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Quick PowerPoint Question

by Nightengale
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Hi all,

I'm doing a PowerPoint presentation right now and I'd like to be able to pace the points of my presentation. In other words, I'd like to be able to pace my bullets, to make them appear only when I've reached that point in my presentation, not just have the entire slide of text be visible as soon as I move to that slide.

How do I do that in PowerPoint? I've seen it done all the time, but am not sure how to do it myself. Right now, ALL of the text on my slide is immediately visible as soon as I move to that slide.

I've never really used it (only opened it a few times to play with it a little) and I'm not sure where to look to find instructions on how to do this. "Animations" or "effects" isn't giving me what I need.

Thanks!

Michelle
#powerpoint #question #quick
  • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
    Michelle,

    You have to make each bullet added a new slide.

    There is a way to replicate a slide, add a new bullet, replicate again, add a new bullet, etc.

    So if you have 5 bullets on a page, it is actually 5 pages where a new one is just added on each page.
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    • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
      Thanks Jill!

      Actually, I finally figured it out, just as you posted this. Seem there are a couple of different ways to do it.

      I DID do a search before posting here, but was frustrated because the keywords I was typing in weren't AT ALL what I was looking for. (I HATE that!)

      Finally found what I needed though. Thanks for your help!

      Michelle
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

      Michelle,

      You have to make each bullet added a new slide.

      There is a way to replicate a slide, add a new bullet, replicate again, add a new bullet, etc.

      So if you have 5 bullets on a page, it is actually 5 pages where a new one is just added on each page.
      Actually you don't need to do that. In Powerpoint 2007 you would just create the bullet point list as normal and then open up the 'Custom Animations' tab. You can then highlight each line one at a time and setup how and when you want that line to appear.
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      • Profile picture of the author khut
        WillR has the best answer and it can be done in 2003, 2007 & 2010 PPT.

        Here is how to do it in 2007

        1) Select all of the bullet points
        2) Select the animations tab which will open a panel on the right hand side
        3) From the panel on the right hand side select Add effect/entrance (Wipe or Fade are the most common settings for bullet points)
        4) Once you've selected the animation you can have each line of text come on by click, or after previous bullet.
        5) If you select after previous and the timing is too fast, you can right click on the Animation effect and select timing to make your adjustments
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        • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
          Originally Posted by WillR View Post

          Actually you don't need to do that. In Powerpoint 2007 you would just create the bullet point list as normal and then open up the 'Custom Animations' tab. You can then highlight each line one at a time and setup how and when you want that line to appear.
          Aha, learn something new every day.
          Originally Posted by khut View Post

          WillR has the best answer
          Best answer for who?

          There are many times more than one best answer.
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          • Profile picture of the author WillR
            Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

            Best answer for who?

            There are many times more than one best answer.
            Exactly.

            Admittedly I actually used your method when I first started with Powerpoint and for beginner Powerpoint users it is probably the easiest one to explain.
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          • Profile picture of the author khut
            Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

            Aha, learn something new every day.


            Best answer for who?

            There are many times more than one best answer.
            Sorry, I shouldn't have said "Best answer"
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  • Profile picture of the author rockinsnipe159
    You can use effects on the text to make it fade in when you want it to. I'm not really sure how to though. I know because i have done it before.
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