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Text Animations

Animate text elements to create engaging motion and emphasis in Captivate slides

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Text Animations

Text Animations are a type of animation you can insert into a project that will animate the appearance of text onto a slide. You can use these to simulate someone typing onto the screen.

Insert a Text Animation

  1. Click the Text button on the toolbar.
  2. Select Text Animation.
    Insert a Text Animation
  3. Enter the text you want to animate in the Text field.
  4. Use the other options to customize the appearance of the animated text.
  5. Click OK.
    Insert a Text Animation
  6. Click the Effect menu button in the Properties panel.
  7. Select the Typing Text animation.
    Insert a Text Animation

Edit Text Animation Properties

  1. Select a text animation.
  2. Click the Animation Properties button on the Properties panel.
    Edit Text Animation Properties
  3. The Text Animation Properties dialog box opens up again, and with all of the same options as before.

  4. Use the options to customize the appearance of the animated text.
  5. Click OK.
    Edit Text Animation Properties

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