I tried to see if someone posted this already but I didn't run across this issue being discussed. I have a flow chart that I want to have the circles and boxes grow and shrink. When I go to publish the boxes grow one at a time but do not shrink back. I made sure that I checked the box that says auto-reverse. Why will it not work the right way when published but in the preview it works fine.
This is a project for work that I have to get done asap. I would appreciate any help I can receive.
Similar question to above........I have a process map built with text boxes.......I have used the grow/shrink animation to emphasise the step that I am talking about. When viewed in Powerpoint, it does exactly what I want it to do. When I view it in Articulate preview, some of the boxes grow and shrink, but they dont shrink by the desired amount. In some cases, the boxes dont grow/shrink, only the text in the box is animated.
I have not tried to view this in "published" mode......is this just a glitch in Preview?
I have them in as 2 animations.......one object shrinks as the second grows
Perhaps I will publish file and see does it work.......perhaps it is a glitch in preview? It is odd that some of the shapes do what I expect and the others dont. I have checked that all shapes aer set up exactly the same way
I reapplied the effect to the parts that were not working properly...........I am happy to report bak that everything is now working as expected. Must have made a monkeys of applying the effect the first time round
I have a similar problem with the grow/shrink animation, but in my case the oval is growing only vertically and not at all horizontally. Also, from the look of it, it doesn't seem to grow to 150% as stated in the Effect options, but more like 200-300%. I've verified that it should grow in all directions under Effect Options in the toolbar.
In Presenter, doing Play, everything looks just dandy, but Preview and/or Publish gives the above strange behaviour. Any clue, anyone?
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I 'm looking forward to it! Actually there is one more possible source of error: The original PPT slide was created in a previous or older version of PPT, maybe the object I want to animate doesn't have the right "handles" somehow to enable correct animation? I will try with an oval that I create in this latest version of PPT.
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Hi Lisa
Auto reverse does not work in articulate, you need to add a shrink animation to each box
Phil
Hi Phil,
I tried it works fine in play mode but then as soon as I click on Preview this slide it doesn't shrink back down. Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Lisa
should work, can you post the slide so I can look at it
Phil
Hi
Similar question to above........I have a process map built with text boxes.......I have used the grow/shrink animation to emphasise the step that I am talking about. When viewed in Powerpoint, it does exactly what I want it to do. When I view it in Articulate preview, some of the boxes grow and shrink, but they dont shrink by the desired amount. In some cases, the boxes dont grow/shrink, only the text in the box is animated.
I have not tried to view this in "published" mode......is this just a glitch in Preview?
Any suggestions/help welcome
Eamonn
Just being cheeky and bumping this in the hope that I will get an answer
Cheers
Eamonn
Hi Eamonn,
I would recommend doing two animations - one for the grow and one for the shrink. Auto-reverse is not currently supported in Presenter:
http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/?p=400
Hope that's helpful!
Hi Peter
I have them in as 2 animations.......one object shrinks as the second grows
Perhaps I will publish file and see does it work.......perhaps it is a glitch in preview? It is odd that some of the shapes do what I expect and the others dont. I have checked that all shapes aer set up exactly the same way
Eamonn
I reapplied the effect to the parts that were not working properly...........I am happy to report bak that everything is now working as expected. Must have made a monkeys of applying the effect the first time round
Glad to hear everything's working out now, Eamonn!
Thanks for the tip on having two animations Peter. This worked well for me.
Right on, Eric! Glad to hear it.
Hi,
I have a similar problem with the grow/shrink animation, but in my case the oval is growing only vertically and not at all horizontally. Also, from the look of it, it doesn't seem to grow to 150% as stated in the Effect options, but more like 200-300%. I've verified that it should grow in all directions under Effect Options in the toolbar.
In Presenter, doing Play, everything looks just dandy, but Preview and/or Publish gives the above strange behaviour. Any clue, anyone?
Thanks,
ingela
Hi Ingela!
Would you like to send us your files so we can take a closer look? I f so, please create an Articulate Presenter package, then upload the zip file to our server. You can review how to do this here:
Send to Articulate Presenter Package – Articulate Presenter ’09 Help
Upload the resulting zip file from your computer to our server using this upload form:
Articulate Support - Upload Your Files for Review
Please be sure to include a description of your issue, your version of PowerPoint, version of Windows and version of Presenter '09, which you can find in Help and Support -> About Articulate Presenter. Please also include the URL for this thread so I can follow up with you personally in the forums. And feel free to come back and leave your case number here so I can keep a close eye on it. Thanks!
Hello,
I uploaded my Test-package Case #00265556.
I do hope you find what's wrong with it/me/Articulate!
Thanks in advance,
ingela
Looks like we got it, Ingela. Someone will be contacting you shortly. Thanks
I 'm looking forward to it! Actually there is one more possible source of error: The original PPT slide was created in a previous or older version of PPT, maybe the object I want to animate doesn't have the right "handles" somehow to enable correct animation? I will try with an oval that I create in this latest version of PPT.
Cheers,
ingela
Nope :-( same problem with freshly created oval in this latest version of PPT.
Argghh, I'll just leave this to the experts...
An now I have the solution from Support; it was related to the regional settings in Windows (!):
http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=1321
The solution in the link sorted my troubles out!
Thank you,
ingela
Awesome! Thanks for sharing, Ingela, and glad you're back on track
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