Animation in a Table

[Andrea]

Is there a way that I can change the background color or even the font color
for one column of text within a table after the entire table has appeared?
I've tried the Emphasis animation, but the options are grayed out once I
highlight the table. I thought of placing an autoshape there without any
fill to trigger and then to change the fill, but then the text is hidden. Is
there a solution? Thanks.

 

[Andrea]

Thank you. That did it!

You will need to ungroup the table to do so.
First create a duplicate of the table (in case you need to make
further edits).
Now, right click on the table, select ungroup.
You can then select the textbox and apply the fill color effect.

 

[Andrea]

I spoke too soon. I had it working correctly last night, but today one of my
textboxes changes color but not the two others. I've tried to click on the
table to ungroup, but when I do that, my option is to REgroup. Each box
seems to now be a separate text box. I can delete the text boxes, but then I
also delete the text and I can't type in the box without creating a new text
box. I have no idea what happened, and of course once I saw that it was
working yesterday, I deleted the backup slide I'd made. Now when I copy the
slide, I just get another with the same problem.

 

[Andrea]

OK, I just redid the table, but I'd still like to know how to prevent this
from happening again. When I ungroup, PPT (2003) asks if I want to convert
the table to PPT shapes. If I click no, it doesn't ungroup. If I click yes,
each cell becomes its own textbox.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

OK, I just redid the table, but I'd still like to know how to prevent this
from happening again. When I ungroup, PPT (2003) asks if I want to convert
the table to PPT shapes. If I click no, it doesn't ungroup. If I click yes,
each cell becomes its own textbox.

Yes, that's the way ungrouping tables works. It breaks the table into
individual PPT drawing objects; it's no longer a table, just a collection of
shapes.

Because it's already ungrouped, I'd guess.

Each box seems to now be a separate text box. I can delete

 

[Guest]

That's how ungrouping the table works. This is why you should keep a
duplicate of the table if you need to make further edits.
--
Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint

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