I have a macro that does the following:

Counts from 1-1000
 The count is updated in (text box 1) with the current value.
 I also have (text box 2) that assigns a name based on the value from Count.

When the count gets to 1000 and my loop ends, I want to play an animation on
(text box 2) - and loop it until i proceed to the next slide.

I would like this to happen without having to make another action object to
click and activate this.

As it is, I don't like having an action object to even launch my count down
macro, would rather just have it activate on entering the slide since i'll be
walking and talking during the presentation.

Any tips on the main question, and the secondary issue would be great.