I want to start an effect when I click an item, but the option is unavailable.
If you want an effect to run only when you click an item, you need to set it to use interactivity. To do this, after you have added the effect, select the object. In the Custom Animation task pane, click the down arrow on the selected item and then click Timing. On the Timing tab, click Triggers, and then select the Start effect on click of: option. Choose from the list to select an item, and click OK. You can preview this interaction by clicking Slide Show in the Custom Animation task pane.
All of my triggered effects have disappeared from the list in the Custom Animation task pane.
If the gray band labeled Trigger is still in the list, you just need to click the band below it to expand the list of effects. If the gray band is gone, you have probably deleted the items that were associated with the effects. You may be able to recover these items by clicking Undo on the Edit menu. Otherwise, you will have to recreate the items and the interactive effects.
I can't drag a gray banded item that's in the animation sequence list.
The gray band indicates that the items listed below it are set to use animation triggers. You can't drag this band in the list. To change the interactivity settings, you should select the item you want to add or remove the settings for. In the Custom Animation task pane, click the down arrow on the selected item and then click Timing. On the Timing tab, click Triggers.
To turn off the interactivity, click Animate as part of click sequence. To change the interactivity trigger, select a different item from the Start effect on click of: list.
I want to see animation and transition effects in my browser.
To show animation and transition effects when viewing your presentation in a browser, do the following:
I can't see some of the animated effects when I publish to the Web.
Some animation effects are not supported when the presentation is published to the Web or saved as HTML or MHTML (Web archive).
When I click an object for a triggered event, nothing happens.
You might be clicking on the shadow of an object If you have applied a shadow to an object with a triggered effect, you must click on the object itself — not the shadow — to trigger the event.
You might be in preview or normal view You must be in slide show view to trigger this event.
I added an animation effect to an item on the slide, but it doesn't play first, even though it is labeled with "1".
There are probably animations applied to items on the master slide. If this is the case, the effects are listed in the Custom Animation list as Master: itemname. If you did not add these items to the master yourself, they are probably the result of applying an animation scheme.
To make a custom animation effect play before a Master effect, try one of the following:
Note This process cannot be undone.