About John Wilson Expertise Any questions related to PowerPoint including complex animations and vba coding.
Experience Using PowerPoint since PowerPoint 4 on a Mac to create professional presentations for education and industry. Currently MD of Technology Trish Ltd and webmaster of PowerPoint Alchemy (http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk)
Education/Credentials Microsoft Office Specialist (Powerpoint)
Microsoft MVP Powerpoint 2007
Question I want to add an effect to my slide by using Custom Animation. Once I click onto Custom Animation, it is all gray and I can not add the effect. Is there something additional I must purchase?
The program was reinstalled by Dell. Should I contact them and let them know they did not install the program correctly?
Answer Hi Vanessa
Custom animation is applied to a shape NOT to a slide.
Before you can add a custom animation you must first select an item (text, shape, picture)until you do this everything is greyed out.
You will then find that the Add Effect button is live. Click it and choose the animation to add.
