animate elements of chart in XP

[sally t]

I used to be able to animate any element in a chart ie by
category/series etc. In XP and 2003 it appears that I have
to apply an entrance animation and only CERTAIN ones will
then give me the option of animating elements - most seem
restricted to the WHOLE chart at once. Is this the case?
Or am I missing something obvious here? Many thanks.
Sall

 

[Sonia]

It's true that only certain animations work on certain charts, and many will
only act on the chart as a whole, but I don't think anything has changed
from PowerPoint 2000 in terms of Entrance animations. PowerPoint 2000 and
97 only have "Entrance" animations. In PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 Exit and
Motion Path animations were introduced, so they are new.

I have versions 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003 installed here, so I can check for
you. What animation did you use on what chart type and in what version of
PowerPoint?

 

[sally t]

Thanks Sonia.
I used to be able to apply a fly in (or appear) for each
element of the chart on 2000 but it's hard to know which
animations will work on which elements? There isn't
anywhere where it lists them is there? At least that
answers my question - thanks. I thought I was going mad.
Only certain animations work on the elements of a chart
and not others. Ta.
Sall

 

[Sonia]

What type of chart? In PowerPoint 2000, if I create a column chart, select
it and go to Custom Animations, select the Chart Effects tab and select "by
Element in Category", the Fly In animation is not available, but the Appear
animation is available. This is consistent with PowerPoint 2002 and 2003.

By selecting which elements I want to animate, the list of available
animations in PowerPoint 2000 is modified to only include those I can use.
In PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 it's a little backwards. I have to select an
animation effect and then go to the Chart Animation tab in Effect Options to
learn whether the animation can be refined to just the chart as a whole
(e.g. Fly In) or to any elements within the chart (e.g. Appear). Either
way, the available animations available are the same, as far as I can see.

 

[sally t]

Ta
I think that's what's confusing. As you say, XP
is 'backwards' in that you have to go to the trouble of
selecting your animation THEN checking through several
mouse clicks to see if it can be used rather than the
other way around.
Cheers
Sally

 

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