Assigning sounds and actions

[SteveA]

Is it possible to assign a sound and action to an individual line on a slide
instead of one sound and one action for the entire slide?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I'm not completely sure I understand the question, but I think you want to
highlight the text you want and choose Action Settings from the Slide Show
menu. This will allow you assign sounds and actions to that text.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[SteveA]

Hi Dave,
My question was what you assumed. I want to customize each individual text
line for a different sound and action, instead of the same sound and action
being used for the entire slide. I tried what you suggested with no success.
can you walk me through it?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I think we are misunderstanding each other. By sound and action do you
mean animation (i.e., line 1 flies in from the left with a buzzing sound,
line 2 flies twirls and appears with a gong sound, line 3 comes in letter
by letter with a typewriter sound, etc.)? If that is what you meant, then
ignore my earlier answer. My earlier answer would allow you to click on a
line of text and have a sound play and have an action happen, such as
jumping to another slide.

For the animation thing (which is what I now think you mean), it depends
heavily on what version of PowerPoint you are using. PowerPoint 2002 and
2003 do this much differently from earlier versions. For 2002 and 2003,
you can click on your text box, and choose Custom Animation from the
Slide Show menu. Choose Add Effect and Entrance Effect. Pick any effect.
You should see an animation listed in the box in the lower right portion
of the screen. Click on the arrows below the animation to expand the
animation. Now you should see an animation for each line of text. Now up
at the top left, where it used to say Add Effect, it should say Change.
click on any of the listed animations and choose change to change the
entrance effect. Use the down arrow next to any animation to adjust other
things, such as adding a sound.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[SteveA]

Now we understand each other. I'm a new user to PowerPoint and I should have
been more specific.

I'm currently using PowerPoint 2000, and I don't think the same instructions
you gave me will work for this version. Will I need to convert every text
line I've written into a text box in order to individually animate them or is
there another way (hopefully easier) to go about it?

Thanks David.

-Steve

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

No need to apologize. I saw the word "action," and I though of "action
settings." But now we understand each other.

You are correct. My instructions do not apply to PowerPoint 2000.

Now, it depends on exactly what you want. If you just want the animation
effects (the way the text comes in) to be different for each line, you
can set a random effect. You will not get to choose which effect it uses,
but it will be different for each line. To do this, click on the text
box, choose Custom Animation from the Slide Show menu. Under the Effects
tab, choose the effect Random Effects. Unfortunately, you only get one
choice of sound.

If you need to choose the specific animation effect and/or you need
different sounds for each line, I believe you will have to go with
different text boxes for each line.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/