Any tips for 1 page PowerPoint animation presentation to repeat?

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Mike S. - 31 Jul 2006 22:25 GMT

I have set up a 1 page presentation with about 90 lines of custom animation
that builds a flow chart. I have set the PowerPoint options to "repeat until
ESC" but
when the slide finishes it does not clear and repeat. If I left-mouse click
it will start again but I want the presentation to continue without having to
click. Any suggestions?

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Echo S - 31 Jul 2006 22:38 GMT

Slide Show|Set up Show, select "loop until escape."

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> I have set up a 1 page presentation with about 90 lines of custom animation
> that builds a flow chart. I have set the PowerPoint options to "repeat until
> ESC" but
> when the slide finishes it does not clear and repeat. If I left-mouse click
> it will start again but I want the presentation to continue without having to
> click. Any suggestions?

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Mike S. - 31 Jul 2006 23:02 GMT

I have already set that option but the system seems to ignore it. The
presentations just sits there until I click the mouse again.

> Slide Show|Set up Show, select "loop until escape."
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> > it will start again but I want the presentation to continue without having to
> > click. Any suggestions?

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Echo S - 01 Aug 2006 03:22 GMT

Hm. You might try also checking "presented at kiosk" in that Set up Show
dialog.

If that doesn't do it, try making your 1-slide a custom show and then set it
to play in Slide Show|Set up Show.

For an example, see the DownloadFAQLoop.zip at
http://www.echosvoice.com/animationfeatures.htm (last paragraph). That
*should* work.

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>I have already set that option but the system seems to ignore it. The
> presentations just sits there until I click the mouse again.
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>> > click. Any suggestions?

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Austin Myers - 31 Jul 2006 23:17 GMT

>I have set up a 1 page presentation

Ummm, why?

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Mike S. - 01 Aug 2006 01:05 GMT

The slide builds the flow step by step instead of having each subsequent
slide add another block. This works well and allows element entry (wipe,
appear, and disappear) as well as animation of objects during the show.
Perhaps I'm challenging the capabilities of PowerPoint and will have to use
some other tool more suited to what I need.

> >I have set up a 1 page presentation
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> Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

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Bill Dilworth - 01 Aug 2006 04:04 GMT

Try this Mike,

Copy/Paste the slide to make a second identical slide. Now set the slide
show to loop until escape. From the presenters' perspective, it makes no
difference if you are on slide 1 or slide 2, however; from the
presentation's perspective, it needs another slide to 'advance into' before
it can repeat itself.

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>I have set up a 1 page presentation with about 90 lines of custom animation
> that builds a flow chart. I have set the PowerPoint options to "repeat
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> click. Any suggestions?

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John Wilson - 01 Aug 2006 08:17 GMT

A one slide show should repeat just fine. Are you sure you ticked "advance
slide automatically after x seconds"??

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Mike S. - 01 Aug 2006 15:32 GMT

John, You're the wizard! I set the Advance Slide Automatic timing and it
worked!
Thanks for the help.

Mike

> A one slide show should repeat just fine. Are you sure you ticked "advance
> slide automatically after x seconds"??
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Mike S. - 01 Aug 2006 15:31 GMT

Bill, I had tried that with no luck. It seems that I forgot to set the
slide transition
setting from manual to automatic. Thanks for the help!

Mike

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