David, Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. Others can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the different animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate exactly what you want.
As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will lose the connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), but you will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the groups.
-- Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot generated by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I know it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few month's ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only get the whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried ungrouping with no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your book?
"Kathy J" wrote: > David, > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. Others > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the different > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate exactly > what you want.
> As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will lose the > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), but you > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the groups.
> -- > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
> "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can animate > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
In article <FBF74F28-4232-4E25-A94E-5D07807A8...@microsoft.com>, David Bowers wrote:
> Dear Kathryn,
> I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint > slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot generated > by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I know > it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few month's > ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only get the > whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried ungrouping with > no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your book?
Sometimes the simplest way to do this is to create a series of slides where only the line changes from slide to slide, then apply a wipe-right slide transition to the slide change from one slide to next.
> > David, > > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. Others > > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the different > > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate exactly > > what you want.
> > As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will lose the > > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), but you > > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the groups.
> > -- > > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
> > "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can animate > > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
Which version of PPT are you using, David? We can give you specific instructions if we know what you're using there.
Also, you want to click on the slide to deactivate your chart. Then select the chart (single click) and choose Custom Animation from the Slide Show menu. Add your animation and look for a "group" option.
What kind of "group" (by series, by category, etc.) is available depends on a combination of the chart type and specific animation you've selected. Usually a simple Wipe animation (which would be good for a trend line) can be applied by groups series and category.
> I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint > slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot generated > by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I know > it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few month's > ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only get the > whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried ungrouping with > no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your book?
> Chin chin,
> David Bowers
> "Kathy J" wrote:
> > David, > > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. Others > > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the different > > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate exactly > > what you want.
> > As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will lose the > > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), but you > > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the groups.
> > -- > > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
> > "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can animate > > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
Thanks for your kind reply which I have printed for later digestion. I am using PPT in Office 2003 (this is the one which doesn't have tabs?), which I update from Office Updates regularly. Anticipating your reply with great excitement! In the demo I saw the trend line "opened" from the middle, both leftwards and rightwards. I would also like to animate the interconnect line joing a series of points in a time-series plot.
"Echo S" wrote: > Which version of PPT are you using, David? We can give you specific > instructions if we know what you're using there.
> Also, you want to click on the slide to deactivate your chart. Then select > the chart (single click) and choose Custom Animation from the Slide Show > menu. Add your animation and look for a "group" option.
> What kind of "group" (by series, by category, etc.) is available depends on > a combination of the chart type and specific animation you've selected. > Usually a simple Wipe animation (which would be good for a trend line) can > be applied by groups series and category.
> > I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint > > slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot > generated > > by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I know > > it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few month's > > ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only get > the > > whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried ungrouping > with > > no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your > book?
> > Chin chin,
> > David Bowers
> > "Kathy J" wrote:
> > > David, > > > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. > Others > > > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the > different > > > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate exactly > > > what you want.
> > > As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will lose > the > > > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), but > you > > > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the groups.
> > > -- > > > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! > Books > > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we > lived
> > > "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message > > > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > > > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can > animate > > > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
"Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > In article <FBF74F28-4232-4E25-A94E-5D07807A8...@microsoft.com>, David Bowers > wrote: > > Dear Kathryn,
> > I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint > > slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot generated > > by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I know > > it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few month's > > ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only get the > > whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried ungrouping with > > no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your book?
> Sometimes the simplest way to do this is to create a series of slides where only > the line changes from slide to slide, then apply a wipe-right slide transition to > the slide change from one slide to next.
> > Chin chin,
> > David Bowers
> > "Kathy J" wrote:
> > > David, > > > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. Others > > > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the different > > > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate exactly > > > what you want.
> > > As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will lose the > > > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), but you > > > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the groups.
> > > -- > > > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books > > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
> > > "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > > > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can animate > > > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
I'm not sure what demo you saw, but if the trend line appeared to "open" from the middle, I suspect the animation used was a "box" entrance or something.
So let's start with creating a column chart that has one series as a line. (Pedantic instructions for those who may be following the discussion.)
Insert/New Slide. Scroll to the bottom of the slide layout pane and select the Title and Chart slide layout. Now double-click where it says to on the slide. You get a 3D chart with dummy data.
Right-click above the legend and select Chart Type. Choose the first chart subtype -- the 2D clustered column. Click OK.
Now right-click the middle data series (the blue columns) and select Chart Type again. Choose Line and click OK.
Now you have two columns and a line.
To animate this chart, you select the chart on the slide, right-click and choose Custom Animation to turn on the animation task pane. In the Custom Animation task pane, choose Add Effect and then select an effect. I suggest that you choose Wipe for this exercise.
In the task pane, you'll see the chart listed (it probably says Chart 2). Double-click that. (Or click the arrow to the right and choose Effect Options.) On the Chart Animation tab, click the arrow next to "as one object" in the "Group Chart" area. Choose "by series." Deselect the "animate grid and legend" option and click OK.
Make sure AutoPreview is selected at the bottom of the taskpane and then click the Play button to see a preview of the animation. The two columns will wipe up from the bottom, and the line will do the same. But it will actually look like it just appears because, of course, there's not much vertical area on a horizontal line, so the wipe doesn't look like a wipe.
To fix this, we'll change the wipe direction on the line. Click the downward-pointing chevron just below the chart in the taskpane to expand the chart animation. (http://www.echosvoice.com/individualbullets.htm#IndividualBulletedTex... tion shows this for a text animation. It may help you see what's going on here.) Click on the last series in the list (Chart 2, Series 3 here) and then above that where it says Start: Direction: Speed:, change Direction to From Left. Change Speed to Medium.
Click the Play button at the bottom of the taskpane. If the animation looks pretty much like you want it to, then hit Shift+F5 to view it in slide show view. Remember that your animation is set to play on mouseclick, so you'll have to click to make each column and the lines animate in.
Oh, duh. Instead of Shift+F5, you can just hit the Slide Show button at the bottom of the animation taskpane.
Hopefully that will get you going. The key is to choose animations that allow you to animate "by series" or "by column" or "by element" in the Chart Animation tab. (I guess PPT 2003 animation does have tabs, but I'm sure they're not the tabs you were thinking of from PPT 97/2000!)
Note that if you've used a true trendline (right-click a data series and choose Add Trendline), the trendline is tied to the data series. It's not considered its own series. You'd have to animate that type of chart using "by element in series," expand the list of animations, and change each of the trendline segments to "from left." You could also drag (or use the Re-Order buttons at the bottom of the taskpane) the trendline segments together and change them to "after previous" instead of "on mouse click" so they come in together as one line.
> Thanks for your kind reply which I have printed for later digestion. I am > using PPT in Office 2003 (this is the one which doesn't have tabs?), which I > update from Office Updates regularly. Anticipating your reply with great > excitement! In the demo I saw the trend line "opened" from the middle, both > leftwards and rightwards. I would also like to animate the interconnect line > joing a series of points in a time-series plot.
> David
> "Echo S" wrote:
> > Which version of PPT are you using, David? We can give you specific > > instructions if we know what you're using there.
> > Also, you want to click on the slide to deactivate your chart. Then select > > the chart (single click) and choose Custom Animation from the Slide Show > > menu. Add your animation and look for a "group" option.
> > What kind of "group" (by series, by category, etc.) is available depends on > > a combination of the chart type and specific animation you've selected. > > Usually a simple Wipe animation (which would be good for a trend line) can > > be applied by groups series and category.
> > > I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint > > > slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot > > generated > > > by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I know > > > it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few month's > > > ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only get > > the > > > whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried ungrouping > > with > > > no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your > > book?
> > > Chin chin,
> > > David Bowers
> > > "Kathy J" wrote:
> > > > David, > > > > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. > > Others > > > > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the > > different > > > > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate exactly > > > > what you want.
> > > > As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will lose > > the > > > > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), but > > you > > > > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the groups.
> > > > -- > > > > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > > > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! > > Books > > > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > > > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > > > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we > > lived
> > > > "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > message > > > > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > > > > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can > > animate > > > > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
Many thanks for your reply. I have been away for a week or so and will be away for another week from tomorrow. But I have printed your reply and I am optimistic that you will have helped me solve the problem. I'm glad you assumed I would need it blow by blow since I am not exactly the smartest bit in the byte. I will get back to you when I've had a chance to try your suggestions.
"Echo S" wrote: > Yes, 2003 is the one without the tabs. :-)
> I'm not sure what demo you saw, but if the trend line appeared to "open" > from the middle, I suspect the animation used was a "box" entrance or > something.
> So let's start with creating a column chart that has one series as a line. > (Pedantic instructions for those who may be following the discussion.)
> Insert/New Slide. Scroll to the bottom of the slide layout pane and select > the Title and Chart slide layout. Now double-click where it says to on the > slide. You get a 3D chart with dummy data.
> Right-click above the legend and select Chart Type. Choose the first chart > subtype -- the 2D clustered column. Click OK.
> Now right-click the middle data series (the blue columns) and select Chart > Type again. Choose Line and click OK.
> Now you have two columns and a line.
> To animate this chart, you select the chart on the slide, right-click and > choose Custom Animation to turn on the animation task pane. In the Custom > Animation task pane, choose Add Effect and then select an effect. I suggest > that you choose Wipe for this exercise.
> In the task pane, you'll see the chart listed (it probably says Chart 2). > Double-click that. (Or click the arrow to the right and choose Effect > Options.) On the Chart Animation tab, click the arrow next to "as one > object" in the "Group Chart" area. Choose "by series." Deselect the "animate > grid and legend" option and click OK.
