TextLevelEffect Property

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TextLevelEffect Property

       

Returns or sets a  PpTextLevelEffect constant that indicates whether the text in the specified shape is animated by first-level paragraphs, second-level paragraphs, or some other level (up to fifth-level paragraphs). Read/write.

PpTextLevelEffect can be one of these PpTextLevelEffect constants.
ppAnimateByAllLevels
ppAnimateByFifthLevel
ppAnimateByFirstLevel
ppAnimateByFourthLevel
ppAnimateBySecondLevel
ppAnimateByThirdLevel
ppAnimateLevelMixed
ppAnimateLevelNone

expression.TextLevelEffect

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

For the TextLevelEffect property setting to take effect, the Animate property must be set to True.

Example

This example adds a title slide and title text to the active presentation and sets the title to be built letter by letter.

With ActivePresentation.Slides.Add(1, ppLayoutTitleOnly).Shapes(1)
    .TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "Sample title"
    With .AnimationSettings
        .Animate = True
        .TextLevelEffect = ppAnimateByFirstLevel
        .TextUnitEffect = ppAnimateByCharacter
        .EntryEffect = ppEffectFlyFromLeft
    End With
End With