Help... How can I use exit path custom animation without sequence

[HollyP]

I'd like to use exit path custom animation (i.e. disappear) in my
presentation, however I don't want to have any specified sequence. I want to
be able to click on the object, shape, and/or text box and it disappears to
reveal the text behind it - however I want this to occur randomly based on
which box I click (i.e. think of Jeopardy - if someone calls out a $300
answer box, that's actually the 3rd in sequence, not the first - but then the
next contestant calls out for $1000 in another column, etc.). How can I do
this?

 

[David Marcovitz]

I'd like to use exit path custom animation (i.e. disappear) in my
presentation, however I don't want to have any specified sequence. I want to
be able to click on the object, shape, and/or text box and it disappears to
reveal the text behind it - however I want this to occur randomly based on
which box I click (i.e. think of Jeopardy - if someone calls out a $300
answer box, that's actually the 3rd in sequence, not the first - but then the
next contestant calls out for $1000 in another column, etc.). How can I do
this?

You want trigger animations. Exactly how depends on the version. See here,
for example:

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/cool/trigger01.html

Or

http://pptheaven.mvps.org/tutorials/trigger.html

Or

http://www.pptworkbench.com/html/triggers.htm

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David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland