Can I loop/repeat anim. sequence

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DianaH

I have text that I want to fade in and out, but I want it to occur slowly.
I've tried the following:

Blink: (and told it to repeat until the next click), but it disappears too
quickly before it fades in again.

Flash bulb: almost works, except that the text expands and shrinks while it
displays and disappears.

Fade in/Fade out: Can I loop more than one in sequence so that it will fade
in and out (until I click)?

Thanks.
 
Thanks Echo.
I was really hoping there was a way to work around this. I've tried all
kinds of combinations with the animations, but can only get part of the way.
The site you provided does have a fade in_out feature which would be
perfect, but the thought of paying yet more money for this effect isn't
entirely inviting.
There are a couple of other features I was hoping for, for version 2003, but
they didn't happen. Boooooooooooooooo.
Thanks for the lead.
Diana

If I understand exactly what it is you're after, I haven't found a
satisfactory way to make it work.

Well, actually, I should really say that Chirag's Office Animation add-in is
the only thing I've found to work for this particular loop of animations.
http://officeone.mvps.org/anims/anims.html
 
DianaH said:
I have text that I want to fade in and out, but I want it to occur slowly.
I've tried the following:

Blink: (and told it to repeat until the next click), but it disappears too
quickly before it fades in again.

Flash bulb: almost works, except that the text expands and shrinks while it
displays and disappears.

Fade in/Fade out: Can I loop more than one in sequence so that it will fade
in and out (until I click)?

Thanks.
Click to expand...

I do not thinf that the fade-in fade-out looping is possible as one
is an entry and one an exit effect.
What i would do is to create the same (identical) block of text (that
you wish to animate one over the other (exactly) and allow the upper
one to face out at the speed you want. each time it fades out it will
expose the same text (or different text) just below it till you click
or till you advance the slide.

Close to the effect you wantr but not 100%

Doing what you want is posible i guess if you write a macro of sorts
 
Sanjit,
I'm not sure that your suggestion will work. If I put the exact image
below, it will show all the time ... while the image on top of it fades ...
which means you won't actually see any fading occur.
I'll explain it this way. If I put a white box on top of another white box
and tell the top box to fade, the white box below will always be there, so
there won't be a visible fade.

The lead that Echo gave me works a bit, but their add-in doesn't fade out as
much as I'd like. It does repeatedly fade in and out, but it only fades out
a bit before it fades back in again.
Diana

DianaH said:
I have text that I want to fade in and out, but I want it to occur slowly.
I've tried the following:

Blink: (and told it to repeat until the next click), but it disappears too
quickly before it fades in again.

Flash bulb: almost works, except that the text expands and shrinks while
it
displays and disappears.

Fade in/Fade out: Can I loop more than one in sequence so that it will
fade
in and out (until I click)?

Thanks.
Click to expand...

I do not thinf that the fade-in fade-out looping is possible as one
is an entry and one an exit effect.
What i would do is to create the same (identical) block of text (that
you wish to animate one over the other (exactly) and allow the upper
one to face out at the speed you want. each time it fades out it will
expose the same text (or different text) just below it till you click
or till you advance the slide.

Close to the effect you wantr but not 100%

Doing what you want is posible i guess if you write a macro of sorts
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for
through the user interface. Although in PowerPoint 2002 and PowerPoint 2003
you can, through the user interface, have each individual animation effect
loop continuously until end of slide you CANNOT combine/group a sequence of
animation effects and have that sequence loop continuously. Since Fade in
and Fade out are two separate effects this is not currently possible.

However (for the courageous), this is possible through the object model for
PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 (see sample code at end of message).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide (through the user interace and not require VBA or add-ins) a way
combining animation sequences so that, for example, timings can be applied
to a sequence instead of just individual effects, don't forget to send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft by either:

PREFERRED METHOD:

A) If you are using Microsoft's web-based, online newsreader for Office
communities
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.p
ublic.powerpoint), check to see whether or not the suggestion has been
submitted before (Show -> Suggestions for Microsoft) and, if so, add your
vote to the suggestion submission. If the suggestion has not been submitted
before, click on the "New" drop-down menu and choose "Suggestion for
Microsoft" from directly within the newsreader web page.

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Sample code to add a looping Fade In and Out to the first shape on the
first slide:

============= Begin sample code ===============

Sub myLoopingFadeInOut()

Set currentShape = Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1)
Set effCustom =
Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).TimeLine.MainSequence.AddEffect(cur
rentShape, msoAnimEffectCustom, msoAnimateLevelNone,
msoAnimTriggerWithPrevious)

With effCustom

' Set Visible Behavior: from 0 to 0.001
.Behaviors(1).SetEffect.To = 1 ' visible

' Fade In Behavior: from 0.001 to 2.499
.Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeFilter).FilterEffect.Type =
msoAnimFilterEffectTypeFade
.Behaviors(2).FilterEffect.Reveal = msoTrue ' fade in
.Behaviors(2).Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "0.001"
.Behaviors(2).Timing.Duration = "2.499"

' Fade Out Behavior: from 2.5 to 4.999
.Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeFilter).FilterEffect.Type =
msoAnimFilterEffectTypeFade
.Behaviors(3).FilterEffect.Reveal = msoFalse ' fade out
.Behaviors(3).Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "2.5"
.Behaviors(3).Timing.Duration = "2.499"

' Set Hidden Behavior: from 4.999 to 5.0
.Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeSet).SetEffect.Property = msoAnimVisibility
.Behaviors(4).Timing.Duration = "0.001"
.Behaviors(4).Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "4.999"
.Behaviors(4).SetEffect.To = 0 ' hidden

' Set overall delay and repeat count for custom effect
.Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "0.5"
.Timing.RepeatCount = 9999

End With 'effCustom

End Sub

============= End Sample Code ===============

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