PPT 2007, VBA to allow animations to go to next slide?

[villem teder]

Howdy all VBA (or other coding) experts.

I'm wondering if anything has been added in 2007 that would allow
going to the next slide once all the animations are complete?

I know the work-around of duplicating the slide and putting the exit
animation only on it, with a transition. For a few slides this isn't a
problem, but if we need several hundred transitions like that, it
becomes real tedious.

Basically, what I am looking for is to create "fade through black"
transitions that have timings that are able to be controlled much more
acurately than slow-medium-fast. (Apple's Keynote has all transition
times as being anywhere from 0 to 60 seconds. However, separate up
and down times would be more flexible.)

The challenge I'm facing is that for my application
(surtitles/supertitles for opera/theatre), the length of time a slide
is shown cannot be predetermined. Everything has to be manually
advanced. Having to remember to click again after each slide has faded
out can lead to unpredictable timings, especially on faster
transitions.

Any ideas greatfully appreciated.

Thanks,

Villem Teder
Toronto

 

[Bill Dilworth]

So why not create a macro that will automate the remaking of these
transitions for you? This is what VBA does best, repetitive tasks. If you
can identify the transitions, either manually or thru some common
characteristic, then the macro can easily do the monkey work of inserting
images and adjusting the animation timings.

You sound like you might be a coder, do you need help getting this little
project started?

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[villem teder]

Hi Bill

No, I'm not a coder. So, the answer to my question is: that there is
nothing in PPT2007 that can be used to automate advancing to the next
slide when animations are complete, as per the conditions I mentioned?
If so, then I will try to record some macros.

Thanks,

Villem

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi Bill

No, I'm not a coder. So, the answer to my question is: that there is
nothing in PPT2007 that can be used to automate advancing to the next
slide when animations are complete, as per the conditions I mentioned?
If so, then I will try to record some macros.

Unfortunately, that won't help. The macro recorder has never picked up
animation actions, and there IS no more macro recorder in 2007 -- it was
removed.