Precise endpoint for motion path

[losalamos]

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

[JohnWilson]

You might want to look at the demo of our "productivity" Add In for 2010. The demo is free and fully functional for 14 days. The animations you create will not expire. Does a lot more too!

[losalamos]

Hi John,

Thanks - if I can get the add-in working it would be well worth the price. At the moment, all buttons except 'Options' and 'Help' are greyed-out.

I tried following the instructions for creating a motion path (i.e. duplicate the shape, select the original and the duplicate, then Create Motion Path.) However, all buttons remained greyed-out, even when the two objects are selected.

Please let me know if I am missing something.

Thanks,

Kevin

[JohnWilson]

Been stuck in hurricane Sandy. Drop me an email john AT pptalchemy.co.uk