how to animate one continuous arrow around a box in powerpoint?

[Guest]

I'm trying to show the flow of a liquid with an arrow. So I want the arrow
to follow around a box, but I can't figure out how to get the back end of the
arrow to follow the point. I hope this makes sense. I know how to animate
them in any direction, just not how to get the tail end to follow the point!

 

[Sandy]

In PPT 2002 or 2003 under Custom Animation you can create
a motion path...

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

I believe what you are looking to do is to have the arrow rotate at each
corner of the box so the arrow point is always pointing the "right"
direction. This can be accomplished by creating a custom motion path, then
adding animations adjusted on the timeline to occur at the right time (ie.
when path comes to a corner). But this is not repeatable with the current
repeat animation options in PPT. Option 2 would be to actually have 4 arrows
and animate one in > motion path > exit animation and then the next. This
may be possible to create a repeating animation but very tricky and
tempermental using the current repeat animation options.

My 2 realistic suggestions are:
1. create an animated .GIF of the arrow and insert it, set to repeat until
next click or next slide
2. have semi transparent arrows first animate on to show the direction of
the flow and then animate a circle with a motion path around the shape/path
(which can be set to repeat without need of worrying about the "direction"
of the pointer).

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Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, Inc.
troy at tlc creative dot com
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[Guest]

Thanks Troy and Sandy
I'll give that a try.
Once I figure out how to animate a GIF!!

 

[Sandy]

You'll need different software to animate a gif - try
Troy's second suggestion.