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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Animating Text</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151182"><bookmark_value>text animation</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>effects; text animation</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>animations;text</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw made "animating text" a two level entry</comment>
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oldref="17"><variable id="text_animation"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_animation.xhp" name="Animating Text">Animating Text</link>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145080" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">You can only animate text that is contained in a drawing object, such as rectangles, lines, or text objects. For example, draw a rectangle, then double-click the rectangle and enter your text.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149811" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="19">Select the drawing object containing the text that you want to animate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155178" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="20">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Object - Text Attributes</item>, and then click the <item type="menuitem">Text Animation</item> tab.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149819" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="21">In the <item type="menuitem">Effect</item> box, select the animation that you want.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145786" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="22">Set the properties of the effect, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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