Unfortunately Articulate does not support "color typewriter" or "appear by letter/word" animations, which are the animations that would achieve these affects in Powerpoint.
I achieve similar (but not quite identical) results by using "wipe" animation and choosing "from left"
Hope that helps.
(Also, if you have a non-articulate based powerpoint to flash converter, you could save the "appear by letter" animation as a flash video and import it as a flash object. In theory anyway, I have never attempted this)
Kevin Thorn did a nice tutorial awhile back where he animated the letters one at a time, and he also used sound effects like A@OSPI mentions. It's a little labor-intensive if you've got tons of text to show, but for short bits, it's very do-able and the effect is pretty cool! Take a look: https://player.vimeo.com/video/204930251
Who needs the effect when you can have the actual thing on your computer screen. Believe it or not, there is actually software on the website that places a visual typewriter on your computer's desktop and no this is not a joke.
Hi Sami, I found that site very interesting. I was unable to tell where to actually access the tool. Going to the link only brought me to a YouTube video link and one for downloading latest Flash. Did you try this? Can you tell me how to get it? Thanks for the info!
Anne, are you referring to the software Visual Typewriter? The link should take you to the virtual typewriter website and there is a link you click on to download the tool.
here is the link to the the Visual Typewriter software from the website.
When you click on the link it will ask you to download the exe. If you do not see the popup, your browser is probably blocking popups. In that case, hold down your CTRL key on your keyboard and click on the link. Save it to your desktop and then run it. It should then install the program.
As you would do in other website, you have to create your own account in order to try this. There is a button called "write by hand." If you click it, they are going to ask you to create your your account. I did not create one yet. I just thought it is pretty cool.
You can get an effect in powerpoint 10 where the text animates in a fashion as though it's being typed in the following way:
Select animation effect 'Appear', then in the animation pane, click the drop down on the object you are animating (in this case it will be a text box) and select Effect Option. Select the Effect tab and select By Word on the Animate text drop-down. You can select the time delay between words.
I am using PowerPoint 2010 but do not get this option. I tried inserting text box with one word and with three words. I click on Animations and select appear, which gives me access to effect options. The effect options only allows for 1) As One Object, 2) All at Once 3) By paragraph. I tried right clicking on the animation in the Animation Pane and selected effect options there. I could then click on tab "effect" and select "all at once," " by letter," or "by word" from Animate text drop down.
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Unfortunately Articulate does not support "color typewriter" or "appear by letter/word" animations, which are the animations that would achieve these affects in Powerpoint.
I achieve similar (but not quite identical) results by using "wipe" animation and choosing "from left"
Hope that helps.
(Also, if you have a non-articulate based powerpoint to flash converter, you could save the "appear by letter" animation as a flash video and import it as a flash object. In theory anyway, I have never attempted this)
May be a bit out there.....but why not buy an old typewriter, (not exactly expensive...), and video the type being produced, and use a video instead?
Bruce
Add typewriter sound effects to PPT animated transistions, like a wipe as Kayla suggests. If they hear it, they'll "see" it too.
Kevin Thorn did a nice tutorial awhile back where he animated the letters one at a time, and he also used sound effects like A@OSPI mentions. It's a little labor-intensive if you've got tons of text to show, but for short bits, it's very do-able and the effect is pretty cool! Take a look: https://player.vimeo.com/video/204930251
Bruce, that sounds like a really nice idea! I like it!
Thank you so much for the idea and tutorials. I just watched Kevin Thorn's tutorial. It is quite similar to what I like to do. Thanks, Jeanette.
Who needs the effect when you can have the actual thing on your computer screen. Believe it or not, there is actually software on the website that places a visual typewriter on your computer's desktop and no this is not a joke.
http://www.nolad.com/vt/index.php
Wow..What am I seeing now? Am I dreaming?
Hi Sami, I found that site very interesting. I was unable to tell where to actually access the tool. Going to the link only brought me to a YouTube video link and one for downloading latest Flash. Did you try this? Can you tell me how to get it? Thanks for the info!
Anne, are you referring to the software Visual Typewriter? The link should take you to the virtual typewriter website and there is a link you click on to download the tool.
here is the link to the the Visual Typewriter software from the website.
http://www.nolad.com/dl/?file=vt15.exe
When you click on the link it will ask you to download the exe. If you do not see the popup, your browser is probably blocking popups. In that case, hold down your CTRL key on your keyboard and click on the link. Save it to your desktop and then run it. It should then install the program.
Here is a link to the FAQ page as well.
http://www.nolad.com/vt/faq.php
I will check this out but I was referring to what Sami posted: http://pilothandwriting.com/en/, which allows you to type a handwriting. Thanks.
As you would do in other website, you have to create your own account in order to try this. There is a button called "write by hand." If you click it, they are going to ask you to create your your account. I did not create one yet. I just thought it is pretty cool.
You can get an effect in powerpoint 10 where the text animates in a fashion as though it's being typed in the following way:
Select animation effect 'Appear', then in the animation pane, click the drop down on the object you are animating (in this case it will be a text box) and select Effect Option. Select the Effect tab and select By Word on the Animate text drop-down. You can select the time delay between words.
I am using PowerPoint 2010 but do not get this option. I tried inserting text box with one word and with three words. I click on Animations and select appear, which gives me access to effect options. The effect options only allows for 1) As One Object, 2) All at Once 3) By paragraph. I tried right clicking on the animation in the Animation Pane and selected effect options there. I could then click on tab "effect" and select "all at once," " by letter," or "by word" from Animate text drop down.
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