animated text problem

[bigphil]

hi ! i have a prob that is driving me crackers !
ok...i am using Power point 97 and Windows 98

When i animate text, it comes with like a background. (I have shadows
etc off). It`s like a "see thru/grey" box if that makes any sense, and
when two words are close together, then it becomes white. (I have my
text box fill in colours set to off. ) This doesn,t happen with
un-animated text. Also, when it is doing this, there is like a
grey/see thru line at the very top of the screen.

But then , i will put the presentation on another time and it is fine.
None of these boxes behind the text.No grey see-thru line at the top
of the screen. Also, i received a presentation from someone and it
had these boxes etc, Then i viewed their presentation another day and
it was fine !

Am i going mad ?? Can anyone help me ??

Thanks
Phil

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Phil,

We can't answer questions about you going mad, but perhaps we can help with
the whole PowerPoint thing. It sounds like you may be suffering from STS
(Scruffy Text Syndrome). The symptoms are:
In a presentation with a slide that has ...
1) High contrast text/background
2) Animation of text or object on slide
3) Shadowed text (either method)
4) Low screen resolution
the show text will look scruffy. This can also be termed pixilated,
anti-aliased, jagged, poor quality, and just plain ugly.

The cure is a little complicated, but follows 2 main treatment plans.
1) Reduce any/all of the contributing factors listed above
2) Minimize the effect on your presentation. If you copy the slide that
will have text that uses an exit animation, you may be able to copy the
slide, and apply the animation to only the second slide. This will keep the
text crisp for as long as possible.

Let us know if there is more we can do for you after you read up on STS at:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00510.htm

About the going mad part, you are on your own.

--
Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
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