Animating a bulleted list

Once you have added bullets to your slide show, you can use animation as a special effect to capture the attention of your audience and reinforce the points in your presentation. When animating list items, you can choose from a wide variety of options, such as animation type, effect, direction, and speed.

In the procedure below, you will learn how to animate a bulleted list and how to play the animated list in your slide show.

To animate a bulleted list

1. Click FormatBulleted list properties.

If you do not see this command in the Format menu, it can be accessed by double-clicking your bulleted list and right-clicking.
2. Click the Bullet animation tab.
3. In the Animation type area, enable the Animate object across screen option.

If you are publishing the slide show using Macromedia Flash^TM, enable the Show only Flash enabled transitions check box.
4. From the Effects list, choose the Fly in and bounce animation effect.
5. From the Direction list, choose the Right to left animation direction.
6. In the Speed area, enable the Medium option.
7. Enable the Display one at a time check box.
   This option displays main level list items and subordinate level list items one at a time during a slide show.
8. Click OK.
9. Click outside the bulleted list to return to the slide show.

To play a slide show automatically

1. Click FormatSlide propertiesDisplay sequence.
2. Click the Display sequence tab.
3. In the Display next slide area, enable the After a delay option.
4. In the Seconds box, type 2.
5. Enable the Apply to all slides in slide show check box.
6. Click OK.
7. Click the QuickPlay^TM tab on the right side of your screen.

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