5 text box animations on one slide

Gary T

Hi

I have a slide that contains 5 text boxes, each containing an answer to a
question.

I want to be able to reveal each answer as they are guessed by my audience -
i.e. if the audience guess answer 3 first, I would be able to reveal answer 3
at that point. If the audience then guessed answer 5 next, I would then be
able to reveal answer 5 (with answer 3 still showing).

I have tried doing this through by selecting the first text box with an
answer (Rainfall), going to the "Custom Animation" task pane, and then
choosing "Entrance -> appear", and then on "Timing" setting the Trigger to be
"Start effect on click of" and choosing "Content Placeholder 2: Rainfall".
For answer 2, I've then selected text box 2 and followed the same process as
above. Same for answer 3, 4 and 5.

However, when I run the slide show, it will only let me select and display
answer 1 (a hand appears to let me know there is an entry on the slide there
and when I click it answer 1 appears) and not any of answers 2, 3, 4 or 5.

Can I change something to allow me to display 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in any
sequence I wish depending on in what order the audience "find" the answers?

Regards

Ute Simon

> Can I change something to allow me to display 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in any
> sequence I wish depending on in what order the audience "find" the
> answers?


Hi Gary,

a trigger animation always needs an object to click on. But at the start of
the slide your textboxes are not shown, so you can't click on them. Insert
an object (e.g. a rectangle) behind them which has the same color as the
background or is 99 per cent transparent. Chose to click on this object to
make the text appear. Your audience will not notice them, but you have to
memorize, where they are.

Best regards,
Ute

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terry irwin

This is easy to do: you can find an excellent talk by Rick Altman on this
here .

Terry

"Gary T" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a slide that contains 5 text boxes, each containing an answer to a
> question.
>
> I want to be able to reveal each answer as they are guessed by my audience -
> i.e. if the audience guess answer 3 first, I would be able to reveal answer 3
> at that point. If the audience then guessed answer 5 next, I would then be
> able to reveal answer 5 (with answer 3 still showing).
>
> I have tried doing this through by selecting the first text box with an
> answer (Rainfall), going to the "Custom Animation" task pane, and then
> choosing "Entrance -> appear", and then on "Timing" setting the Trigger to be
> "Start effect on click of" and choosing "Content Placeholder 2: Rainfall".
> For answer 2, I've then selected text box 2 and followed the same process as
> above. Same for answer 3, 4 and 5.
>
> However, when I run the slide show, it will only let me select and display
> answer 1 (a hand appears to let me know there is an entry on the slide there
> and when I click it answer 1 appears) and not any of answers 2, 3, 4 or 5.
>
> Can I change something to allow me to display 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in any
> sequence I wish depending on in what order the audience "find" the answers?
>
> Regards