Text Animations

Text Animations are a type of animation you can insert into a project that will animate the appearance of text onto a slide. You can use these to simulate someone typing onto the screen.

Insert a Text Animation

1. Click the Text button on the toolbar.
2. Select Text Animation.
   
3. Enter the text you want to animate in the Text field.
4. Use the other options to customize the appearance of the animated text.
5. Click OK.
   
6. Click the Effect menu button in the Properties panel.
7. Select the Typing Text animation.
   

Edit Text Animation Properties

1. Select a text animation.
2. Click the Animation Properties button on the Properties panel.
   

The Text Animation Properties dialog box opens up again, and with all of the same options as before.

3. Use the options to customize the appearance of the animated text.
4. Click OK.
   

The text animation is updated.