Scrollable text fields?

Hi, does anybody know how to add a scrollable text field to a slide? Or, at least, to imitate it? (In contrast to the text scrolling effects in iMovie I'd like to be able to stop and proceed scrolling by moude click.) Thanks for your suggestions.
Dual 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

You can do this, but it can be a bit quirky.
First of all, change the zoom of your slide to 25%. You will see it shrink down to a very small size in the top left corner.
Then create a text field and fill it with your information. Resize the item if necessary. Change the font *** needed and make it look pretty the way you want.
Now add some buffer space to the beginning and the end. Leave quite a bit of space at the end.
(You may want to put a stroke on the text box so you know where it ends for this next part)
Take the entire thing and move it up so you can no longer see the text above the slide. (you can still see the buffer space though)
No set a build for that object to move in, from the bottom, at your desired speed.
That should give you what you want, I think. Let me know if it works (I can't try it right now)
Gerry.

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