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One Object - Two Animations: A Quick PowerPoint How-To
This article reprinted with permission from All 'Bout Computers.
Do you have an object which you need to automate more than once within the same slide? You can do it in both PowerPoint 2002 and 2003, with just a little ingenuity and careful clicking.
Let's say you have a movie which you want to zoom into the screen, then start automatically. You would think that you would just insert the movie and mark it start automatically. Unfortunately, if you do this, it is a little confusing to add the entrance effect you want. So, instead, when you insert your movie remove the start automatically indicator. You now have the movie on screen, but you also have an animation effect added that you do not want. This is where the first careful click comes in.
Click on the effect in the animation pane. You want to be sure that the animation itself is selected, not the movie object. Press the delete key. The animation should disappear. (What if the movie went away instead? Press undo and try the delete again.)
The next step is to add the zoom entrance. Select the movie
object and set up an entrance effect. In this case, we want the entrance to be Zoom, and we want it to happen with the previous action. (You can pick any effect you want. I like the look of a zoom entrance, as it is eye catching, but still fairly smooth.) You set the zoom up by clicking on the "Add Effect" drop down and selecting Zoom from the entrance effects. After you have done this, right click on the effect itself and select "Start After Previous".
The third step is to set up the movie to start. Click anywhere on your screen that is not the movie, then click back on the movie. This allows you to add another animation. You will know if you have the animation selected: the only animation options you will have are to delete or change the existing animation. Go to the Add Effect drop down box on the animation pane. What? You don't see the animation pane anymore? Right click and select "Custom Animation". The pane will show back up. Next, scroll through
the list and select "Movie Actions". Slide your cursor right and select "Play". To tell the movie when to play, right click on the animation itself and select "Start After Previous" just as you did with the zoom animation.
You can now add any other animations or effects that you need. When you have completed the animation for this slide, be sure to play your slide to be sure that the movie enters when you want it to and starts automatically.
What if I don't have PPT 2002?
You can simulate the effects listed above by creating two slides. On the first slide, place a still picture of the first frame of your movie. Using custom animations (under Set Up Show), set up the picture to zoom in as soon as you enter the slide. Next, set up this slide to transition after zero seconds to the next slide. This slide will have your movie on it. Ensure that the movie is set up to start automatically upon entering. Once the movie is finished, you can continue with the next animation or go on to
the next slide.
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