Editting animations   

I expect this is old ground but I'm hoping for an answer to this common issue.

I have a complex slide with grouped objects and animation.  I need to edit 
one of the grouped objects and of course when you ungroup, the animation 
effects are removed.  Any workarounds that anyone knows about?

On a related note, some of the slides have objects that shrink, then move 
when the animation is run.  What I'd like to do is to edit the objects in 
their final size / position but all I have figured out is trial and error 
process of edit-run animation-see what's wrong-repeat until I finally get it. 
 Is there any way to edit objects in their completed animation state vs their 
starting state?
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Charlie

date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:05:01 -0700   author:   charlie oppenheimer

Re: Editting animations   

In article , Charlie 
oppenheimer wrote:
> I expect this is old ground but I'm hoping for an answer to this common issue.
> 
> I have a complex slide with grouped objects and animation.  I need to edit 
> one of the grouped objects and of course when you ungroup, the animation 
> effects are removed.  Any workarounds that anyone knows about?

Depending on what you want to do in your edits, try tabbing through the shapes 
on your slide.  When you get to the group, keep tabbing; PPT will select each 
shape within the group in turn.  Once the shape you're after is selected, you 
can change its color and do some other limited editing.

If that doesn't get the job done, there are commercial add-ins that allow you to 
record and apply animations.  You could use one of these to pick up an animation 
from the group then reapply it later.

Google Animation Carbon for one of these add-ins.



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date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:15:40 EDT   author:   Steve Rindsberg

RE: Editting animations   

As well as what Steve said - Do the shapes NEED to be grouped? For many (not 
all) animations if you select several shapes and apply a custom animation 
they will behave as if they were grouped.
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"charlie oppenheimer" wrote:

> I expect this is old ground but I'm hoping for an answer to this common issue.
> 
> I have a complex slide with grouped objects and animation.  I need to edit 
> one of the grouped objects and of course when you ungroup, the animation 
> effects are removed.  Any workarounds that anyone knows about?
> 
> On a related note, some of the slides have objects that shrink, then move 
> when the animation is run.  What I'd like to do is to edit the objects in 
> their final size / position but all I have figured out is trial and error 
> process of edit-run animation-see what's wrong-repeat until I finally get it. 
>  Is there any way to edit objects in their completed animation state vs their 
> starting state?
> -- 
> Charlie

date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:41:02 -0700   author:   John Wilson john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk