Can I 'Draw' an object in a presentation?

[MattH]

Hi,
I'm running PP XP in Windows XP.

I would like to 'draw' a series of objects in a presentation. I have
an outline of a picture that I have created with simple lines - mostly
straight, but with one curved. I would like this outline to be drawn
onto the slide as an animation during the slideshow as iff someone has
taken a pencil and started at the left hand sides, and drawn the whole
thing in one fluid otion. Is there a simple way to do this? Am I being
clear?

Cheers,
MattH

 

[Ute Simon]

Hi Matt,

I'm running PP XP in Windows XP.

I would like to 'draw' a series of objects in a presentation. I have
an outline of a picture that I have created with simple lines - mostly
straight, but with one curved. I would like this outline to be drawn
onto the slide as an animation during the slideshow as iff someone has
taken a pencil and started at the left hand sides, and drawn the whole
thing in one fluid otion. Is there a simple way to do this? Am I being
clear?

Cheers,
MattH

I don't know a solution for the WHOLE object, but if you can split it up
into horizontal and vertical lines, you could do the following:

Let's say, you object is a rectangle, consisting of four lines:
1. Top horizontal line: Animation Wipe from left to right
2. Right vertical line: Animation Wipe from top to bottom
3. Bottom horizontal line: Animation Wipe from right to left
4. Left vertical line: Animation Wipe from bottom to top

Make animations 2 to 4 "after previous" and they'll be seamless.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Echo S]

Off the top of my head, I'd say Wipes can do this pretty well. You might
have to make the curved part into two (or more) segments so you can wipe
parts of the curve from the top. If you set that wipe from top
immediately following a wipe from left, it will look as if the lines are
being drawn onto the slide.

There are probably other ways to do this, but wipes have usually worked
well for me for these things.

 

[MattH]

Off the top of my head, I'd say Wipes can do this pretty well. You might
have to make the curved part into two (or more) segments so you can wipe
parts of the curve from the top. If you set that wipe from top
immediately following a wipe from left, it will look as if the lines are
being drawn onto the slide.

There are probably other ways to do this, but wipes have usually worked
well for me for these things.

Thanks guys.
I knew there would be a way. Hadn't used wipes before. It does the job
perfectly.
MattH

 

[DoKo]

One of the best parts of this forum is by learning from "others" questions.
This post was very helpful. Gave me both ideas and information.

 

[Ute Simon]

Hi Math and DoKo,

glad to hear it works! And thanks for the feedback.

Ute

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

Hi Matt,

One limitation of this approatch is that you have to choose different Wipe
directions for different straight line stroke and, for some curves, a Wipe
may not give the impression that the line is being drawn from one end to
the other.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think it's important for
PowerPoint to provide an animation effect which animates lines as if they
were "drawn" (or any other specific animation effects or options), don't
forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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