Nola, no you do not have to rehearse the transitions/animations at all.
However the meaning of "rehearse" changes from person to person. Do you
mean run the current slide's animations? or time the show's transitions to
music? Are you talking about using the 'rehearse timings' auto-time
transitions feature? Essentially there are 4 types of rehearsals.
Animation preview:
How to disable the pre-view changes from version to version, so the 'how to"
will have to wait for you to post your version of PowerPoint. It will show
you the animation you just modified/changed/added, without including any
other, even if those other animations are to run concurrently within the
slide's animation sequence.
Slide animation preview:
This can be done in several ways. There is an abbreviated version available
from the animation pane/dialog box, or just start the show on this slide and
run it.
Section or full show:
If you start a music or sound file clip on slide 6 and run it through slide
30, and have your transitions and animations timed to the music/recorded
sound file, and are using manually set-up timed slide animations and
transitions; then you do not have to rehearse slides 1-5. Simply start the
show on slide 6 and make notes about how to adjust the times of
auto-advances from the 'slide transition pane'/dialog box and 'animation
pane'/dialog box .
'Rehearse timings' feature:
Depending on your version of PowerPoint, you may or may not need to re-run
the whole show to adjust the timings from within this feature. I know that
in PowerPoint 2002 you can manually change individual slide advance times
and animations that have been set with the 'rehearse timing' feature, but
you will also have to adjust the timing on the animation or slide transition
that follows to offset the time adjustment from the changed slide or else
the rest of the show will be off. If you have a previous version of
PowerPoint, you may need to run the whole show to adjust the rehearsed
timings, but I'd look at the slide transition pane/dialog box to see if the
timing is recorded there. Again, you will need to compensate for the time
adjustment.
It is difficult to answer a question that can mean so many things. This
group is head and shoulders above the rest in its generosity of information
and assistance. They share it freely and without compensation, but ever
since Miss Cleo left, they have a very difficult time reading what people
really mean from a vague question. You did not mention your version of
PowerPoint, and in this case it makes a difference in the answer that will
work for you. Because I was not able to give you a short and direct answer,
I did not respond to your prior post: I wasn't sure what you were asking,
perhaps some of the others on this NG felt the same. Please try to be
specific and include a little more descriptive information, it will help in
getting you a direct and appropriate answer.
Perhaps this will help:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00036.htm
B
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