A number of my presentations include text where I'd like to highlight or
unhighlight various parts of the text without changing the slide.  For example,
I might show some text that was created by several authors, and I'd like to
selectively highlight or unhighlight each's contribution.  Or I might like to
highlight pairs of words that rhyme, etc.

I know the sequence in which I'd like to highlight/unhighlight parts of the
text, so what I really want to do is create an animation.  But I don't want to
have to make each piece of "special" text its own object, because that's a lot
of work.  Instead, I'd like to be able to select the text I want to highlight or
unhighlight, then specify what action should take place for that text.  Is this
possible?

I'm using PPT 2002.

Thanks,

Scott