Change/replace an image with existing custom animations

[MayaSauer]

Hi,

I have a slide in PowerPoint 2003 that has an image with custom animations.
The image needs to be updated - can I swap out the old image for a new image
and keep all the existing custom animation that are attached to the old image?

Thanks!

 

[David Marcovitz]

Hi,

I have a slide in PowerPoint 2003 that has an image with custom animations.
The image needs to be updated - can I swap out the old image for a new image
and keep all the existing custom animation that are attached to the old image?

Thanks!

I can think of two possible ways to do this:

(1) Animation Carbon is an add-in that can that can copy the animation from
one object to another. You can copy the animation from the first picture and
apply it to the second and then delete the first:
http://skp.mvps.org/ac/index.html

(2) If the pictures are the same size, you should be able to fool PowerPoint
by roundtripping the file to HTML. You can save the PowerPoint as a .htm Web
Page (not a .mht). Find the picture file and delete it. Put the new picture
in the same place with the same name. You can then open the file back up in
PowerPoint and save it as a regular PPT file.

Whatever you try, make sure you have a backup of the original file because
there are no guarantees that something won't go horribly wrong in the
process.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

 

[MayaSauer]

Thanks!

I want to try the second suggestion first. After I save out as "htm" - and
I replace the images, what file do I open to save back to ppt file? Should I
do something with the "preview.wmf" file?

Thank you for you help.

 

[David Marcovitz]

I'm pretty sure you get to name the file. By default, it is the same file
name as the original .ppt file, except it ends in .htm so you want to look
for that .htm file (all the other files are in a folder; this one is outside
the folder). You might have to open PowerPoint and choose File > Open to
open it or right-click and choose Open With > PowerPoint. Double-clicking is
likely to open it in your browser.
--David

Thanks!

I want to try the second suggestion first. After I save out as "htm" - and
I replace the images, what file do I open to save back to ppt file? Should I
do something with the "preview.wmf" file?

Thank you for you help.

--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

 

[MayaSauer]

I'm pretty sure you get to name the file. By default, it is the same file
name as the original .ppt file, except it ends in .htm so you want to look
for that .htm file (all the other files are in a folder; this one is outside
the folder). You might have to open PowerPoint and choose File > Open to
open it or right-click and choose Open With > PowerPoint. Double-clicking is
likely to open it in your browser.
--David



--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

 

[MayaSauer]

Thank You!

A bit more detailed description might help:

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[Glen Millar]

Hi,

You can also use images as the background to auto shapes and replace the
background without losing animations....... in future.

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Hi,

I have a slide in PowerPoint 2003 that has an image with custom
animations.
The image needs to be updated - can I swap out the old image for a new
image
and keep all the existing custom animation that are attached to the old
image?

Thanks!

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[MayaSauer]

Hi,

What do you mean by "use images as the background"? The animations I am
referring to are connected to an image. A logo to be exact. The image is
what I was trying to replace without losing the animations.

Thanks,

 

[David Marcovitz]

What Glen is suggesting will be good for future things. You can create a
regular autoshape and set the background fill of that shape to be an image.
You can then animate the autoshape (which contains the picture). Finally, if
you want to change the image, you can do that without messing up the
animation. This will be great for your future if you are making
presentations that you know will want to swap images. For you current
problem, this won't help because the images are regular images, not the
backgrounds of autoshapes.
--David

Hi,

What do you mean by "use images as the background"? The animations I am
referring to are connected to an image. A logo to be exact. The image is
what I was trying to replace without losing the animations.

Thanks,

--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

 

[MayaSauer]

Got it! Thanks.

What Glen is suggesting will be good for future things. You can create a
regular autoshape and set the background fill of that shape to be an image.
You can then animate the autoshape (which contains the picture). Finally, if
you want to change the image, you can do that without messing up the
animation. This will be great for your future if you are making
presentations that you know will want to swap images. For you current
problem, this won't help because the images are regular images, not the
backgrounds of autoshapes.
--David



--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland