PPT97: Branch Presentations Ignore Animation Order Settings

ID: Q195463

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you have a single slide that contains multiple PowerPoint presentation objects, the objects always play in the same order if you start them using Custom Animation settings on the Slide Show menu in PowerPoint 97.

CAUSE

When you place more than one PowerPoint presentation object on a slide and set their Custom Animation settings or Animation Settings to Show, the branched presentations follow the Animation Order that is set in the Custom Animation dialog box.

RESOLUTION

To run the objects in the order you want, use the Action Settings command on the Slide Show menu in PowerPoint 97.

For each branched PowerPoint presentation, click the presentation object and then follow these steps:

1. On the Slide Show menu, click Action Settings, and then click either the

   Mouse Click or Mouse Over tab.

2. Click to select the Object Action option. From the list under

   Object Action, select Show. Click OK.

3. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation, and click the Play

   Settings tab.

4. In the Object Action drop-down list, select Don't Play, and click OK.

Additional query words: 8.0, 8.00, table of contents, powerpnt ppt8 w_powerpt branch effect

Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: November 10, 1998