How do I use animation in a timeline in Power Point?

[Guest]

Hi,

I just watched a presentation where the timeline was visible with a couple
of years highlighted. When he clicked on the year a box would appear with a
description of what happened that year. I can't seem to figure out how to do
this.

Thanks!

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Which part can't you figure out. The animation part is easy. Designing a
comprehensible timeline is hard. If the descriptions, come up
sequentially, then normal animation methods work fine. Just animate each
piece in order. If you are using PowerPoint 2002 or above and you want a
click to bring up whatever description is clicked, you will need
animation triggers. There are several good tutorials about animation
triggers online. For example:

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/cool/trigger01.html
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/tutorials/trigger.html

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

You might also want to look at this example where one trigger has two
actions. You can use this to "pop up" and then "pop down" a text description.
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/Triggers2.html

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[Guest]

Does this mean that I need to create separate identical slides so that the
text pops up then pops down?