Lucy
Tue May 06 17:57:43 CDT 2008
Thanks David - far clearer than I would have been :-)
Lucy
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Lucy Thomson
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"David M. Marcovitz" <marcoNOSPAM@loyola.edu> wrote in message
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> Click: Nothing happens automatically. The animation will be run when the
> mouse is clicked or the space bar is hit in the order of the animations.
>
> With Previous: Automatically happens at the same time as the previous
> thing. For example, you might want two pictures show up at the same
> time. You would put the second one right after the first in animation
> order and set the second one to With Previous.
>
> After Previous: Automatically happens AFTER the previous animation (how
> long after is governed by the delay you set). For example, you might
> want to have one picture come in, wait 3 seconds and have the next one
> come in. You could set the second one to After Previous with a 3 second
> delay.
>
> For the first animation on a slide, think of the slide transition (i.e.,
> actually going to the slide it is on so if you want it to not happen
> automatically but wait for your click, choose On Click. If you want it
> to happen immediately, you can choose With Previous or After Previous
> with 0 delay. For it to happen automatically but after a few seconds,
> choose After Previous and pick a delay time.
>
> --David
>
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> David M. Marcovitz
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
>
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>
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> <cynthiabehnam1bcbsflcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:18D8F431-F8E0-4743-A23C-DB3395DD3DE9@microsoft.com:
>
>> Dear Lucy:
>>
>> Thank you for responding. I am confused with the animation timings.
>> For the first automation to begin, would you choose "Click" or With
>> Previous, with the information on www.microsoft.com, and am not
>> getting it with the differences and when to use.
>>
>> Could you possibly explain this to me in a more user friendly format?
>