Exit Animation then next slide

[Ron]

I am looking for a more efficient way to use an "Exit Animation" on some
text, followed by an automatic advance to the next slide when I press the
forward key (i.e. without clicking on the text).
Currently, I duplicate the slide without animation,
Add the animation to the duplicate with a 0 wait time transition

This works but creates an extra step for a large quantity of slides. any
other methods that I missed?

Thanks,
Ron

 

[B]

There is not any 'Advance after the last manual animation completed' option
in any version of PowerPoint.

But ...

The technique you have done is the easiest and least troublesome. You can
also do it with a VBA routine that checks for the completed state (motion,
color, visible, etc) and then triggers the next slide cue.

Essentially, the Marco would run a Do Event Loop until Shape("Rectangle
4").Left = 138 (assuming that Rectangle 4's left side will not = 138 until
the last animation is completed). Then it would advance to the next slide.
This sucks up a lot of processing power and may degrade your animations
significantly, but it could be done. How important is the auto-feature?

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[Ron]

Thanks for your advice. It just seemed logical that an auto advance should
follow an "Exit". Oh well, I suppose the processing power is the most
important for me. Maybe I will devise a macro to execute the duplication
process instead.

Ron

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello Ron,

As you have discovered, PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality that
you are looking for without resorting to VBA or add-ins.

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