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Glitches when using emphasis animation
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Reply Tue 15 Jun 2010, 15:21Delegate Molly said...
Molly has attended:
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Glitches when using emphasis animation
Hi
There are a few spots in my presentation where the animation (entrances and emphasis) is stuttering or inconsistent. I have no idea how to remedy this or what is causing it. It happens exactly the same way every time I view the slide show. I can send a copy of the presentation to an email address if you like.
I've set it all pretty fast for now as the person who will be using it likes to review it quickly. THe problem is that the animations are just happening very slowly and don't look smooth at all.
Any suggestions much appreciated!
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RE: glitches when using emphasis animation
Hi Molly
Thanks for you forum post. From what you describe it is tricky to provide an answer without seeing a copy of the PowerPoint presentation you are referring to.
If you can send it through to me we can review. Should it be a quick fix we will let you know, however it may become apparent that we need to spend more time on it. If this is the case then we will let you know the scope of work and related costs.
Kind regards
Jacob
RE: glitches when using emphasis animation
Hi Molly
Thank you for sending through the sample file.
The movement in the title when the presentation runs is caused by the title box on each slide being slightly out of alignment.
Inconsistent formatting in titles or text blocks can occur when PowerPoint's auto-correct feature adjusts longer content to make it fit the place holders.
Auto-correction can be turned off as follows:
Click on the Office button to bring up the file menu and click PowerPoint Options. From the list of options that appear choose Proofing then click the AutoCorrect Options button.
Next choose "Autoformat as you type tab". At the bottom of the list you will see two options: "Autofit Title text to placeholder" and "Autofit body text to placeholer"
Removing the ticks from these boxes means that if content is too big for the title or body placeholders you will have to manually edit or resize to make it fit (rather than PowerPoint attempt to resize it for you). This can be preferable because you can choose edits and font sizes that are consistent from slide to slide.
With regards to the existing titles that seem to jump here is one way to fix this:
First make a backup of your presentation in case you want to start these steps from the beginning
Make a new slide in the current presentation. We will use this to make a fresh title. In the blank title placeholder either paste the text or retype and format your title.
Click on the border of the title placeholder which should then select the place holder and its contents. Choose copy.
Remove all the old title containers from all the original slides.
Starting on slide 2 choose Paste. PowerPoint will put the copied title in the same position as the original (which should be nice and central)
Repeat this paste on each of the remaining slides. Now when you run your presentation each slide's title will be in an identical position - so will appear to remain perfectly still as you advance through the slides.
You may wish to just remove and re-apply the animations from fresh. You can remove them all in one go by highlighting the animations in the custom animation list and clicking remove.
I noticed that on slide 14 the text entrance animations use a mix of Fast and Very Fast which accounts for the occasional jumps in the flow.
I think the clipping that appears at the end is linked to the emphasis/font animation. You may want to experiment with some of the other emphasis animations as they may produce results that better fit your content.
Apologies for the long reply - do Let me know how you get on!
Kind regards,
Andrew
Reply Mon 5 Jul 2010, 15:06Delegate Molly said...
RE: glitches when using emphasis animation
Thanks, this has been very helpful in helping the slides look better one after the other. I think perhaps the 'glitches' must be on my computer rather than on the presentation... several of the animations appear to be jerky, no matter what speed I set them at. I'll keep at it but if all else fails might just re-type whole thing! :)
Thanks for all the advice. THe step-by-step is very helpful!
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