One-word text emphasis

[bjmyers]

Using Powerpoint 2003.
I would like to bring in a sentence and then, after the unformatted sentence
has appeared on-screen, change the color of just one word. I have tried to
use the "Emphasis" animations that do this, but they change the formatting of
the entire sentence, not just one word. Any way to do that?

 

[tohlz]

You will need remove that word from the sentence, then put it on an
additional textbox to make it works.
Alternately, you might want to check out the Cloze Test to see if it works
for you:
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipscloze.html
--
Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint

Site Updated: Dec 24, 2006
PowerPoint Anime - Rewrite
http://pptheaven.mvps.org
PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate

 

[John Wilson]

The only way I can see is to have two identical sentences (except for the
emphasis colour) and have one fade out and one fade out

 

[tohlz]

You mean one fades in while the other fades out?
--
Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint

Site Updated: Dec 24, 2006
PowerPoint Anime - Rewrite
http://pptheaven.mvps.org
PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate

 

[John Wilson]

I did!! And I should also have said it's easy with vba! The cloze idea won't
work in this instance

 

[Echo S]

You have to be careful with this, though.

One time I wanted just one word in a sentence to be emphasized with a color
change, and then the rest of the sentence to disappear. So I typed the
sentence (white font), copied it, deleted all the extra words so I only had
the emphasized word left, and changed it to a yellow font. (So I had a white
sentence and one yellow word in a separate textbox.)

When I overlaid that yellow word on the white sentence, it didn't line up.
This was in PPT 2003, by the way. Apparently PPT does a little spacing on
its own, depending on the text in the whole textbox. So the textbox with
just one word was spaced a little differently than that same word in a
textbox with additional text.

Just figured I'd mention this to save others the type of head-banging I went
thru.

 

[John Wilson]

I got that too Echo even when I aligned at 400%. That's why I faded the whole
sentence which makes it a bit less obvious.
--
Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html
email john AT technologytrish.co.uk

You have to be careful with this, though.

One time I wanted just one word in a sentence to be emphasized with a color
change, and then the rest of the sentence to disappear. So I typed the
sentence (white font), copied it, deleted all the extra words so I only had
the emphasized word left, and changed it to a yellow font. (So I had a white
sentence and one yellow word in a separate textbox.)

When I overlaid that yellow word on the white sentence, it didn't line up.
This was in PPT 2003, by the way. Apparently PPT does a little spacing on
its own, depending on the text in the whole textbox. So the textbox with
just one word was spaced a little differently than that same word in a
textbox with additional text.

Just figured I'd mention this to save others the type of head-banging I went
thru.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

The only way I can see is to have two identical sentences (except for the
emphasis colour) and have one fade out and one fade out

 

[Echo S]

Yeah, I got confirmation that it's a PPT issue (or "feature, depending how
you look at it!), not anything we as users are doing.

Fading would definitely be a help in some situations. (Unfortunately, it
wasn't quite what I needed, but that's a different story. <g>)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

I got that too Echo even when I aligned at 400%. That's why I faded the
whole
sentence which makes it a bit less obvious.
--
Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html
email john AT technologytrish.co.uk

You have to be careful with this, though.

One time I wanted just one word in a sentence to be emphasized with a
color
change, and then the rest of the sentence to disappear. So I typed the
sentence (white font), copied it, deleted all the extra words so I only
had
the emphasized word left, and changed it to a yellow font. (So I had a
white
sentence and one yellow word in a separate textbox.)

When I overlaid that yellow word on the white sentence, it didn't line
up.
This was in PPT 2003, by the way. Apparently PPT does a little spacing on
its own, depending on the text in the whole textbox. So the textbox with
just one word was spaced a little differently than that same word in a
textbox with additional text.

Just figured I'd mention this to save others the type of head-banging I
went
thru.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

The only way I can see is to have two identical sentences (except for
the
emphasis colour) and have one fade out and one fade out
--
Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html
email john AT technologytrish.co.uk


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Using Powerpoint 2003.
I would like to bring in a sentence and then, after the unformatted
sentence
has appeared on-screen, change the color of just one word. I have
tried
to
use the "Emphasis" animations that do this, but they change the
formatting of
the entire sentence, not just one word. Any way to do that?