Celeste,
See if the information in this entry from Steve Rindsberg's PPT FAQ helps:
Make animated text appear line by line
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00581.htm
If it doesn't do what you need, post back with your version and details on
what you mean by "transition in on my command" - at a specific time, in or
out of order, on click of the slide, or on click of an object....
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