> Make sure AutoPreview is selected at the bottom of the taskpane and then > click the Play button to see a preview of the animation. The two columns > will wipe up from the bottom, and the line will do the same. But it will > actually look like it just appears because, of course, there's not much > vertical area on a horizontal line, so the wipe doesn't look like a wipe.
> To fix this, we'll change the wipe direction on the line. Click the > downward-pointing chevron just below the chart in the taskpane to expand the > chart animation. > (http://www.echosvoice.com/individualbullets.htm#IndividualBulletedTex... > tion shows this for a text animation. It may help you see what's going on > here.) Click on the last series in the list (Chart 2, Series 3 here) and > then above that where it says Start: Direction: Speed:, change Direction to > From Left. Change Speed to Medium.
> Click the Play button at the bottom of the taskpane. If the animation looks > pretty much like you want it to, then hit Shift+F5 to view it in slide show > view. Remember that your animation is set to play on mouseclick, so you'll > have to click to make each column and the lines animate in.
> Oh, duh. Instead of Shift+F5, you can just hit the Slide Show button at the > bottom of the animation taskpane.
> Hopefully that will get you going. The key is to choose animations that > allow you to animate "by series" or "by column" or "by element" in the Chart > Animation tab. (I guess PPT 2003 animation does have tabs, but I'm sure > they're not the tabs you were thinking of from PPT 97/2000!)
> Note that if you've used a true trendline (right-click a data series and > choose Add Trendline), the trendline is tied to the data series. It's not > considered its own series. You'd have to animate that type of chart using > "by element in series," expand the list of animations, and change each of > the trendline segments to "from left." You could also drag (or use the > Re-Order buttons at the bottom of the taskpane) the trendline segments > together and change them to "after previous" instead of "on mouse click" so > they come in together as one line.
> > Thanks for your kind reply which I have printed for later digestion. I am > > using PPT in Office 2003 (this is the one which doesn't have tabs?), which > I > > update from Office Updates regularly. Anticipating your reply with great > > excitement! In the demo I saw the trend line "opened" from the middle, > both > > leftwards and rightwards. I would also like to animate the interconnect > line > > joing a series of points in a time-series plot.
> > David
> > "Echo S" wrote:
> > > Which version of PPT are you using, David? We can give you specific > > > instructions if we know what you're using there.
> > > Also, you want to click on the slide to deactivate your chart. Then > select > > > the chart (single click) and choose Custom Animation from the Slide Show > > > menu. Add your animation and look for a "group" option.
> > > What kind of "group" (by series, by category, etc.) is available depends > on > > > a combination of the chart type and specific animation you've selected. > > > Usually a simple Wipe animation (which would be good for a trend line) > can > > > be applied by groups series and category.
> > > > I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint > > > > slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot > > > generated > > > > by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I > know > > > > it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few > month's > > > > ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only > get > > > the > > > > whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried > ungrouping > > > with > > > > no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your > > > book?
> > > > Chin chin,
> > > > David Bowers
> > > > "Kathy J" wrote:
> > > > > David, > > > > > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. > > > Others > > > > > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the > > > different > > > > > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate > exactly > > > > > what you want.
> > > > > As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will > lose > > > the > > > > > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), > but > > > you > > > > > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the > groups.
> > > > > -- > > > > > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > > > > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy > Macro! > > > Books > > > > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > > > > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > > > > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that > we > > > lived
> > > > > "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > > message > > > > > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > > > > > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can > > > animate > > > > > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
> Many thanks for your reply. I have been away for a week or so and will be > away for another week from tomorrow. But I have printed your reply and I am > optimistic that you will have helped me solve the problem. I'm glad you > assumed I would need it blow by blow since I am not exactly the smartest bit > in the byte. I will get back to you when I've had a chance to try your > suggestions.
> David Bowers
> "Echo S" wrote:
> > Yes, 2003 is the one without the tabs. :-)
> > I'm not sure what demo you saw, but if the trend line appeared to "open" > > from the middle, I suspect the animation used was a "box" entrance or > > something.
> > So let's start with creating a column chart that has one series as a line. > > (Pedantic instructions for those who may be following the discussion.)
> > Insert/New Slide. Scroll to the bottom of the slide layout pane and select > > the Title and Chart slide layout. Now double-click where it says to on the > > slide. You get a 3D chart with dummy data.
> > Right-click above the legend and select Chart Type. Choose the first chart > > subtype -- the 2D clustered column. Click OK.
> > Now right-click the middle data series (the blue columns) and select Chart > > Type again. Choose Line and click OK.
> > Now you have two columns and a line.
> > To animate this chart, you select the chart on the slide, right-click and > > choose Custom Animation to turn on the animation task pane. In the Custom > > Animation task pane, choose Add Effect and then select an effect. I suggest > > that you choose Wipe for this exercise.
