Animate Text

• Add text to a slide and click on the “Animation” button

• Then click on “Customise”

• Choose from User Defined Text or Sample Text
• Vary the size of the Text in the Editor
• Choose Absolute Time Values to ensure the Duration % does not change when Slide Duration is changed
• Drag the Cursor to see the Effect

In the Upper Right Adjustments Panel

• Choose the Effect In Tab
• The Duration adjustment indicates the percentage of Full Slide Duration for the Effect In and Effect Out
• Click on “Dissolve” to see a list of Effects

• Choose an Effect and then click on “Customise”

• The Effect Duration % can be adjusted here
• The Glyph (Letter) Style can be adjusted here
• Choose from Lines Order, Words Order OR Glyphs Order

• Choose from the Dropdown Menu
• Drag the Cursor to see the Effect
• The Time % controls the speed of the Effect
• Changing the Slide Duration will also control the Speed of the Effect when “Absolute Time Values” is UNTICKED

• The Words Order Menu is the same as the Glyphs Order Menu
• The Lines Order Menu differs

• The Effect Out Tab has some extra options

• The Out Effect can be “The Same as the In Tab” or “Reverse Order to the In Tab”
• A different option can be chosen

• To delay the start of the Animation Effect simply move the first Key Frame of the Text to the desired position