Slowing down the charts

[MAL]

I am using the chart feature built in to PowerPoint in
slides. Under custom animation, I introduce the elements
by series and they wipe nicely across the graph. The
problem is that it goes way too fast. Is there any way to
slow down animation of chart elements.

 

[Kathy J]

If you are using PPT 2000 or older, I don't believe there is a way to slow
down the animations. You may be able to do it via a macro, but I am not
sure.

For PPT 2002 and 2003, you can change the speed of the animation by bringing
up the Custom Animation task pane and changing the speed value. In this
case, the default value is very fast. You probably want to slow it down to
slow or medium.

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[MAL]

That is Microsoft in a nutshell. A dumbkof defect in
their program and you have to buy an upgrade from them to
fix it.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Mal,

There was no defect in PowerPoint 2000's timing functions, they did what
they were written to do. I believe that Microsoft added the advanced timing
features of 2002 and 2003 in response to users requests. This level of
customer feedback and product improvement is to be commended, rather than
scoffed at.

As for needing an upgrade to get better features, well ... try taking in an
older car onto a dealers lot and asking them to give you a free upgrade.
Not gonna happen. Take your 1973 Ford Pinto in and tell them it should have
ABS, side door airbags, a hybrid fuel system, and larger crumple zones.
They may hurt themselves laughing.

Microsoft spends a lot of real time and real dollars developing their
product and making the kind of improvements you yourself requested in your
first post. Sounds reasonable to me that they should be able to offer their
improvements to people that want them.