Define animations in template

[Jimbo M]

I am one of those PP users who likes bullet items to come up on mouse-click.
However my fellow presenters don't care for that, so I'm creating our
presentations with a standard Custom Animation for my bullet item Layout. The
Custom Animation provides a "fade in" animation for the entire container. It
works nicely, and the Custom Animation works for each slide with that layout.

However when I try to create a duplicate template with my own default Custom
Animation (each bullet item fades in on mouse click), it doesn't take and I
get the original "all at once" animation. When I copy the animation frames to
the local slide, sure enough they are the original "all fade in at once"
animation.

Does anyone know how Custom Animations are stored and how I could use
different animations based on .potx files?

--- Jim ---

 

[Echo S]

Apply your animation to the placeholder on the slide master. I assume that's
what you did with the Fade animation? It should be the same if you apply
your animation to the placeholder, but you may have to reapply your slide
layout after applying the new template.

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[Jimbo M]

I discovered that a lot has changed with PP2007, so I was living in the .dotx
past when I should have been looking at the current Theme paradigm. I was
able to accomplish what I needed by utilizing themes. Now that I understand
them, the goal is a lot clearer.

Thanks for your response!

Apply your animation to the placeholder on the slide master. I assume that's
what you did with the Fade animation? It should be the same if you apply
your animation to the placeholder, but you may have to reapply your slide
layout after applying the new template.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

I am one of those PP users who likes bullet items to come up on
mouse-click.
However my fellow presenters don't care for that, so I'm creating our
presentations with a standard Custom Animation for my bullet item Layout.
The
Custom Animation provides a "fade in" animation for the entire container.
It
works nicely, and the Custom Animation works for each slide with that
layout.

However when I try to create a duplicate template with my own default
Custom
Animation (each bullet item fades in on mouse click), it doesn't take and
I
get the original "all at once" animation. When I copy the animation frames
to
the local slide, sure enough they are the original "all fade in at once"
animation.

Does anyone know how Custom Animations are stored and how I could use
different animations based on .potx files?

--- Jim ---

 

[Echo S]

Ah, yeah, Animation Schemes are a 2003 feature that's gone by the wayside.
Honestly, though, applying animation to your placeholder will get you to
about the same place. And it's a little easier to understand, I think.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

I discovered that a lot has changed with PP2007, so I was living in the
.dotx
past when I should have been looking at the current Theme paradigm. I was
able to accomplish what I needed by utilizing themes. Now that I
understand
them, the goal is a lot clearer.

Thanks for your response!

Apply your animation to the placeholder on the slide master. I assume
that's
what you did with the Fade animation? It should be the same if you apply
your animation to the placeholder, but you may have to reapply your slide
layout after applying the new template.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

I am one of those PP users who likes bullet items to come up on
mouse-click.
However my fellow presenters don't care for that, so I'm creating our
presentations with a standard Custom Animation for my bullet item
Layout.
The
Custom Animation provides a "fade in" animation for the entire
container.
It
works nicely, and the Custom Animation works for each slide with that
layout.

However when I try to create a duplicate template with my own default
Custom
Animation (each bullet item fades in on mouse click), it doesn't take
and
I
get the original "all at once" animation. When I copy the animation
frames
to
the local slide, sure enough they are the original "all fade in at
once"
animation.

Does anyone know how Custom Animations are stored and how I could use
different animations based on .potx files?

--- Jim ---