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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2007Triigger macro as part of animation sequence
Is there a way to execute a macro in an animation sequence? This would seem to be an obvious thing but I can't figure out how it could be done. Triggers are not part of a timed animation sequence because ... well ... because they are triggers. The trigger can start a whole run of animations, or just start a single change, but the nature is that it is still a trigger. It requires a user interaction to begin. A stopwatch can be used to tell the time of day, but it is better at being a stopwatch. Perhaps I am not understanding what you are asking. Could you tell us a bit more?  SignatureBill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com . > Is there a way to execute a macro in an animation sequence? This would > seem to be an obvious thing but I can't figure out how it could be > done. Dave, as far as I know, a macro requires a click in order to be launched. An inserted object can be placed into an animation sequence. Is there a way to create a VBA script outside of PowerPoint and bring that in as an object? There would undoubtedly be all sorts of security bells and whistles that would go off, but it is an interesting theory... SignatureRick Altman Author Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck...and how you can make them better www.betterppt.com Host The PowerPoint Live User Conference Oct 28-31 | The French Quarter of New Orleans www.powerpointlive.com You can do this (sort of) by using a mouseover to trigger the macro. Use a full screen tranparent (99%) shape which appears in the animation sequence as a trigger. This works best in kiosk mode because the pointer is set to visible always but you can use ctrl A or vba code to set this in presentation mode. > Is there a way to execute a macro in an animation sequence? This would > seem to be an obvious thing but I can't figure out how it could be > done. In order to have the macro run you are still required to have the mouse run over the shape - is this correct? All I am trying to do is have the macro run as part of the animation sequence - trigger is probably an incorrect term. > You can do this (sort of) by using a mouseover to trigger the macro. Use a > full screen tranparent (99%) shape which appears in the animation sequence [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I understand now - I missed the "full screen" shape comment. This seems to work well enough for what I am attempting to do. Thank you. On Jun 7, 7:47 am, dave.cuth...@computalog.com wrote: > In order to have the macro run you are still required to have the > mouse run over the shape - is this correct? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > - Show quoted text - The answer seems to have disappeared at least from the web based NG so here it is again for info. Place a full screen 99% transparent shape on the slide and give it a mouse over action of run macro. Have it appear as part of the animation sequence ( and disappear again if you want after a delay) The macro will trigger. This will work best in kiosk mode as the mouse pointer is always visible, in the usual presented by a speaker you will need to press ctrl A to keep the pointer on screen or incorporate vba code to do the same. SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I understand now - I missed the "full screen" shape comment. This > seems to work well enough for what I am attempting to do. Thank you. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > - Show quoted text - > The answer seems to have disappeared at least from the web based NG so here > it is again for info. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the usual presented by a speaker you will need to press ctrl A to keep the > pointer on screen or incorporate vba code to do the same. Devious,devious,devious. Splendidly devious. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hello Dave, If you want to fire a macro as a part of an animation sequence or after a specific animation, it would require an event handler. The event handler would trap each animation as it happens and then fire the macro when the specific animation fires. Regards, Shyam Pillai Animation Carbon - http://www.animationcarbon.com > Is there a way to execute a macro in an animation sequence? This would > seem to be an obvious thing but I can't figure out how it could be > done. |
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