Sent object forwards/backwords in a custom animation?

[Gunnar Larsson]

Hi!

Is there any way to bring an object to the front or send it back when
using custom animations? I can't find any such choice among the
standard options. Is it possible using VBA, in such case, how?

Regards,

Gunnar Larsson

 

[Austin Myers]

Right click the object, select send to back or bring to front.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

This can be done with VBA. For example:

ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes("hello").ZOrder msoSendToBack

will send the shape named "hello" on the first slide to the back.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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[Chirag]

You mean during the slide show, you want the object (O1) to go behind an
object (O2) in front after its animations? While I don't think I have seen
such an animation in PowerPoint, you can simulate it by having two O2
objects (say, O2.1 and O2.2) - O2.1 in the front of O1 and O2.2 behind O1.
O2.2 should be set to display after O1 has completed its animations. O2.1
should be set to hide at the same time when O2.2 becomes visible.

Would this work for you?

- Chirag

OfficeOne Animations - Add over 50 animation effects to PowerPoint
http://officeone.mvps.org/anims/anims.html

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

So you want to change the layer order during the slide show is what I am
hearing. Unfortunately that is not possible... The workaround is to have
multiple versions of the object in the needed layer order then use an exit
animation to make the bottom one go away and simultaneously use a fade in
animation to have the top one appear - giving the visual effect of the
object changing the layer order.

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Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
troy at tlc creative dot com
www dot tlccreative dot com
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[gunnar1978]

Wow!

Thank you all for your quick replies!

So you want to change the layer order during the slide show is what I am
hearing.
Unfortunately that is not possible... The workaround is to have
multiple versions of the object in the needed layer order then use an exit
animation to make the bottom one go away and simultaneously use a fade in
animation to have the top one appear - giving the visual effect of the
object changing the layer order.

Yes, that was exactly what I meant.

Regards,

Gunnar Larsson