Animations do not replay when moving between slides

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Tiffini

I have set the custom animation timing to rewind when done
playing, and I have tried every other avenue in the
settings. However, in cases such as returning to a
previously viewed slide, etc...the animations and sound do
not play again. Does anyone know how to trigger the
animations to start again, automatically?

Thanks,
Tiffini
 
When returning to a previously viewed slide, PowerPoint always returns to
the "end" of the slide, after all animations. The trick is to put a new
blank slide in front of it and link to the blank slide. Give the blank
slide a timing of 0 (zero) seconds and it will flash by so fast it won't be
seen. This is technically then not a "return" link back to the target
slide, so all animations will play.
 
Put a blank slide before the slide with animations. Have the blank slide
automatically advance to the next slide after 0 seconds. Any links to
the slide with the animations should go to the blank slide. This will
reset all your animations.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
Thanks so much. That works great!
-----Original Message-----
Put a blank slide before the slide with animations. Have the blank slide
automatically advance to the next slide after 0 seconds. Any links to
the slide with the animations should go to the blank slide. This will
reset all your animations.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/


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Hello,

As you discovered, PowerPoint does not reset animations and slide timings
(including automatically playing inserted multimedia) on a previously
viewed slide when you jump to it from a later viewed slide. Of course, they
are reset when the presentation loops back to the beginning or you navigate
"naturally" to a slide from it's previous slide. Here is a KB article for
PowerPoint 2000 that describes a couple of workarounds (similar articles
exist for other versions of PowerPoint):

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=197701

If it is important to you (or anyone else reading this message) that
PowerPoint include a method for choosing whether or not animations on
slide(s) replay when revisted without normal looping (perhaps a slide or
presentation option, or a Action Setting which can be chosen during slide
show), without having to resort to VBA or add-ins, don't forget to send
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