How can I fade text in powerpoint?

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Topic: How can I fade text in powerpoint?

Posted By: driving range
Subject: How can I fade text in powerpoint?
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 02:29

Is it possible to fade out old text on a slide when new text is displayed? I hate bullets in powerpoint and flying texts and I wonder if it is possible to fade text in and out instead?

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Posted By: Charles Henry
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 02:32

Hi driving range, welcome to the 123PPT Community and the PowerPoint Forum.

You can fade out your old text whilst fading in new text, by using an exit animation using the DIM command in PowerPoint 2002 (XP), 2003, 2007 and PowerPoint 2010.

You can find the Dim command by double clicking on the text entry or the text exit in custom animation and choose the effect tab and assign fade in and fade outs for your text on your powerpoint slides.

Hope this helps.

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Charles Henry,
Creative Director, www.123ppt.com

Posted By: driving range
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 02:36

I have PowerPoint 2003 but I don't see this Charles.

When I click on custom animations, I see add effect, went through every entry but I do not see DIM? I see fade, so how do you get one text to replace another? Fade does not replace right? Do you have to layer text boxes or something? I don't get it.

Thank you

Originally posted by Charles Henry

Hi driving range, welcome to the 123PPT Community and the PowerPoint Forum.

You can fade out your old text whilst fading in new text, by using an exit animation using the DIM command in PowerPoint 2002 (XP), 2003, 2007 and PowerPoint 2010.

Hope this helps.

Posted By: Charles Henry
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 02:58

You can fade out your old text whilst fading in new text, by using an exit animation using the DIM command in PowerPoint 2003,.

You can find this by double-clicking on the text entry or the text exit in custom animations and choose the effect tab and assign fade in and fade outs for your text on your powerpoint slides.

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Charles Henry,
Creative Director, www.123ppt.com

Posted By: driving range
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 03:00

Aaarrrghhh!!!!!

Charles I am not getting this at all. I need help!

Posted By: Charles Henry
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 03:02

Ok driving range,

when you select your text object you must then assign a Custom Animation setting. Either for text entry or text exit. Then right-click the animation setting which you have applied and use the DIM setting.

You can use this to both fade in text and fade out text objects by simply applying the text entry animation for fading in text. And text exit for fading out text.

This way you can then fade text in and fade text our simultaneously if you wish.

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Charles Henry,
Creative Director, www.123ppt.com

Posted By: driving range
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 03:06

Finally....GOT IT!!!!!

Thanks Charles. I was missing the settings. Figured it out now with your help.

Have a great day!

Posted By: driving range
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 03:20

One last question Charles.

I just love the PowerPoint Video Backgrounds in your PowerPoint Animated Backgrounds section. In particular I love the Golf video backgrounds shown at http://www.123ppt.com/powerpoint-video-backgrounds/sports/green.asp - http://www.123ppt.com/powerpoint-video-backgrounds/sports/green.asp . I'm guessing I can't just buy one or two if these video backgrounds such as the Golf video background and the Golf TV video background for powerpoint can I?

I don't really need the other video backgrounds in the collection but I really would love to use these 2 video backgrounds.

Posted By: Charles Henry
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 03:40

Every video background is created by our designers and motion artists as a seamless video background that loops without pauses or delays in your presentations.

Each film, naturally takes a greater amount of time and effort to create, render and produce than for example the design of a static PowerPoint background or a traditional PowerPoint template.

Because payment for the amount of time required to create a video background would be more than almost every PowerPoint presenter would be willing to pay for use of a video background in their PowerPoint presentations, we provide a collection of 12 video backgrounds in a package of a subject or theme that also provides presenters with greater selection and choice for their presentation while providing them on greater savings of what would otherwsie be expensive individual video background purchases.

Pricing our video backgrounds at $99.95 for a collection of 12 videos makes the price of each individual video background just over $8 each. That's in fact less than the price of a presentation photo and almost half the price of a PowerPoint template.

If we priced our video backgrounds individually as other providers of PowerPoint video backgrounds do and priced each at comparable prices then each video background would be approximately $35 each which would mean you would not be able to purchase even 3 individual video backgrounds for the same price as a collection of 12 video backgrounds.

We may well in the future open up for individual video background sales but at this point we feel it is better to provide presenters with the greatest possible value and provide presenters with the greatest possible choice and selections to make their PowerPoint presentations the best they can be.

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Charles Henry,
Creative Director, www.123ppt.com

Posted By: driving range
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2011 at 04:35

I understand what you're saying Charles. I just think it would be good with a choice that's all. It would be nice for some of us individual presenters and not large companies with big budgets to be able to purchase video backgrounds separately, or to be able to create our own custom collections so that we could pick say 12 different video backgrounds from the different video backgrounds for powerpoint that you offer.