Keynote: Smash word effect

[TonyBaloney]

I was wanting to know how to do the effect where one word drops in and smashes another word. Ive seen it in a couple of demonstrations but dont know how. thanks

 

[Caleb531]

I don't recall that text animation available in the public version of Keynote '09. I know what you mean, but I believe it's only available to Apple for their presentations.

 

[TonyBaloney]

oh really? that sucks. anyway well do you know to animate a single word in a text box as opposed to the entire contents of the box?

 

[Caleb531]

oh really? that sucks. anyway well do you know to animate a single word in a text box as opposed to the entire contents of the box?

It's a Build-In Action, so in Keynote's Inspector, select the third box, and choose the Build In tab. Once you select the text box, you can add effects to it.

UPDATE: Had to re-read your question, and sorry to say, I don't think it can be done with a single word. Hope my above tip helps anyway! 😀

 

[TonyBaloney]

No I meant one word within the text box like say the box said "I like macs." How would I animate the word "macs" while leaving the rest the same?

 

[Caleb531]

No I meant one word within the text box like say the box said "I like macs." How would I animate the word "macs" while leaving the rest the same?

Yes, I understand what you mean. Unfortunately, I do not believe that is possible with the current version of Keynote.

 

[appleguy123]

It'll be in iWork '11
Steve always uses versions of KeyNote that haven't been released to the public. We always get the features that he uses in the next iWork release.