Automatic transition after exit effect

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Giles

I've a very simple and, I'd have thought, very common
problem.

I have a slide with some text to which I've applied an
exit effect (a fade). What I want to happen is that I
click to activate the fade, then once the effect is
complete I want the next slide to come straight up
automatically. The problem is that it doesn't - in order
to get the next slide I have to click again after the text
has faded.

I'm trying to get rid of that extra click. Help??!!
 
Which version of PPT? Assuming 2002 (XP) since you mentioned "exit"
effect in the subject.

Try setting your slide transition to "automatic" after 00 seconds. That
should force it to move immediately following the last animation effect.
 
Thanks for your suggestion (and you're right, I am using
PPT 2002, although running in Windows 2000).

Unfortunately, while doing as you suggest with the
transition does indeed solve the problem, it creates
another: now the fade starts automatically in spite of the
fact that it's specifically set to start 'on click'.

At the risk of trespassing on your goodwill, have you any
further thoughts?
-----Original Message-----
Which version of PPT? Assuming 2002 (XP) since you mentioned "exit"
effect in the subject.

Try setting your slide transition to "automatic" after 00 seconds. That
should force it to move immediately following the last animation effect.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
I've a very simple and, I'd have thought, very common
problem.

I have a slide with some text to which I've applied an
exit effect (a fade). What I want to happen is that I
click to activate the fade, then once the effect is
complete I want the next slide to come straight up
automatically. The problem is that it doesn't - in order
to get the next slide I have to click again after the text
has faded.

I'm trying to get rid of that extra click. Help??!!
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Oh, nuts. I forgot about that problem, sorry.

Hang on a sec...

Aha. Here it is. It's not pretty <g>, and I sure wish MS would fix this.
Actually, I'd really like to see an animation option that triggers a
slide transition. Wouldn't that be cool? Anyway...

Create a duplicate slide (a "dummy" slide) from your first slide. The
second slide has the same content as the first slide does, but the
content is modified to look exactly like the previous slide in the state
immediately before you want the last effects. This slide has no
transition, but is set to automatically advance from the slide
transitions task pane. The auto-advance will play the click through
sequence of effects, and follow up by transitioning to the next slide.

The end result is that the last click on the slide transitions to the
dummy slide which automatically transitions through the click sequence.

I have a tiny little sample file I can email to you if you want.

Echo
Thanks for your suggestion (and you're right, I am using
PPT 2002, although running in Windows 2000).

Unfortunately, while doing as you suggest with the
transition does indeed solve the problem, it creates
another: now the fade starts automatically in spite of the
fact that it's specifically set to start 'on click'.

At the risk of trespassing on your goodwill, have you any
further thoughts?
-----Original Message-----
Which version of PPT? Assuming 2002 (XP) since you mentioned "exit"
effect in the subject.

Try setting your slide transition to "automatic" after 00 seconds. That
should force it to move immediately following the last animation effect.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
I've a very simple and, I'd have thought, very common
problem.

I have a slide with some text to which I've applied an
exit effect (a fade). What I want to happen is that I
click to activate the fade, then once the effect is
complete I want the next slide to come straight up
automatically. The problem is that it doesn't - in order
to get the next slide I have to click again after the text
has faded.

I'm trying to get rid of that extra click. Help??!!
Click to expand...
.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hang on, I've got it!

My fault - I was being impatient. My slide has a motion
path that repeats over a 20-second cycle, and the reason I
was having to give an extra click after implementing your
ingenious solution was that I hadn't waited long enough
for the movement to complete one cycle. When I did, it
worked fine.

Thanks for the neat fix.
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I'm so nearly there - I see what you're driving at and
it's an ingenious idea, but when I try to implement it I
can't quite make it work (I can manage it when there's
just one object on the slide but when there are two or
more I end up needing another click again in order to move
to my dummy slide).

Perhaps you'd better send me that sample file!

Anyway, even if I still can't get it together after that,
thanks for your time & trouble.
-----Original Message-----
Oh, nuts. I forgot about that problem, sorry.

Hang on a sec...

Aha. Here it is. It's not pretty <g>, and I sure wish MS would fix this.
Actually, I'd really like to see an animation option
Click to expand...
that
triggers a
slide transition. Wouldn't that be cool? Anyway...

Create a duplicate slide (a "dummy" slide) from your first slide. The
second slide has the same content as the first slide does, but the
content is modified to look exactly like the previous slide in the state
immediately before you want the last effects. This slide has no
transition, but is set to automatically advance from the slide
transitions task pane. The auto-advance will play the click through
sequence of effects, and follow up by transitioning to the next slide.

The end result is that the last click on the slide transitions to the
dummy slide which automatically transitions through the click sequence.

I have a tiny little sample file I can email to you if you want.

Echo
Click to expand...
after
00
seconds. That
should force it to move immediately following the last
animation effect.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Giles wrote:

I've a very simple and, I'd have thought, very common
problem.

I have a slide with some text to which I've applied an
exit effect (a fade). What I want to happen is that I
click to activate the fade, then once the effect is
complete I want the next slide to come straight up
automatically. The problem is that it doesn't - in order
to get the next slide I have to click again after the
text
has faded.

I'm trying to get rid of that extra click. Help??!!
.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
.
Click to expand...
 
It's great to hear you got that working, Giles! I'll confess that I received
that workaround directly from someone at MS, though. I definitely didn't
come up with that one myself!

Echo
 
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