

In the Font Style dropdown, unselect Bold.

To remove the bold effect, use the dropdown arrow next to the animation in the list of animations.By default, the Change Font Style animation causes the font to change to Bold.Choose the Change Font Style animation (Change Font Size and Change Font also work, but if you only intend to change the color, Change Font Style looks like the best option).In the Custom Animation pane, click Add Effect, Emphasis.Select the text that needs to change its color.Turns out it is possible after all, and here is how to do it (in PowerPoint 2007 – haven’t tried older or 2010): For the longest time, I thought it couldn’t be done: add an “emphasis” animation to text in a PowerPoint slide by changing the color of the text.
