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26<topic id="textswriterguidetext_animationxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Animating Text</title>
28<filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_animation.xhp</filename>
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31<body>
32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151182">
33<bookmark_value>text animation</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>effects; text animation</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>animations;text</bookmark_value>
36</bookmark><comment>mw made "animating text" a two level entry</comment>
37<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151182" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="text_animation"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_animation.xhp" name="Animating Text">Animating Text</link>
38</variable></paragraph>
39<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145080" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">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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42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149811" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the drawing object containing the text that you want to animate.</paragraph>
43</listitem>
44<listitem>
45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155178" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Object - Text Attributes</item>, and then click the <item type="menuitem">Text Animation</item> tab.</paragraph>
46</listitem>
47<listitem>
48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149819" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the <item type="menuitem">Effect</item> box, select the animation that you want.</paragraph>
49</listitem>
50<listitem>
51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145786" role="listitem" l10n="U">Set the properties of the effect, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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