Jerky at start of animation then clears up

[Guest]

My first slide is supposed to have text unfold as an animation but it is very
jerky at the start and then after 2 lines, it clears up and run smoothly. In
fact, any custom animation I do to bring in the text is jerky. Can anyone
help me?

 

[Echo S]

Which version of PPT?

 

[Guest]

My first slide is supposed to have text unfold as an animation but it is very
jerky at the start and then after 2 lines, it clears up and run smoothly. In
fact, any custom animation I do to bring in the text is jerky. Can anyone
help me?

 

[Guest]

Oh, sorry, PPT 2007 on Vista.

 

[Echo S]

Ah, in that case, I'm not sure there's much you can do about it.

Microsoft has said "The OfficeArt text caching mechanism is "inefficient"
when by-letter or by-word animation effects are used...Using a sprite-less
animation effect (such as Appear) or simply not using by letter or by word
animation settings are the recommended workarounds."
(http://tinyurl.com/2k38kh).

Definitely make sure you have the latest video graphics card drivers
installed, try changing hardware acceleration
(http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm) and make sure you have a local printer
driver installed (http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm). I know that last one
especially sounds weird, but PPT 2007 relies more heavily on the installed
printer drivers for its display than previous versions of PPT did.

*** warning, completely irrelevant drivel to follow ***
And, as an aside, the Google search on the PPTFAQ homepage
(http://www.pptfaq.com) just sucks lately. I've used it for years to turn up
the links in the previous paragraph -- and as recently as a couple-three
weeks ago. But now I get crap results. I don't know what they've (Google)
done, but the MSN search completely blows it away! It finds those pages
easily. Thank goodness it works! As another aside, I can't figure out how to
link to a specific post in a thread from Google Groups anymore. Dang.
*** irrelevant drivel completed ***

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help and suggestions. I did switch over to the appear and
found that to work much better. Thanks again for your help.

Ah, in that case, I'm not sure there's much you can do about it.

Microsoft has said "The OfficeArt text caching mechanism is "inefficient"
when by-letter or by-word animation effects are used...Using a sprite-less
animation effect (such as Appear) or simply not using by letter or by word
animation settings are the recommended workarounds."
(http://tinyurl.com/2k38kh).

Definitely make sure you have the latest video graphics card drivers
installed, try changing hardware acceleration
(http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm) and make sure you have a local printer
driver installed (http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm). I know that last one
especially sounds weird, but PPT 2007 relies more heavily on the installed
printer drivers for its display than previous versions of PPT did.

*** warning, completely irrelevant drivel to follow ***
And, as an aside, the Google search on the PPTFAQ homepage
(http://www.pptfaq.com) just sucks lately. I've used it for years to turn up
the links in the previous paragraph -- and as recently as a couple-three
weeks ago. But now I get crap results. I don't know what they've (Google)
done, but the MSN search completely blows it away! It finds those pages
easily. Thank goodness it works! As another aside, I can't figure out how to
link to a specific post in a thread from Google Groups anymore. Dang.
*** irrelevant drivel completed ***

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Oh, sorry, PPT 2007 on Vista.