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Thoman

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May 7, 2009, 10:24:01 PM5/7/09
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Hi. In my PPT 2007, part of Office Standard, quite a few of the animation
effects are greyed out (especially in the "emphasis" category.
Would you be able to tell me how to activate these? Thanks.

John Wilson

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May 8, 2009, 3:42:01 AM5/8/09
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Some effects only apply to text or shapes with text. No text and they will be
greyed out.
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Thoman

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May 8, 2009, 10:19:01 AM5/8/09
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That's a bummer. Animating objects is much more fun than animating just
text. Knowing this, I will try to add text - maybe just a "." to see if that
works.

John, Thank you for the answer.

John Wilson

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May 8, 2009, 4:25:02 PM5/8/09
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Try this then...

Add some text to a shape (any text) and say add Swish or Flip (not possible
with no text)
Now simply delete the text!

Yep animation still works.

kimberly....@gmail.com

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Apr 6, 2020, 6:00:20 PM4/6/20
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my google slides animation bar is greyed out, no clue why!

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