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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Animating Text</title>
    <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_animation.xhp</filename>
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  <bookmark_value>text animation</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>effects; text animation</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>animations;text</bookmark_value>
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<comment>mw made "animating text" a two level entry</comment>

<h1 id="hd_id3151182"><variable id="text_animation"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_animation.xhp">Animating Text</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3145080" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3149811" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select the drawing object containing the text that you want to animate.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155178" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Object - Text Attributes</item>, and then click the <item type="menuitem">Text Animation</item> tab.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3149819" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <item type="menuitem">Effect</item> box, select the animation that you want.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3145786" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Set the properties of the effect, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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