button for "custom animation -> add effect -> entrance -> appear" ?

[Gabriel Zachmann]

Is there a way to create make a button in powerpoint 2002
that would execute the following operation:
custom animation -> add effect -> entrance -> appear

I have looked at the Tools->Customize menu, but it seems all i can do there
is to make a button for 'custom animation'.
I already have the whole custom animation pane on the right hand side open,
but still i need to go through "add effect -> entrance -> appear",
which i would very much like to do in one step.

Any ideas, pointers, and hints will be appreciated.

Best regards,
Gabriel.

PS:
I didn't post to microsoft.public.de.german.powerpoint because it seems
like i can't receive that NG ;-(


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[TAJ Simmons]

Gabriel,

Welcome to this powerpoint newsgroup

If you click the "slideshow" menu, there is something called "Animation
schemes"

This gives a quick one click access to the animations.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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Is there a way to create make a button in powerpoint 2002
that would execute the following operation:
custom animation -> add effect -> entrance -> appear

I have looked at the Tools->Customize menu, but it seems all i can do there
is to make a button for 'custom animation'.
I already have the whole custom animation pane on the right hand side open,
but still i need to go through "add effect -> entrance -> appear",
which i would very much like to do in one step.

Any ideas, pointers, and hints will be appreciated.

Best regards,
Gabriel.

PS:
I didn't post to microsoft.public.de.german.powerpoint because it seems
like i can't receive that NG ;-(


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/-------------------------------------------------------------------------\
| The society which scorns excellence in plumbing |
| because plumbing is a humble activity, |
| and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy |
| because philosophy is an exalted activity, |
| will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. |
| Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. (John W Gardner) |
|
| (e-mail address removed)-bonn.de __@/' (e-mail address removed) |
| web.informatik.uni-bonn.de/~zach __@/' www.gabrielzachmann.org |

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[Gabriel Zachmann]

If you click the "slideshow" menu, there is something called "Animation

schemes"

This gives a quick one click access to the animations.

Thanks a lot or your response --
unfortunately, i don't see how it solves my problem.
What i want to do is the following (repeatedly):

1. select an object on the slide (such as a line) by clicking on it,
2. apply the animation effect (is that the word?)
"appear" to it; this is found under custom animation -> add effect ->
entrance -> appear

I would like to do step 2 with one click or one keyboard shortcut.

It seems to me that the "Animation Schemes" apply to the slide as a whole,
don't they?

I also tried Chirag's Shortcut Manager,
but that seems to give me only access to the menu entry "custom animation"
in the "slide show" menu.

Thanks,
Gab.

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| The society which scorns excellence in plumbing |
| because plumbing is a humble activity, |
| and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy |
| because philosophy is an exalted activity, |
| will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. |
| Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. (John W Gardner) |
| |
| (e-mail address removed)-bonn.de __@/' (e-mail address removed) |
| web.informatik.uni-bonn.de/~zach __@/' www.gabrielzachmann.org |
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[Echo S]

1. select an object on the slide (such as a line) by clicking on it,
2. apply the animation effect (is that the word?)
"appear" to it; this is found under custom animation -> add effect ->
entrance -> appear

I would like to do step 2 with one click or one keyboard shortcut.

It's probably possible to do this, Gabriel, but since I don't do code, I
don't know how.

You might check into Keith Tromer's animation painter thing, though.
http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/pt-Edit.htm

Or his Effects Library might be more appropriate for you.

 

[Tushar Mehta]

Put the code below in a standard module in the PP VBE

In PP, create a new toolbar or customize an existing one and add the
macro to it. Customize this entry as you see fit (change the name, add
an image, etc.) Close all dialog boxes.

Select an object (text box, picture) or a combination of objects and
click the toolbar button.

Sub Macro1()
Dim x As ShapeRange
Set x = ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange
With x.AnimationSettings
.TextLevelEffect = ppAnimateByAllLevels
.EntryEffect = ppEffectAppear
.Animate = True
End With
End Sub

Note that the code has undergone very limited testing.

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