Creating Builds to Reveal Text

You can set up your Keynote presentation so that lines of text are revealed to the audience when you click. When revealing text in Keynote, you have several options. There are effects that animate the entire text block as well as those that break up the text by word or character before animating. All text animation is controlled from within the Inspector.

1.	Continue with your project from the last lesson or open the file 03Presentation1_Stage1.key from the DVD-ROM.
2.	Click slide 3 in the slide organizer to select it.
3.	In the Inspector, click the Build Inspector button.
4.	Click the slide's title "Cable Cars."
5.	In the Build Inspector, click Build In. Then choose the following options: Effect: 2D Effects > Move In Direction: Right to Left Duration: 1.50 s Order is automatically set to 1. As you change each option, you'll see the thumbnail animation in the inspector update to reflect the new animation.
6.	Click the block of bulleted text to select it.
7.	In the Build Inspector, click Build In. Then choose the following options: Effect: Word Effects > Dissolve Direction: Forward Delivery: All at Once Duration: 2.00 s Note that the order now changes to 2. As you change each option, the thumbnail animation in the inspector updates again.
8.	Select the red text block at the bottom of the page by clicking it.
9.	In the Build Inspector, click Build In. Then choose the following options: Effect: 3D Effects > Flip Direction: Top to Bottom Delivery: All at Once Duration: 1.00 s
10.	Apply the same settings to slides 4, 5, 6, and 7. Alternately, you can skip ahead and open the file 03Presentation1_Stage2.key from the DVD-ROM.
11.	Press Command-S to save your work. You have now animated the text on the majority of your slides. This will help control the flow of information (by preventing the audience from reading ahead). It also adds visual "pop" to reinforce your points.