on mouse click.

Do get back if you need more details on accomplishing this - and which
version of PowerPoint are you using? Something like this works best with
PowerPoint 2002 and above.


--
Geetesh Bajaj
Author of Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies
http://www.cuttingedgeppt.com


"Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently saw a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter showed a
>slide, then with a mouse click highlighted part of it. I can't figure out
>how to do this. Could anyone tell me how? I'm using Office 2003 on Windows
>XP Pro, SP2. Thank you.
>

Not sure if this is what you mean but it is cool!

Set the background to a picture fill.

Now place a shape eg oval or rectangle on the slide.Make the fill
"background" and the line to "none."

Now set a custom animation for the shape EMPHASIS > GROW(150%) and set a
trigger on the shape to start the animation.

Run the show and click where the shape is (it will be invisible)

Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
> That part of the slide (or just a graphic within the slide) probably had a
> zoom animation set to happen on mouse click.
>
> Do get back if you need more details on accomplishing this - and which
> version of PowerPoint are you using? Something like this works best with
> PowerPoint 2002 and above.
>

I'm using Powerpoint 2003 (in Office 2003). I don't understand what a zoom
animation is. I've looked at all of the possible animations that activate
with a mouse click. As far as I can tell, I can change the color of the
font, which is helpful, but I can't find a way to highlight parts of the
text for the presentation, e.g., after all the bullets have been animated
onto the slide, set another animation to highlight a block of bullets in
yellow.
>
>
> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I recently saw a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter showed a
>> slide, then with a mouse click highlighted part of it. I can't figure out
>> how to do this. Could anyone tell me how? I'm using Office 2003 on
>> Windows XP Pro, SP2. Thank you.

Hi Andrea

If you email me (codepeople AT aol DOT com) I'll send you a nice demo of a
zoom animation

John

Will do. Thanks.

john wilson wrote:
> Hi Andrea
>
> If you email me (codepeople AT aol DOT com) I'll send you a nice demo of a
> zoom animation
>
> John

Hi Andrea,

Follow these steps:

1. Select the object you want to zoom.

2. Choose Slide Show | Custom Animation to activate the Custom Animation
task pane.

3. Choose Add Effect | Emphasis | Grow/Shrink - if the Grow/Shrink option is
not available, choose Add Effect | Emphasis | More Effects | Basic |
Grow/Shrink.

To finetune the Grow/Shrink effect, select the animation from the listing on
the task pane, and click the downward pointing arrow next to the listing to
reveal a fly-out menu. Choose Effect Options to summon a dialog box that
lets you play with the settings.


--
Geetesh Bajaj
Author of Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies
http://www.cuttingedgeppt.com



"Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
>> That part of the slide (or just a graphic within the slide) probably had
>> a
>> zoom animation set to happen on mouse click.
>>
>> Do get back if you need more details on accomplishing this - and which
>> version of PowerPoint are you using? Something like this works best with
>> PowerPoint 2002 and above.
>>
>
> I'm using Powerpoint 2003 (in Office 2003). I don't understand what a zoom
> animation is. I've looked at all of the possible animations that activate
> with a mouse click. As far as I can tell, I can change the color of the
> font, which is helpful, but I can't find a way to highlight parts of the
> text for the presentation, e.g., after all the bullets have been animated
> onto the slide, set another animation to highlight a block of bullets in
> yellow.
>>
>>
>> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I recently saw a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter showed a
>>> slide, then with a mouse click highlighted part of it. I can't figure
>>> out
>>> how to do this. Could anyone tell me how? I'm using Office 2003 on
>>> Windows XP Pro, SP2. Thank you.
>
>

Thanks. That's a nice effect, but it's not what I was trying to do. I wanted
to highlight the text in a different color (not change the font color, which
is what I ended up doing because I couldn't figure out a way to highlight
it.)

Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Follow these steps:
>
> 1. Select the object you want to zoom.
>
> 2. Choose Slide Show | Custom Animation to activate the Custom Animation
> task pane.
>
> 3. Choose Add Effect | Emphasis | Grow/Shrink - if the Grow/Shrink option
> is not available, choose Add Effect | Emphasis | More Effects | Basic |
> Grow/Shrink.
>
> To finetune the Grow/Shrink effect, select the animation from the listing
> on the task pane, and click the downward pointing arrow next to the
> listing to reveal a fly-out menu. Choose Effect Options to summon a
> dialog box that lets you play with the settings.
>
>
>
> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
>>> That part of the slide (or just a graphic within the slide) probably had
>>> a
>>> zoom animation set to happen on mouse click.
>>>
>>> Do get back if you need more details on accomplishing this - and which
>>> version of PowerPoint are you using? Something like this works best with
>>> PowerPoint 2002 and above.
>>>
>>
>> I'm using Powerpoint 2003 (in Office 2003). I don't understand what a
>> zoom animation is. I've looked at all of the possible animations that
>> activate with a mouse click. As far as I can tell, I can change the
>> color of the font, which is helpful, but I can't find a way to highlight
>> parts of the text for the presentation, e.g., after all the bullets have
>> been animated onto the slide, set another animation to highlight a block
>> of bullets in yellow.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> I recently saw a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter showed
>>>> a slide, then with a mouse click highlighted part of it. I can't figure
>>>> out
>>>> how to do this. Could anyone tell me how? I'm using Office 2003 on
>>>> Windows XP Pro, SP2. Thank you.

OK - that's easy too.

1. Select the text you want to highlight in a different color - right-click
the text and choose Slide Show / Custom Animation to activate the Custom
Animation task pane.

