Font effects

[Billy1036fm]

I am new to office 2007 and was very used to 2003.

I was able to make text flash in 2003 by format font, effects and then
blinking which made my text flash to stand out.

With 2007 I would like to do the same - can anyone advise how to do this
please - the menu's are so different.

If not possible (which I am sure it is) then how can I stop a flashing text
from blinking that was done in 2003?

Thanks Billy

 

[Pesach Shelnitz]

Hi Billy,

The text animation feature is no longer supported in the UI in Word 2007,
but you can implement it by selecting text and running a macro such as the
following.

Sub TextEffects()
Dim animationType As String

animationType = InputBox("Type the number of the text effect" _
& vbCrLf & "that you want to apply to the selected text." _
& vbCrLf & "1. Las Vegas lights" _
& vbCrLf & "2. Blinking background" _
& vbCrLf & "3. Sparkle text" _
& vbCrLf & "4. Marching black ants" _
& vbCrLf & "5. Marching red ants" _
& vbCrLf & "6. Shimmer" _
& vbCrLf & "7. None", _
"Text Effects")

With Selection.Font
Select Case animationType
Case "1"
.Animation = wdAnimationLasVegasLights
Case "2"
.Animation = wdAnimationBlinkingBackground
Case "3"
.Animation = wdAnimationSparkleText
Case "4"
.Animation = wdAnimationMarchingBlackAnts
Case "5"
.Animation = wdAnimationMarchingRedAnts
Case "6"
.Animation = wdAnimationShimmer
Case "7"
.Animation = wdAnimationNone
Case Else
MsgBox "No valid number was typed."
End Select
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
End With
End Sub

To install this macro, copy the macro to the clipboard, press Alt+F8, type
the name of the macro in "Macro name" box, click "Create," replace the macro
created by the macro that you copied to the clipboard, and close the Visual
Basic Editor. When you want to run it, press Alt+F8, type or select its name,
and press Enter. After you install it, you can also assign it to a shortcut
key.