Re: Animation

[Sonia]

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"Tornado" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to display a tranlge shape moving around a circle (360
degree) moving in 30-60 degree incruments at a time. I can't find basic
anmation features that allow me to do this. Am I missing where this feature
is or can someone direct me to a program that has this animation feature
available?

[Sonia]

Then with Motion Paths you could do what you want. Create a circle and a
triangle. Apply animations to the triangle to make it move about the
circle.

"tornado" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ms PowerPoint 2002

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

Although this could be accomplished using arc motion paths, it can be
difficult and time-consuming to get each of the 30 or 60 degree arcs to
line up the way you want so that the animation will be smooth, so I would
use a little trick that allows you to set the center of rotation for the
Spin emphasis effect at the center of the circle that you want the triagle
to rotate around and, then rotate the triable in increments using the Spin
effect.

1) Create a duplicate triangle, flip it and position it 180 degrees around
the circle from the triangle you want to rotate.
2) Format the 2nd triangle with No color fill and No color line
3) Group both of the triangles
4) Add the Spin effect to the group and specify the degrees you want it use.
5) Repeat step for as many times as needed until the group has rotated 360
degrees.

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[Kathy J]

John,
I use a slight variation on this process that you might want to consider.
Instead of setting the duplicate shape to no line no fill right away, I
don't change it until after I have the animation set. Then I change it to a
100% transparent fill instead of no fill.

Not changing the line and fill until I have things just right allows me to
see the item while I am working and change the fulcrum point if I need to.
Using transparency instead of no fill gives me a better shot a clicking the
object when I need to select it. (I hate trying to find the edge of a
no-fill object.)

Just my two cents, do with it what you want to :)

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