2. In the task pane, choose Add Effect / Entrance / Fade (or any other
entrance effect).

3. Select the animation from the listing on the task pane, and click the
downward pointing arrow next to the listing to reveal a fly-out menu. Choose
Effect Options to summon a dialog box. In the Enhancements section, click
the After Animation drop down menu, and choose to change the color of the
text after animation to any of the 8 color scheme color swatches in the
menu. If you want any other color, click the More Colors option and choose
the color.


--
Geetesh Bajaj
Author of Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies
http://www.cuttingedgeppt.com



"Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e0Af$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks. That's a nice effect, but it's not what I was trying to do. I
> wanted to highlight the text in a different color (not change the font
> color, which is what I ended up doing because I couldn't figure out a way
> to highlight it.)
>
> Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
>> Hi Andrea,
>>
>> Follow these steps:
>>
>> 1. Select the object you want to zoom.
>>
>> 2. Choose Slide Show | Custom Animation to activate the Custom Animation
>> task pane.
>>
>> 3. Choose Add Effect | Emphasis | Grow/Shrink - if the Grow/Shrink option
>> is not available, choose Add Effect | Emphasis | More Effects | Basic |
>> Grow/Shrink.
>>
>> To finetune the Grow/Shrink effect, select the animation from the listing
>> on the task pane, and click the downward pointing arrow next to the
>> listing to reveal a fly-out menu. Choose Effect Options to summon a
>> dialog box that lets you play with the settings.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
>>>> That part of the slide (or just a graphic within the slide) probably
>>>> had
>>>> a
>>>> zoom animation set to happen on mouse click.
>>>>
>>>> Do get back if you need more details on accomplishing this - and which
>>>> version of PowerPoint are you using? Something like this works best
>>>> with
>>>> PowerPoint 2002 and above.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using Powerpoint 2003 (in Office 2003). I don't understand what a
>>> zoom animation is. I've looked at all of the possible animations that
>>> activate with a mouse click. As far as I can tell, I can change the
>>> color of the font, which is helpful, but I can't find a way to highlight
>>> parts of the text for the presentation, e.g., after all the bullets have
>>> been animated onto the slide, set another animation to highlight a block
>>> of bullets in yellow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> I recently saw a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter showed
>>>>> a slide, then with a mouse click highlighted part of it. I can't
>>>>> figure
>>>>> out
>>>>> how to do this. Could anyone tell me how? I'm using Office 2003 on
>>>>> Windows XP Pro, SP2. Thank you.
>
>

Thank you, but I just tried that--and it only changes the text color rather
than highlighting it, at least from my end. This is a simpler way of
changing the text color than I had used (a trigger with a mouse click), but
it still doesn't highlight the text. I was told in private e-mail how to do
this, but I'm always open to other ways, if there are any.

Andrea

Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
> OK - that's easy too.
>
> 1. Select the text you want to highlight in a different color -
> right-click the text and choose Slide Show / Custom Animation to activate
> the Custom Animation task pane.
>
> 2. In the task pane, choose Add Effect / Entrance / Fade (or any other
> entrance effect).
>
> 3. Select the animation from the listing on the task pane, and click the
> downward pointing arrow next to the listing to reveal a fly-out menu.
> Choose Effect Options to summon a dialog box. In the Enhancements
> section, click the After Animation drop down menu, and choose to change
> the color of the text after animation to any of the 8 color scheme color
> swatches in the menu. If you want any other color, click the More Colors
> option and choose the color.
>
>
>
> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:e0Af$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks. That's a nice effect, but it's not what I was trying to do. I
>> wanted to highlight the text in a different color (not change the font
>> color, which is what I ended up doing because I couldn't figure out a way
>> to highlight it.)
>>
>> Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
>>> Hi Andrea,
>>>
>>> Follow these steps:
>>>
>>> 1. Select the object you want to zoom.
>>>
>>> 2. Choose Slide Show | Custom Animation to activate the Custom Animation
>>> task pane.
>>>
>>> 3. Choose Add Effect | Emphasis | Grow/Shrink - if the Grow/Shrink
>>> option is not available, choose Add Effect | Emphasis | More Effects |
>>> Basic | Grow/Shrink.
>>>
>>> To finetune the Grow/Shrink effect, select the animation from the
>>> listing on the task pane, and click the downward pointing arrow next to
>>> the listing to reveal a fly-out menu. Choose Effect Options to summon a
>>> dialog box that lets you play with the settings.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Geetesh Bajaj wrote:
>>>>> That part of the slide (or just a graphic within the slide) probably
>>>>> had
>>>>> a
>>>>> zoom animation set to happen on mouse click.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do get back if you need more details on accomplishing this - and which
>>>>> version of PowerPoint are you using? Something like this works best
>>>>> with
>>>>> PowerPoint 2002 and above.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm using Powerpoint 2003 (in Office 2003). I don't understand what a
>>>> zoom animation is. I've looked at all of the possible animations that
>>>> activate with a mouse click. As far as I can tell, I can change the
>>>> color of the font, which is helpful, but I can't find a way to
>>>> highlight parts of the text for the presentation, e.g., after all the
>>>> bullets have been animated onto the slide, set another animation to
>>>> highlight a block of bullets in yellow.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Andrea" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>> I recently saw a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter
>>>>>> showed a slide, then with a mouse click highlighted part of it. I
>>>>>> can't figure
>>>>>> out
>>>>>> how to do this. Could anyone tell me how? I'm using Office 2003 on
>>>>>> Windows XP Pro, SP2. Thank you.