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Hello,
PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for
through the user interface (to loop a sequence of animation effects).
Although in PowerPoint 2002 and PowerPoint 2003 you can, through the user
interface, have each individual animation effect loop continuously until
end of slide you CANNOT combine/group a sequence of animation effects and
have that sequence loop continuously.
However (for the courageous), this is possible through the object model for
PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 (see sample code at end of message for how to
combine the Fade In and Fade Out effects into a single custom animation
which can then be set to loop).
If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide (through the user interace and not require VBA or add-ins) a way
combining animation sequences so that, for example, timings can be applied
to a sequence instead of just individual effects, 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)
Sample code to add a looping Fade In and Out to the first shape on the
first slide:
============= Begin sample code ===============
Sub myLoopingFadeInOut()
Set currentShape = Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1)
Set effCustom =
Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).TimeLine.MainSequence.AddEffect(cur
rentShape, msoAnimEffectCustom, msoAnimateLevelNone,
msoAnimTriggerWithPrevious)
With effCustom
' Set Visible Behavior: from 0 to 0.001
.Behaviors(1).SetEffect.To = 1 ' visible
' Fade In Behavior: from 0.001 to 2.499
.Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeFilter).FilterEffect.Type =
msoAnimFilterEffectTypeFade
.Behaviors(2).FilterEffect.Reveal = msoTrue ' fade in
.Behaviors(2).Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "0.001"
.Behaviors(2).Timing.Duration = "2.499"
' Fade Out Behavior: from 2.5 to 4.999
.Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeFilter).FilterEffect.Type =
msoAnimFilterEffectTypeFade
.Behaviors(3).FilterEffect.Reveal = msoFalse ' fade out
.Behaviors(3).Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "2.5"
.Behaviors(3).Timing.Duration = "2.499"
' Set Hidden Behavior: from 4.999 to 5.0
.Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeSet).SetEffect.Property = msoAnimVisibility
.Behaviors(4).Timing.Duration = "0.001"
.Behaviors(4).Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "4.999"
.Behaviors(4).SetEffect.To = 0 ' hidden
' Set overall delay and repeat count for custom effect
.Timing.TriggerDelayTime = "0.5"
.Timing.RepeatCount = 9999
End With 'effCustom
End Sub
============= End Sample Code ===============
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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