First slide animation hangs

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Jan Il

Hi all - PPT 2002XP, WinME

I have some text that has the Swish animation, the word is FIRST. As the
letters of the word drop down, when it gets to the R it pausiates for a
second, then it drops on down and the rest is fine. When I run the View
Show everything works just fine, but, when I save it as a PPS, the R hangs
when played. What might be causing this?

I would really appreciate some suggestion or reference on this kind of
behavior.

Jan :)
 
Jan,

This perhaps (I'm guessing) sounds like powerpoint is busily getting the next "slide or event" ready.

Try to make the next event/object/slide very simple. The less powerpoint has to do the better

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
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Hi TAJ :-)

TAJ Simmons said:
Jan,

This perhaps (I'm guessing) sounds like powerpoint is busily getting the next "slide or event" ready.

Try to make the next event/object/slide very simple. The less powerpoint has to do the better
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The next slide only has short, simple text that crawls from the bottom and
off the top. I did not think that would be tto much? Question, I'll ask
before I do, so I won't waste time for no purpose....if I add a small
invisible box to the first slide and add a few seconds to the transition
time, would that cure the problem? I've done that as a cure for some
problems I posted with timing issues. Would taking the focus off the next
slide at that point and put it to the box halt the stutter?

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.

Jan :)
 
Hi,

In addition to Echo and TAJ, I wonder if turning off or on hardware
acceleration would help. As for virus programs, mine comes in at 1pm every
Wednesday. Makes a real performance difference.

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Glen Millar
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Hi Echo :-)

Echo S said:
What's running in the background? Antivirus program, maybe?
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Well..I have my AV running all the time, but, I turned it off and tried
again that way, and it is still hanging on the R, nothing but the R, and it
is in the middle. I also tried Glen's idea and turned off the Accelerator,
but, it is still doing it. I have never had this problem with hanging.
Laundry, yes, but, not with the pps shows. I can't figure it out. It is the
Swish animation, and the first two letters drop down and bouncy doo like
they are supposed to, but, Mr. R wants to hang in the air for his extra two
seconds of fame. I tried with a nudder font and same thing. So, I dunno.

Jan :)
 
Hi Glen :-)

Glen Millar said:
Hi,

In addition to Echo and TAJ, I wonder if turning off or on hardware
acceleration would help. As for virus programs, mine comes in at 1pm every
Wednesday. Makes a real performance difference.
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I tried turning off the acceleration, but no difference. I run my AV all
the time, but, I turned it off and still no change.

Thanks for your help,

Windie :)
 
Windie,

Can you send us a single slide? Actually, does a single slide on its own do
it? Any triggers or other settings?

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Glen Millar
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Hi Glen

Glen Millar said:
Windie,

Can you send us a single slide? Actually, does a single slide on its own do
it? Any triggers or other settings?
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It is the first slide, and only text and Swish animation. It does have have
a slide transition, and timing for the animation, but, it might work. I'll
send it over and you can see if it will work ok for you to check. I'll zip
if first.

In a few......thanks..

Windie :)
 
It's a Swish animation, right? How did you insert the SWF into PPT? Did you
use the Active X control for Flash objects?

Echo
 
Hi Echo

Echo S said:
It's a Swish animation, right? How did you insert the SWF into PPT? Did you
use the Active X control for Flash objects?
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Ahmm...no, I just made a text box and typed the text in, then gave it the
Custom Entrance Swish animation I wanted. With that, each letter drops down
separately and kinda bounces a bit then sits. It did not seem complicated,
and I have used that custom animation before too with no problem. There is
nothing else on the slide but that. I checked for gnats.

Jan :)
 
Hi Glen -

Glen Millar said:
Hi,

Well, it works fine here! No gnats either, that I can see. I really don't
know what is happening your end, Jan.
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At least that narrows it down. Thank the Gods and all their butlers that you
didn't find another gnat. <sigh> I'll keep looking here. It may be related
to something else going on. I deleted all the other slides when I sent that
one to you to review, so I don't know it something in one of the others
might be influencing the behavior.

Thank you for your time and help, I really appreciate it .

Windie

Jan :)
 
It's a Swish animation, right? How did you insert the SWF into PPT? Did
you

Ahmm...no, I just made a text box and typed the text in, then gave it the
Custom Entrance Swish animation I wanted. With that, each letter drops down
separately and kinda bounces a bit then sits. It did not seem complicated,
and I have used that custom animation before too with no problem. There is
nothing else on the slide but that. I checked for gnats.
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Oooooh, LOLOL! I thought you were using a *Swish* animation.
http://www.swishzone.com/ It's a tool to create Flash animation without
having to do the whole entire Flash thing.

Since you're using just regular ol' animation in PPT, and since it's working
on Glen's machine, I'm going to guess video drivers and hardware
acceleration.

Echo
 
"> Oooooh, LOLOL! I thought you were using a *Swish* animation.
http://www.swishzone.com/ It's a tool to create Flash animation without
having to do the whole entire Flash thing.

Since you're using just regular ol' animation in PPT, and since it's working
on Glen's machine, I'm going to guess video drivers and hardware
acceleration.
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LOL! I didn't know anything 'bout the 'nuther Swish. :-) I did as Glen
suggested and turned off the acceleration. I'll try a new driver update and
see if that helps. It is just strange. I even added a small invisible box
to the slide and set the timing for a few seconds later, hoping to take the
focus off any other activities, but, it still did it, so I removed it. I
also turned off my AV and Zone Alarm and it still did it. So, I try the
video thingies and see.

Film at 11:00...or so....
 
Jan, you might try moving the slide that follows the problem one. Move it
to the end of the presentation and see if that makes a difference. If it
does then you'll know that there is some relationship.

Just a stab in the dark. <G>
 
I DO *NOT* WANT TO MEET YOU IN A DARK ALLEY WITH AN AIM LIKE THAT!!!!!

'k....now why did that fix it? What did I do, I mean...besides mess it up?

Jan :)
 
I dunno. Recreate the evil slide now, one step at a time, testing in Slide
Show mode after each little step. Something on it is causing the problem.
Maybe it's something that is eating resources.
 
The next slide only has short, simple text that crawls from the bottom and
off the top. I did not think that would be tto much?
Click to expand...
A 'crawl' (I imagine) is a pretty resource intensive thing for powerpoint to do.

Question, I'll ask
before I do, so I won't waste time for no purpose....if I add a small
invisible box to the first slide and add a few seconds to the transition
time, would that cure the problem?
Click to expand...
I don't know (give it a try).

If it was me i'd insert a new slide right after the slide with the swish (flash?) animation. make this new slide just a
simple title with no animations.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
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Hi Sonia -

I redid the first slide and all is working as it should now.

Thank ya heaps for the help. :-)

Jan :)
 
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