full circle magazine #65
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Elmer Perry's history of working,
and programming, computers
involves an Apple IIE, ad d in g some
Amiga, a generous helping of DOS
and Windows, a dash of Unix, and
blend well with Linux and Ubuntu.
HOWTO - LIBREOFFICE Pt18
Animation Example
The real power of animations
comes when you combine them to
create interesting effects for your
objects. In our example, the effect
we will create will display items in
a list one at a time. As the next
items displays, the previous one
will gray out. Finally, all the list
items will fade out before the slide
transition.
Create a new slide, and, in the
text area, add four list items.
Select all four list items, and click
Add in the Custom Animation
pane. On the Entrance tab, select
Fly In and click OK. Select each o f
the animations in the animations
pane and set the start to on click,
direction to from bottom, and the
speed to a speed that looks good
on your machine.
For the color change effect,
select the first three items in the
text area of the slide, and click the
Add button. On the Emphasis tab,
select Change Font Color, and click
OK. For each of these three new
animations, change the start to
with previous, the color to gray,
and the speed to a speed that
looks good on your machine. Move
the color change animation for the
first item up using the Change
order arrows. Move it up under the
entrance animation for the second
item. Move the second change
color animation up under the third
entrance animation, and leave the
third color change under the
fourth entrance animation.
Finally, we will create the fade
for all the items. Select all four list
items in the slide's text area. Click
on Add in the animation pane. On
the Exit tab, select Dissolve and
click OK. Set the first exit to start
on click and the other three to
after previous. Select a speed for
the dissolve that works for your
machine.
Test your animations by clicking
on Slide Show in the animation
pane. If you set everything
correctly, each item should fly in
from the bottom and gray out
when you click the mouse. At the
end, all four items should dissolve.
Transitions and animation are
key to creating a professional
looking presentation. If you are
careful to not get carried away,
you can create a polished and
memorable presentation for your
audience. Remember that the idea
behind a presentation is to present
your ideas to your audience, not to
impress them with fancy, overdone
transitions and animations.
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