Showing and hiding a layer

Layers remain hidden until they are triggered to display. Most often this is because of something the learner did, a mouse click or hovering over an object. For example, there might be a highlighted word on a slide, when the mouse is hovered over the word, a definition appears and, when moved away from the word, the definition disappears. The hover action invokes the display of a layer and moving the mouse away triggers the hiding of the layer.

Displaying a layer by mouse action

Follow these steps to display a layer by mouse action:

1. Select the object that will trigger the display of a layer and choose Insert | Trigger from the ribbon or click on the New Trigger icon in the Triggers panel.
2. Under the Action drop-down menu, select Show Layer.
3. Under Layer, select the layer you want to display.
4. Under When, select User clicks or Mouse hovered over.
5. Click on OK.

Hiding a layer

By default, if a layer is triggered by the Mouse hovered over option, it will automatically be hidden...