PowerPoint Animation Problem! 03032004

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Problem- in a custom animation sequence for a group of elements that
usually includes images or other non-text elements, the animated
elements will often not animate in the assigned manner, but appear all
at once. Often this occurs mid-sequence, i.e a few elements animate
in just fine, then the rest appear all at once. This problem is
usually "solved" by adding a second delay before the first item that
begins the "appear all at once" sequence. But this isn't really a
solution because the problem is inconsistent and appears to have no
particular rule. Adding the one second to one element does not rule
out that the problem will not reoccur on another element further along
in the animation sequence.

I've also fiddled with hardware acceleration, but not found a
consistent solution there.

I've seen this problem now on four different machines that I've worked
on at two different employers. In each case the machines were running
PPT 2000 and Windows 2000. Here it is PPT SP-3 9.0.6620 on Win 2000
5.00.2195 SP4.

I'd imagine there is either a single identifiable fix for this or none
at all.

Help, anyone? Thanks.
 
It sounds like you have set your timings such that the system resources
available are not adequate, and when PowerPoint can't keep up with the
demands, it will do the best it can. Sometimes this is due to other
programs running in the background and anti-virus software is a particular
resource vulture. Either stop all background programs or increase the
timing of your animations.
 
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