About Animating Bulleted Text, Tables, and Charts
Text, tables, charts, and movies have build options that are object-specific. For example,
you can make a chart built onto a slide one bar at a time, or you can make a bulleted
list build off a slide one bullet point at a time.
Creating Text Builds
You can build text paragraph by paragraph, word by word, or character by character.
You can create text builds for bulleted or plain body text.
To set up a text build:
1
Select text on the slide canvas.
2
Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Build inspector button.
3
Choose an option from the Delivery pop-up menu in the Build In (to make text
appear) or Build Out (to make text disappear) pane of the Build inspector. You may not
see all these options, depending on whether you have selected plain text or bulleted
text on the slide canvas:
All at Once: Moves all text in the text box at the same time.
By Bullet: Moves text bullet by bullet.
By Bullet Group: Moves each bullet and its subordinate bullets together.
By Highlighted Bullet: Highlights each bullet as it moves, leaving only the most recent
bullet highlighted.
By Paragraph: For plain text (without bullets).
Creating a Table Build
You can make tables appear or disappear on a slide row by row, column by column,
and more.
To set up a table build:
1
Select a table on the slide canvas.
2
Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Build inspector button.
3
Choose an option from the Delivery pop-up menu in the Build In (to make table
elements appear) or Build Out (to make table elements disappear) pane of the Build
inspector.
All At Once: Moves the whole table as a single object.
By Row: Moves the table onto the screen row by row.
By Column: Moves the table onto the screen column by column.
By Cell: Moves the table onto the screen one cell at a time.
By Row Content: Moves the entire empty table onto the screen, and then inserts the
content row by row.
By Column Content: Moves the entire empty table onto the screen, and then inserts
the content column by column.
By Cell Content: Moves the entire empty table onto the screen, and then adds the
content cell by cell.
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Bottom Up: Moves the table onto the screen row by row, from the bottom up.
Bottom Up – Content: Moves the entire empty table onto the screen, and then adds
the content row by row, from the bottom up.
All elements of a table use the same build style.
Creating a Chart Build
Make charts appear or disappear a bar at a time, a wedge at a time, and more.
To set up a chart build:
1
Select a chart on the slide canvas for which you’ve defined a build.
2
Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Build Inspector button.
3
Choose an option from the Delivery pop-up menu below Build In (to make chart
elements appear) or Build Out (to make chart elements disappear) in the Build
inspector. You may not see all these options, depending on the type of chart you have
selected on the slide canvas:
All at Once: Moves the whole chart as a single object.
Background First: Moves the chart axes onto the screen, followed by all the data
elements at once (bars, lines, or area shapes).
By Series: Moves the chart axes onto the screen and then the data elements, one
entire series at a time.
By Set: Moves the chart axes onto the screen and then the data elements, one entire
set at a time.
By Element in Series: Moves the chart axes onto the screen, and then each separate
data element, one series at a time.
By Element in Set: Moves the chart axes onto the screen, and then each separate data
element, one set at a time.
All elements of a chart (except the legend) use the same build style.
You can assign a chart legend its own build style and order. To make the legend
appear with the chart, group it with the chart before you set the chart’s build style (see
“Grouping and Ungrouping Objects” on page 93).
Intermixing Builds of Text, Tables, and Charts
After you set up object builds on a slide, you can set up criteria for when Build In and
Build Out effects are initiated.
For example, you can set up a build that brings the first text bullet onto the slide,
then the first wedge of a pie chart, and then the second bullet. You can do the same
to move objects off the slide. You can also specify a range of elements to be used in a
build, such as only the second and third text bullets in a text build.
To mix object builds:
1
Select a text box, table, or chart on the slide canvas.
2
Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Build inspector button.
3
Set up an object build by choosing an option other than “All at once” from the Delivery
pop-up menu below Build In (to make chart elements appear) or Build Out (to make
chart elements disappear) in the Build inspector.
4
To specify a range of elements to build, use the “Build from” and “Build to” pop-up menus.
5
Select “Set timing and order for each build.”
6
Select another text box, table, or chart on the slide canvas, and set up its build as
described in steps 3 through 5.
7
In the Build Order drawer, drag the builds to the desired order.
If the Build Drawer isn’t open, click More Options. You may have to deselect all the
builds in the Build Order drawer before selecting one to drag.
To learn about setting automatic timing for builds, see “Automating Object Builds” on
page 124.