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Old 10-16-2012, 01:27 PM
losalamos losalamos is offline Windows 7 64bit Office 2010 64bit
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Default Precise endpoint for motion path

Hello,

Please see the attached demo file. It is easier to show than to describe!

The textbox on the first slide starts in a given place under a circle, and after a short delay, ends up in a new place between two circles.

I then add another textbox, and it follows a similar path to a new point. I do this a total of four times -- so that at the end I have four textboxes.

The problem:

When I am ready to introduce a new textbox, I have to make a new slide with the prior textbox now in its permanent location. This should be the exact location where it ended its motion path. So I need to match the endpoint on the previous slide to the center of the textbox on the next slide; otherwise, the textboxes jump when I introduce the new slide

I already tried using a template where I had pasted their textboxes in their precise final locations - in an effort to put the endpoint right in the center of the textbox. This did not work - the textboxes jump. I can also watch the slideshow and say "ok - that endpoint needs to come down slightly, etc." This also has not been effective.

Any help is appreciated. Is there any more automated way to do this? I surely can't be the first person who wanted to animate an object and then have it sit still in its new location.

I am working in PowerPoint 2010.

Thanks,

Kevin
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