Is there a way to animate the individual bars on a PPT chart?

[Shelleb50]

Is there a way to animate the individual bars on a PPT chart? So that only
one bar rolls up at a time, for comparison purposes?

 

[Echo S]

Click on the slide to deactivate the chart.

Click once on the chart to select it.

Slide Show|Custom Animation

In the animation task pane, click Add Effect. Choose Entrance and Appear.

Right-click the animation in the task pane. Choose Effect Options.

Choose the Chart Animation tab.

Select how to animate the bars there -- by series or category or element.

The grouping options available depend on a combination of which chart and
which animation you've chosen. (That's why I had you use Appear above --
just about everything is available with it.)

If you choose series/category or element, a downward-pointing chevron
appears. Click it to expand the animated elements -- this allows you to
specify different starts and durations for the individual elements. See
http://www.echosvoice.com/individualbullets.htm#IndividualBulletedTextAnimation
for screenshots of expanding the animations on the task pane.

 

[Dave]

Assuming ppt 2003 as you did not state.

Select the chart, custom animation, select one eg. wipe then effect
options, chart animation. You then have a list of options.

 

[Shelleb50]

Thank you so much! That is very helpful! I was in the right place but had
missed the "appear".

 

[Echo S]

Thank you so much! That is very helpful! I was in the right place but
had
missed the "appear".

You're welcome.

If you want the column to "roll up," you might try a wipe entrance animation
instead of an appear. Then in the top of the task pane, you can select "from
bottom" -- or if it's really a bar chart, choose "from left" -- so it wipes
in the right direction.