displaying LOOONG list

[garv]

I want to create an unattended, continuous looping display of over 400
text lines, either transistioning one at a time from one to the next,
or scrolling like a credits display. I have tried the scrolling text
techniques I have seen, and can't get more than 40-something lines to
scroll.

What I envision is a single slide, with a title at the top, and the
list scrolling or transistioning below it. The lines in the list could
be imported from a text file, or copied and pasted into a giant text
box. I am trying to avoid creating a separate slide for each of
hundreds of lines, especially since the list is frequently updated.

Can PowerPoint do this? I am using 2003.

Thanks.

Jim

 

[Michael Koerner]

I'm currently doing this with 150 lines and it works just fine. Look here
http://www.echosvoice.com/animationfeatures.htm

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|I want to create an unattended, continuous looping display of over 400
| text lines, either transistioning one at a time from one to the next,
| or scrolling like a credits display. I have tried the scrolling text
| techniques I have seen, and can't get more than 40-something lines to
| scroll.
|
| What I envision is a single slide, with a title at the top, and the
| list scrolling or transistioning below it. The lines in the list could
| be imported from a text file, or copied and pasted into a giant text
| box. I am trying to avoid creating a separate slide for each of
| hundreds of lines, especially since the list is frequently updated.
|
| Can PowerPoint do this? I am using 2003.
|
| Thanks.
|
| Jim
|

 

[Guest]

Try this

drag the text box off the top of screen and use fly in from bottom. You
will have to manually add a very long time in timing tab though (probably 200
secs for 400 lines)
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[garv]

Thanks, Michael. Which one are you using from that page? The "Text
crawling across slide continuously"? Wouldn't you have to create a
separate text box for each line of text? That seems a bit tedious to me
with over 400 lines and climbing. Or am I missing something?

The "Star Wars credits" looks really cool, but there again it looks
like a separate text box for each line.

Best,

Jim

 

[garv]

Thanks for the reply, John. I have tried your suggestion and I'm
getting closer. The problem seems to be that if I crank in enough time
(150 to 200 seconds results in a satisfactory scrolling rate), there is
that much of a time lapse between lines, which is unacceptable. Am I
missing something in the timing settings?

Best,

Jim

 

[Michael Koerner]

You can do it either way. Because my text is always changing, I do it one
item at a time, and change the times to match the background music. If your
text is fixed and does not change space them out to your liking and then
combine them altogether.


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| Thanks, Michael. Which one are you using from that page? The "Text
| crawling across slide continuously"? Wouldn't you have to create a
| separate text box for each line of text? That seems a bit tedious to me
| with over 400 lines and climbing. Or am I missing something?
|
| The "Star Wars credits" looks really cool, but there again it looks
| like a separate text box for each line.
|
| Best,
|
| Jim
|
|
| Michael Koerner wrote:
| > I'm currently doing this with 150 lines and it works just fine. Look
here
| > http://www.echosvoice.com/animationfeatures.htm
| >
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| > Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]
| >
| >
| > | > |I want to create an unattended, continuous looping display of over 400
| > | text lines, either transistioning one at a time from one to the next,
| > | or scrolling like a credits display. I have tried the scrolling text
| > | techniques I have seen, and can't get more than 40-something lines to
| > | scroll.
| > |
| > | What I envision is a single slide, with a title at the top, and the
| > | list scrolling or transistioning below it. The lines in the list could
| > | be imported from a text file, or copied and pasted into a giant text
| > | box. I am trying to avoid creating a separate slide for each of
| > | hundreds of lines, especially since the list is frequently updated.
| > |
| > | Can PowerPoint do this? I am using 2003.
| > |
| > | Thanks.
| > |
| > | Jim
| > |
|

 

[Guest]

There shouldnt be a delay so yes you are missing something!

My guess is in the text animation box you have "first level paragraphs"
selected try "as one object"
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[garv]

Your guess was a good one. I changed it from "first level paragraphs"
to "as one object" and that allows the lines to scroll together as
desired.

However, since making that change only the last 50 lines in the text
box appear on the scrolling screen. When I look at the entire text box
- which is above the slide - it contains the entire 400+ lines.

I have played with several of the effects and timings settings, but I
guess I haven't hit on the right combination yet. Hopefully I'm not
bumping up agains some kind of size limitatioin in PP.

Thanks for your help!

Jim

 

[Guest]

There does seem to be liimt but its seems to be number of characters. When I
tested this I only put two characters per line and that worked.

I just tried a sentence and got to 70 lines then stop
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[garv]

Thanks for the effort, John. I appreciate it. I guess I will have to
search for a solution other than PowerPoint.

Best,

Jim