Adobe 65029940 User Guide - Page 158

148 CHAPTER 6 Adding images and animation The New Text Animation dialog box appears. 4 Click the Text Animation tab. 5 In the Text box, enter the text to animate. The text appears in the preview window. 6 Select the Effect pop-up menu and select an animation effect. Select different effects to preview them in the preview window on the left. 7 Set font, transparency, and delay options: Change font Click to specify font options such as font name, style, size, effects, and colors. Transparency Specifies a transparency level for the animated text. For a very dim animated text effect, select a high number such as 90. For darker text, select a low number such as 10. Delay (frames) This is the amount of time, in Flash frames, between when letters in the animated text you specified appear. If you set a low number (e.g., 0 or 1), all of the letters appear quickly, one after the other. If you set a higher number (e.g., 30 or 40), each letter appears more distinctly. Try different numbers and watch the text in the Preview window to select an appropriate number. Note: The number you specify in Delay does not change the absolute amount of the time the animated text feature appears. For example, if you specify (on the Options tab) that the text animation effect should show for 8 seconds, the number in the Delay option, whether it is one or thirty, does not change the absolute time of 8seconds. 8 Click the Options tab. This tab enables you to set timing and transitions for the animated text. Select from the following options: Display for [time] Specifies the timing of the animated text. Click on the pop-up menu and select an option. If you select the specific time option, you can enter the exact number of seconds for the animated text to appear. Appear after [#] seconds Displays the animated text after the slide has been displayed for the selected number of seconds. Loop Select this option to have the animation file continuously loop (play over and over again) as the project plays. Effect Use the drop-down box to select a transition effect for the animation (for example, fade in and out). In [#] seconds Specifies the amount of time for the animation to fully fade into view. Out [#] seconds Specifies the amount of time for the animation to completely disappear from view. 9 (Optional) Click the Audio tab to set animated text audio options: