Transitions not playing the right transition

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I have PowerPoint 2003 in Spanish and in English. In the Spanish version,
some of the transitions do not match their names or what I see in the
English version. This is also true of my translator's PowerPoint 2003.

Is this a "feature"? Is there something I am supposed to do to turn on the
more advanced transitions like Newsflash = Dar vuelta and Shape Circle
=Formar un círculo? Am I overlooking something?
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Jan Smith

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If you go to Tools/Options, are the new animations and transitions disabled?
Try enabling them and see if you can now see the new transitions.
 
No, the new features are NOT disabled in Tools | Options | Edit.

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Jan Smith

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Echo S said:
If you go to Tools/Options, are the new animations and transitions
disabled?
Try enabling them and see if you can now see the new transitions.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
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Jan Smith said:
I have PowerPoint 2003 in Spanish and in English. In the Spanish version,
some of the transitions do not match their names or what I see in the
English version. This is also true of my translator's PowerPoint 2003.

Is this a "feature"? Is there something I am supposed to do to turn on
the
more advanced transitions like Newsflash = Dar vuelta and Shape Circle
=Formar un círculo? Am I overlooking something?
--
Jan Smith

Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101 - Computer Basics, Windows,
Word, Excel, and more!
http://www.jegsworks.com
~~ 1 Cor. 10:31 ...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~~
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I have PowerPoint 2003 in Spanish and in English. In the Spanish version,
some of the transitions do not match their names or what I see in the
English version. This is also true of my translator's PowerPoint 2003.
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I wouldn't expect the names to match (natch, different language versions) but
I'd guess you mean that effects you see in one are missing altogether in the
other?

Indulge me in a bit of strawgrasping: Is it possible that the order's
different; that is, they're all there but in different order?
 
No. The problem is not the order or mis-identifying which does what. It is
that some transitions don't do what they say that they do! In particular,
what in English is Newsflash, spins the slide into view from the center,
starting small and growing larger. The Spanish equivalent is named Dar
vueltas, but it operates as a Split Horizontal Out. The Spanish version also
has División horizontal saliente, which also behaves as a Split Horizontal
Out, and is accompanied by the variations for Split Horizontal In, etc.

The transition Shape Circle in English is Formar círculo in Spanish. The
Spanish version behave like Cover Down. No circles in sight!

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Jan Smith

Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101 - Computer Basics, Windows,
Word, Excel, and more!
http://www.jegsworks.com
~~ 1 Cor. 10:31 ...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~~
 
No. The problem is not the order or mis-identifying which does what. It is
that some transitions don't do what they say that they do! In particular,
what in English is Newsflash, spins the slide into view from the center,
starting small and growing larger. The Spanish equivalent is named Dar
vueltas, but it operates as a Split Horizontal Out. The Spanish version also
has División horizontal saliente, which also behaves as a Split Horizontal
Out, and is accompanied by the variations for Split Horizontal In, etc.

The transition Shape Circle in English is Formar círculo in Spanish. The
Spanish version behave like Cover Down. No circles in sight!
Click to expand...

It sounds as though something got screwed up when they did the translation and
attached the names to the numbers that PowerPoint actually stores.

Let's try something:

Start a new presentation, just one blank slide.
Do Tools, Macro, Record Macro to start the macro recorder.
Choose SlideShow, Transitions and apply Newsflash.
Stop the macro recorder (square button on the recording toolbar).

Now press Alt+F11, open the Modules folder for your presentation, open Module1
and copy/paste the code into a reply here.

Amongst the VBA recorded there, the English version should show:

.EntryEffect = ppEffectNewsflash

What does the Spanish version show?

If it doesn't show that, change the line to

.EntryEffect = 3850

Then run the code and see if the slide now uses the Newsflash transition.
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
It sounds as though something got screwed up when they did the translation
and
attached the names to the numbers that PowerPoint actually stores.

Let's try something:

Start a new presentation, just one blank slide.
Do Tools, Macro, Record Macro to start the macro recorder.
Choose SlideShow, Transitions and apply Newsflash.
Stop the macro recorder (square button on the recording toolbar).

Now press Alt+F11, open the Modules folder for your presentation, open
Module1
and copy/paste the code into a reply here.

Amongst the VBA recorded there, the English version should show:

EntryEffect = ppEffectNewsflash

What does the Spanish version show?

If it doesn't show that, change the line to

EntryEffect = 3850

Then run the code and see if the slide now uses the Newsflash transition.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Steve,
Here is the macro code (below). You were right! Changing .EntryEffect to
3850 did run the correct animation. What a pain! There is not an easy way to
fix this glitch for my students who are using the Spanish version. :-(
It would take an update from Microsoft. Nothing showed up in the Knowledge
Base. Back to the drawing board for my step-by-step directions for
beginners!

<<begin macro code>>
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro grabada el 24/01/2005 por Jan Smith
'

With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideShowTransition
.EntryEffect = ppEffectSplitHorizontalOut
.Speed = ppTransitionSpeedFast
.AdvanceOnClick = msoTrue
.AdvanceOnTime = msoFalse
.SoundEffect.Type = ppSoundNone
End With
ActiveWindow.View.DisplaySlideMiniature = msoTrue
End Sub

<<end macro code>>
--
Jan Smith

Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101 - Computer Basics, Windows,
Word, Excel, and more!
http://www.jegsworks.com
~~ 1 Cor. 10:31 ...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~~
 
Steve,
Here is the macro code (below). You were right! Changing .EntryEffect to
3850 did run the correct animation. What a pain! There is not an easy way to
fix this glitch for my students who are using the Spanish version. :-(
It would take an update from Microsoft. Nothing showed up in the Knowledge
Base. Back to the drawing board for my step-by-step directions for
beginners!

<<begin macro code>>
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro grabada el 24/01/2005 por Jan Smith
'

With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideShowTransition
.EntryEffect = ppEffectSplitHorizontalOut
.Speed = ppTransitionSpeedFast
.AdvanceOnClick = msoTrue
.AdvanceOnTime = msoFalse
.SoundEffect.Type = ppSoundNone
End With
ActiveWindow.View.DisplaySlideMiniature = msoTrue
End Sub

<<end macro code>>
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Sigh. Well, at least we know it's not *us* that's gone mad. ;-)

Suggestion, though: you might want to summarize the results in Spanish and
post to the Spanish language PPT newsgroup here. Enric Mañas is one of the PPT
MVPs there. And a wizard. And *very* funny in both English and Spanish.
 
You watch my back, I watch yours, we take turns picking off the lice and PPT to
DVD spambits.

Banana?
 
One other question, Jan, so I can report this back to MS:

You mentioned that this happens in PPT2003. Have you applied any service packs
or patches?

If not, you might want to try Help, Check for Updates in case this has already
been fixed.

In any case, could you check Help, About MS PowerPoint and let us know what
version, build, SP level it reports? Thanks!
 
PowerPoint 2003 11.6361.6360 SP1
I actually appllied the service pack 1 after checking out your macro
suggestion. But the service pack did not make any difference. :-(

I have been checking the animations for this same kind of error. So far I
have checked all of the entracne effects and have not found any problems.

--
Jan Smith

Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101 - Computer Basics, Windows,
Word, Excel, and more!
http://www.jegsworks.com
~~ 1 Cor. 10:31 ...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~~
 
PowerPoint 2003 11.6361.6360 SP1
I actually appllied the service pack 1 after checking out your macro
suggestion. But the service pack did not make any difference. :-(

I have been checking the animations for this same kind of error. So far I
have checked all of the entracne effects and have not found any problems.
Click to expand...

Thanks, Jan. That adds one more bit of useful data, in that it's a problem
with both pre- and post-SP1 PPT2003.

I've passed this along.
 

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