> > In the task pane, you'll see the chart listed (it probably says Chart 2). > > Double-click that. (Or click the arrow to the right and choose Effect > > Options.) On the Chart Animation tab, click the arrow next to "as one > > object" in the "Group Chart" area. Choose "by series." Deselect the "animate > > grid and legend" option and click OK.
> > Make sure AutoPreview is selected at the bottom of the taskpane and then > > click the Play button to see a preview of the animation. The two columns > > will wipe up from the bottom, and the line will do the same. But it will > > actually look like it just appears because, of course, there's not much > > vertical area on a horizontal line, so the wipe doesn't look like a wipe.
> > To fix this, we'll change the wipe direction on the line. Click the > > downward-pointing chevron just below the chart in the taskpane to expand the > > chart animation.
> > tion shows this for a text animation. It may help you see what's going on > > here.) Click on the last series in the list (Chart 2, Series 3 here) and > > then above that where it says Start: Direction: Speed:, change Direction to > > From Left. Change Speed to Medium.
> > Click the Play button at the bottom of the taskpane. If the animation looks > > pretty much like you want it to, then hit Shift+F5 to view it in slide show > > view. Remember that your animation is set to play on mouseclick, so you'll > > have to click to make each column and the lines animate in.
> > Oh, duh. Instead of Shift+F5, you can just hit the Slide Show button at the > > bottom of the animation taskpane.
> > Hopefully that will get you going. The key is to choose animations that > > allow you to animate "by series" or "by column" or "by element" in the Chart > > Animation tab. (I guess PPT 2003 animation does have tabs, but I'm sure > > they're not the tabs you were thinking of from PPT 97/2000!)
> > Note that if you've used a true trendline (right-click a data series and > > choose Add Trendline), the trendline is tied to the data series. It's not > > considered its own series. You'd have to animate that type of chart using > > "by element in series," expand the list of animations, and change each of > > the trendline segments to "from left." You could also drag (or use the > > Re-Order buttons at the bottom of the taskpane) the trendline segments > > together and change them to "after previous" instead of "on mouse click" so > > they come in together as one line.
> > > Thanks for your kind reply which I have printed for later digestion. I am > > > using PPT in Office 2003 (this is the one which doesn't have tabs?), which > > I > > > update from Office Updates regularly. Anticipating your reply with great > > > excitement! In the demo I saw the trend line "opened" from the middle, > > both > > > leftwards and rightwards. I would also like to animate the interconnect > > line > > > joing a series of points in a time-series plot.
> > > David
> > > "Echo S" wrote:
> > > > Which version of PPT are you using, David? We can give you specific > > > > instructions if we know what you're using there.
> > > > Also, you want to click on the slide to deactivate your chart. Then > > select > > > > the chart (single click) and choose Custom Animation from the Slide Show > > > > menu. Add your animation and look for a "group" option.
> > > > What kind of "group" (by series, by category, etc.) is available depends > > on > > > > a combination of the chart type and specific animation you've selected. > > > > Usually a simple Wipe animation (which would be good for a trend line) > > can > > > > be applied by groups series and category.
> > > > > I have just started to convert my stone-age overheads into Powerpoint > > > > > slides. I want to animate a trend line drawn though a scatter plot > > > > generated > > > > > by the MS Word chart tool. I have ben spectacularly unsuccessful! I > > know > > > > > it's possible because I saw it work in a presentation I saw a few > > month's > > > > > ago. I have tried selecting (clicking) the trend line but I can only > > get > > > > the > > > > > whole chart to animate, not just the line. I have also tried > > ungrouping > > > > with > > > > > no success. Do you have any ideas? Or will I find the answer in your > > > > book?
> > > > > Chin chin,
> > > > > David Bowers
> > > > > "Kathy J" wrote:
> > > > > > David, > > > > > > Some of the animations can only be applied to the chart as a whole. > > > > Others > > > > > > can be applied to each element of the slide. Play around with the > > > > different > > > > > > animations and see if you can find one that will let you animate > > exactly > > > > > > what you want.
> > > > > > As a last resort, make a copy of the chart and ungroup it. You will > > lose > > > > the > > > > > > connection to the data (that's why you are going to work on a copy), > > but > > > > you > > > > > > will be able to group the elements as you want and animate the > > groups.
> > > > > > -- > > > > > > Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote > > > > > > Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy > > Macro! > > > > Books > > > > > > Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com > > > > > > I believe life is meant to be lived. But: > > > > > > if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that > > we > > > > lived
> > > > > > "David Leonard" <David Leon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > > > message > > > > > > news:8F580DDE-46F9-4A4D-9C7D-F25321D00DC2@microsoft.com... > > > > > > >I want to have lines on a graph to be seperate objects so i can > > > > animate > > > > > > > them. Does anyone Know how to do this?
