Part of the animated text appears before the animation begins in PowerPoint 2000 and in PowerPoint 2002

After you create a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, and then you try to view that presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, part of the animated text on the slide appears before the animation starts.

This problem occurs because, in the Custom Animation window, a part of the text is not included in the animated contents of the animation settings. This problem may occur if you create a presentation by using PowerPoint 2000, view that presentation by using PowerPoint 2002, and then edit that presentation by using PowerPoint 2000.

To resolve this problem, remove the animation and re-create it. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2002.
2. In the drop-down list, click Slide Show, and then click Custom Animation.
3. In the Custom Animation window, click to clear all the check boxes, click to select the Check to animate slide objects check box, and then click OK.
4. Open the same window, and then re-create the animation.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in PowerPoint 2000.