Emphasize key parts of a slide

On Slides and script, check where emphasis sits on each slide. The figure shows slide 2.

1. 1Tick Show all emphasis at the lower left of the preview. Every emphasis on that slide appears on the slide.
2. 2Check the red marks and the Emphasis 1 to 4 tags on the slide. Slide 2 has a frame on the heading and three underlines.
3. 3Check on the strip below when each emphasis appears: one red clip on each of the rows for lines 1 to 4.

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1. 1
   Action Tick Show all emphasis at the lower left of the preview. Every emphasis on that slide appears on the slide.
2. 2
   Check Check the red marks and the Emphasis 1 to 4 tags on the slide. Slide 2 has a frame on the heading and three underlines.
3. 3
   Check Check on the strip below when each emphasis appears: one red clip on each of the rows for lines 1 to 4.

Check Untick it to show only the emphasis at the current position; unticking after checking returns the preview to normal.

Click a red clip on the strip to select that emphasis and open its settings at the lower right. The figure shows the first emphasis of slide 1 selected.

1. 1Click the clip of the emphasis you want to see. Here we clicked the clip on line 2.
2. 2The slide shows the frame of the selected emphasis with handles and an Emphasis 1 tag. Here it surrounds the title on the cover slide.
3. 3Check that the settings for Emphasis 1 have opened at the lower right.

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1. 1
   Action Click the clip of the emphasis you want to see. Here we clicked the clip on line 2.
2. 2
   Check The slide shows the frame of the selected emphasis with handles and an Emphasis 1 tag. Here it surrounds the title on the cover slide.
3. 3
   Check Check that the settings for Emphasis 1 have opened at the lower right.

Check Selecting an emphasis also switches the caption to the line it belongs to. To only look, close with Close at the lower right or × at the upper right.

The upper part of the settings controls how the emphasis looks.

1. 1Look offers five choices: Frame, Underline, Marker, Arrow and Spotlight. The first emphasis here uses Frame.
2. 2Color offers red, orange, yellow, blue, green and a free color. It is red here.
3. 3Thickness and Opacity are sliders: 9px and 100% here.
4. 4Sentence sets which sentence of which line the emphasis follows: line 2, sentence 1 here.

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1. 1
   Check Look offers five choices: Frame, Underline, Marker, Arrow and Spotlight. The first emphasis here uses Frame.
2. 2
   Check Color offers red, orange, yellow, blue, green and a free color. It is red here.
3. 3
   Check Thickness and Opacity are sliders: 9px and 100% here.
4. 4
   Check Sentence sets which sentence of which line the emphasis follows: line 2, sentence 1 here.

Check AI reason below shows why the emphasis was added automatically: “Convey today’s theme” in this example.

Clicking a Look button immediately changes the emphasis on the slide. The figure shows Marker selected.

1. 1Click Marker.
2. 2Check that the title on the slide is covered by a translucent red band.
3. 3With Marker, Thickness became unavailable (0px) and Opacity changed to 35%.
4. 4Click Update to keep a change.

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1. 1
   Action Click Marker.
2. 2
   Check Check that the title on the slide is covered by a translucent red band.
3. 3
   Check With Marker, Thickness became unavailable (0px) and Opacity changed to 35%.
4. 4
   Check Click Update to keep a change.

Check Before pressing Update you can go back by clicking the original look. Nothing is saved until you press Update.

Scroll the settings down for the timing of the emphasis and the action buttons.

1. 1Check Position for when the emphasis is shown: 00:02.9 to 00:11.5 here, with the note that it disappears at the default position.
2. 2Read the note: position is changed with the clip on the strip; drag to move, use the outer handles to resize and press Delete to remove.
3. 3Click Remove to take the emphasis off.

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1. 1
   Check Check Position for when the emphasis is shown: 00:02.9 to 00:11.5 here, with the note that it disappears at the default position.
2. 2
   Check Read the note: position is changed with the clip on the strip; drag to move, use the outer handles to resize and press Delete to remove.
3. 3
   Check Click Remove to take the emphasis off.

Check As the note on screen says, the position and size of an emphasis are changed with its clip on the strip.

Whether emphasis is used, and its initial look and color, are set for the whole video under Emphasis in Parameter settings at the upper right.

1. 1Emphasis is either Highlight the shape being discussed or None. The example uses the former.
2. 2Look and Color are the initial appearance of automatic emphasis: Frame and red here.
3. 3There are also fields such as Reading pause (seconds) and Blink count: 2 and 1 here.

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1. 1
   Check Emphasis is either Highlight the shape being discussed or None. The example uses the former.
2. 2
   Check Look and Color are the initial appearance of automatic emphasis: Frame and red here.
3. 3
   Check There are also fields such as Reading pause (seconds) and Blink count: 2 and 1 here.

Check To redo emphasis, the ⋯ menu at the upper right of This slide’s script offers Reapply emphasis for this slide and for all slides.