Editing a Slide After Fadeout

[The Message]

I have a single slide made up of a few pictures surrounding one central
picture. I have 3 slides which fade out some of the pictures but leave some
others visable. How can I edit the slide in a way to add text in the spaces
where the pictures have faded out. The only way I have come up with is
overlaying the text onto the pictures but this looks messy. Is there a way I
can edit the page after it had completed the animation?

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi

Are you using 2007? If so you can use the selection pane to make the
pictures that fade out disappear while you edit by clicking on the little
eye icon next to their names. The selection pane is opened through Home
tab -> Editing area -> Select drop down.

Lucy

 

[The Message]

Lucy - I'm using the 2003 version? Is this not possible on this version? The
only way I can see to get around the problem is by inserting a text box over
the top of the picture which looks very messy on the screen and ever worse if
the slide are printed out! Please help!!!

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi

A simple way would be to copy the slide and delete the pictures from the
second slide. If you give the slide 'no transition' then the audience will
never know that it's a new slide (unless you have slide numbering turned on,
but I've never understood why people do that....)

If that's not going to help perhaps you can explain what it is you want to
achieve in a bit more detail.

Lucy

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Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au