How do i make text slowly appear on a page?

[philpal]

I would like to place text on a webpage. When someone clicks on the page I
would like the text to slowly appear. Any ideas how tro do this???

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

You can use some of the IE page transition effects, but of course those are
IE only. You could use some scripts to display text as a typewriter would,
but again that's not a solution for all browsers and it also makes it much
harder to work with.

Basically, you're not going to find a nice effect that will work on all
browsers as there is nothing in HTML itself to do this.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

 

[P@tty Ayers]

I would like to place text on a webpage. When someone clicks on the page I
would like the text to slowly appear. Any ideas how tro do this???

If you want a little script that makes the text "type" onto the page, let me
know. It's JavaScript, and like any JS, requires that the user have JS
enabled, but that's a pretty reasonable expectation.

Not sure if this is what you're looking for.

 

[Joe Rohn]

If you want a little script that makes the text "type" onto the page, let
me know. It's JavaScript, and like any JS, requires that the user have JS
enabled, but that's a pretty reasonable expectation.

Not sure if this is what you're looking for.

Hi philpal,

A couple other possibilities to add to what P@tty mentioned:

Flash..big price tag and learning curve..but can do the job
Swish..much smaller price tag and learning curve..but can also do it.
Java Applets..could do it..but don't recommend it due to many people not
having a JVM installed/enabled on their machines.
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