hi,

I'm developing a presentation which involves custom animations. how do i
change the label of the elements that are animated? IOW, powerpoint names
them as "shape 1, line 1" etc ... I'd like to be able to modify the labels so
that they are more meaningful. any ideas? thanks.

Imsite,
Not possible in PPT 2003, PPT 2007 has the selection and visibility pane
where you can name every object on the slide.

--
Luc Sanders
(MVP - PowerPoint)


"imsite" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
news:66127B24-DC8F-4542-8A0A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi,
>
> I'm developing a presentation which involves custom animations. how do i
> change the label of the elements that are animated? IOW, powerpoint names
> them as "shape 1, line 1" etc ... I'd like to be able to modify the labels
> so
> that they are more meaningful. any ideas? thanks.

Try giving the object a piece of text.... The text will show up after the
PPT name.

And: You can use the tools in the PPTools starter set to do this as well. (I
always forget to mention this one... It is just automatic to use it on the
machines I have it installed on.) Link:
http://www.pptools.com/starterset/index.html
(The tool you want is in the freebie part.)

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

"imsite" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:66127B24-DC8F-4542-8A0A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi,
>
> I'm developing a presentation which involves custom animations. how do i
> change the label of the elements that are animated? IOW, powerpoint names
> them as "shape 1, line 1" etc ... I'd like to be able to modify the labels
> so
> that they are more meaningful. any ideas? thanks.

thanks Jacobs. that worked like a charm!!

the tool in the starterSet toolbox that makes the selected object invisible
works well; but sadly enough, it renders the object untraceable once used!
how do i get around this issue?

also,

1. is there a way of grouping a chosen set of custom animations and make
them repeat until unless specified explicitly otherwise ?

2. can i have a custom animation looping in the background from the start
till the end of a presentation?

thanks a lot for your time.


"Kathy Jacobs" wrote:

> Try giving the object a piece of text.... The text will show up after the
> PPT name.
>
> And: You can use the tools in the PPTools starter set to do this as well. (I
> always forget to mention this one... It is just automatic to use it on the
> machines I have it installed on.) Link:
> http://www.pptools.com/starterset/index.html
> (The tool you want is in the freebie part.)
>
> --
> Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
> Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
> Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
>
> I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
> if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
>
> "imsite" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:66127B24-DC8F-4542-8A0A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > hi,
> >
> > I'm developing a presentation which involves custom animations. how do i
> > change the label of the elements that are animated? IOW, powerpoint names
> > them as "shape 1, line 1" etc ... I'd like to be able to modify the labels
> > so
> > that they are more meaningful. any ideas? thanks.
>

In article <DC901882-8D3E-4656-9B25-(E-Mail Removed)>, Imsite wrote:
> thanks Jacobs. that worked like a charm!!
>
> the tool in the starterSet toolbox that makes the selected object invisible
> works well; but sadly enough, it renders the object untraceable once used!
> how do i get around this issue?


Hold down SHIFT while clicking the "Make Invisible" tool.


> 1. is there a way of grouping a chosen set of custom animations and make
> them repeat until unless specified explicitly otherwise ?
>
> 2. can i have a custom animation looping in the background from the start
> till the end of a presentation?
>
> thanks a lot for your time.
>
> "Kathy Jacobs" wrote:
>
> > Try giving the object a piece of text.... The text will show up after the
> > PPT name.
> >
> > And: You can use the tools in the PPTools starter set to do this as well. (I
> > always forget to mention this one... It is just automatic to use it on the
> > machines I have it installed on.) Link:
> > http://www.pptools.com/starterset/index.html
> > (The tool you want is in the freebie part.)
> >
> > --
> > Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
> > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
> > Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com
> >
> > I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
> > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
> >
> > "imsite" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:66127B24-DC8F-4542-8A0A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > I'm developing a presentation which involves custom animations. how do i
> > > change the label of the elements that are animated? IOW, powerpoint names
> > > them as "shape 1, line 1" etc ... I'd like to be able to modify the labels
> > > so
> > > that they are more meaningful. any ideas? thanks.
> >
>

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