Select text on the slide canvas.

Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Build button.

Choose an option from the Delivery pop-up menu in the Build In (to make text appear) or Build Out (to make text disappear) pane of the Build inspector. You may not see all these options, depending on whether you have selected plain text or bulleted text on the slide canvas:

• All at Once:  
  Moves all text in the text box at the same time.
• By Bullet: 
  Moves text bullet by bullet.
• By Bullet Group:  
  Moves each bullet and its subordinate bullets together.
• By Highlighted Bullet:  
  Highlights each bullet as it moves, leaving only the most recent bullet highlighted.
• By Paragraph:  
  For plain text (without bullets).