change animation series in chart

[Guest]

I am trying to change the sequence that the animation occurs in a PPT chart.
I can not drag the series in the Custom Animation tool bar, it is blocks me
from doing so.
The chart has two Y axis. The left primary is a number, the right
secondary is a date. The animation occurs primary items first, the secondary.
I need to mix them all up for presentation clarity.
The chart is an excel chart copied into Power Point.
Any help?

 

[Echo S]

Wow, I'd not realized that the order of the data series in a chart animation
can't be changed, but that does seem to be the case. I suspect there's a
reason for that, but I'm not sure what it is.

Only suggestion I have for you is to ungroup your chart (twice), regroup the
data series as appropriate, and animate those groups.

When I have to ungroup like this, I make a copy of the actual chart,
right-click and choose Format/Object, and set it to 5% size on the Size tab.
Then I drag that off the edge of the slide so I can always get back to the
real chart and data if necessary.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Echo. I am impressed that you figured out a way to do this. I was
finally able to get around to playing with this method. It works but is sort
of a pain to have to do it this way. Fortunately, I was able to rearrange the
series in the Excel file and work around the order of animation in the
presentation so that I didnt have to bounce around between the primary and
secondary axis.

Wow, I'd not realized that the order of the data series in a chart animation
can't be changed, but that does seem to be the case. I suspect there's a
reason for that, but I'm not sure what it is.

Only suggestion I have for you is to ungroup your chart (twice), regroup the
data series as appropriate, and animate those groups.

When I have to ungroup like this, I make a copy of the actual chart,
right-click and choose Format/Object, and set it to 5% size on the Size tab.
Then I drag that off the edge of the slide so I can always get back to the
real chart and data if necessary.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I am trying to change the sequence that the animation occurs in a PPT
chart.
I can not drag the series in the Custom Animation tool bar, it is blocks
me
from doing so.
The chart has two Y axis. The left primary is a number, the right
secondary is a date. The animation occurs primary items first, the
secondary.
I need to mix them all up for presentation clarity.
The chart is an excel chart copied into Power Point.
Any help?