iWork '09 Keynote: is there is straightforward way to 'dim' and 'highlight' each item in a bullet li
- by doug
I have a bullet list on a slide:
first item
second item
third item
What I want to do is show those three bulleted items in a sequence like this:
first bullet appears
first bullet dims
second bullet appears
second bullet dims
third bullet appears
third bullet dims
In other words, only one bullet is shown at a time (the one i am current discussing) to reduce audience distraction by what comes next or what i just finished discussing (the prior bullet).
This is such a common thing to do, there's got to be a simple, reliable way to do it. The only way I know of is to configure the items individually (using "Build In" and "Action" on each bullet item, which is not only slow but doesn't work well). Another way i've found--which, again is very slow--is to create my bullet list not by selecting a bullet list, but to build the list manually with text boxes (one bullet item per text box) then line them up as a list. This way it's easier to manipulate them independently--again though, takes way too long to do one slide this way.
