Hello,
Without resorting to VBA or add-ins, When you delete an object which has
animation effects the effects are lost unless the object is associated with
an object/content placeholder from the slide autolayouts to which the
animations have been applied.
Also, if you are animating an autoshape, you can replace the shape with
another shape without losing the animation effects associated with the
original shape by using the "Change AutoShape" command (Draw menu on the
Drawing toolbar), instead of deleting the original shape.
If it is important to you (or anyone else reading this message) that
PowerPoint include an option to retain animation settings when you replace
an arbitrary object with another object, or the ability to copy animation
settings from one object to another (without having to resort to VBA or
add-ins), don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.
IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)
John Langhans
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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