WD97: Font Animation May Not Be Shown on Last Line of Text

 Last reviewed: July 31, 1997
Article ID: Q171336
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you view a document containing font animation, the line of text at the bottom of the document window may not show the font animation.

This problem may occur in any view.

CAUSE

If the last line of text is partially obscured by the document window, then it will not show the font animation. This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

In Word 97, the following font animation effects are available:

  • Blinking Background
  • Las Vegas Lights
  • Marching Black Ants
  • Marching Red Ants
  • Shimmer
  • Sparkle Text

To format your text with font animation, follow these steps:

  1. In the Word document, select the text to apply animation to.

  2. On the Format menu, click Font.

  3. Click to select the Animation tab.

  4. Under Animations, click to select the desired animation, and then click OK.

NOTE: If you click Default on the Animation tab, you are prompted with the following message: 

   Do you want to change the default font to <font name>, <font
   animation>?

   This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL
   template.
If you click Yes, the default font uses the animation effect in all new Word documents.

If you click No, the default font does not change, and does not use the animation effect.

For additional information about font animation, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q155948
   TITLE     : WD97: Font Animation Lost After Saving to HTML Format

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157478
   TITLE     : WD97: What's New in Word 97
Or, click the Office Assistant, type "font animation" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the "Create animated text" topic.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Additional query words: 8.0 8.0
Keywords : kbformat word8 word97 kbui
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: July 31, 1997
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