Can you copy a Zoom Region?

Mar 18, 2013

I'm working with a course where I would like to have "the same zoom" on multiple slides. I found how to change the zoom speed, but I don't find anything that tells me the zoom size and position. I also don't seem to have functionality to copy and paste a zoom region from one slide to another. Is there anyway, other than eye-balling it, to make identical zoom sizes on multiple slides? The timing will be different, but I want the size and placement to match.

David Chiesa

1 month ago03/25/24 at 10:31 am (UTC)

Hi folks, if you want to add the same zoom to a number of already developed slides, you can try this trick. (Yeah it's still a faff, but it's easier and more accurate than doing it by hand). Please let me know how you get on.

Apply the zoom to the first zoom slide as normal
Duplicate the slide
On the duplicated slide delete all of the objects (Except the zoom)
If you want to use this zoom over several slides, duplicate this slide again once for each zoomed in slide.
Copy all of the objects from each of your non-zoomed slide(s). and paste them into each of your new zoomed slides respectively.
Delete the non-zoomed versions of your slides.
If necessary, redo the zoom timings on all of your zoomed slides.
1. The zoom on the first slide needs to start a fraction of a second or more after the slide starts (this is if you want to animate the zoom-in).
2. Set this zoom to play until the end of the slide (So it does not zoom out).
3. On your interim zoom slides set the zoom timeline so that it starts at the very beginning of the slide and stays there until the end (So there is no zoom in/out animation).
4. On the last zoom slide make sure that the zoom completes at an appropriate time on the timeline before the end of the slide. (So it zooms out ready for the next non-zoomed slide)
5. If necessary rename your zoomed slides back to their original names for your TOC.

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