How do I make text appear when I 'Mouse Over" a piece of text

[Kevin]

How do I make text appear when I 'Mouse Over" a piece of text on a slide. I
undertand the Action buttons but I do not want to link to a doc just have a
text box appear when they mouse over certain areas of a slide.

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi

Look at Quick Tip 16 on Sonia's site here:
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/quicktricks.htm

Lucy

 

[Chris Watts]

Is there any way of doing something a bit more sophisticated (in PPT2000)
like showing a picture or formattable text box?

Chris

 

[Luc]

Chris,
Not that I know of. You could work with two slides, put an invisible
rectangle on top of the item and link that to the slide with the image. But
that is not a mouseover you will have to click to show the textbox or image.
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint

 

[Chris Watts]

Thanks Luc,
I have tried that technique with some success. Just hoping that there was
something more elegant that I had missed.
cheers
Chris

 

[Lucy Thomson]

An alternative would be to use triggers, but they need to be clicked....
Triggers:
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/Triggers1.html

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

 

[Chris Watts]

Could live with that but I have PPT2000 and triggers came in later!
cheers
Chris

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Ahhh sorry, didn't spot the 2000 reference. Maybe it's time to treat
yourself to an upgrade ;-)

Lucy

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