Powerpoint 2003 - "Credits" animation stops after 15 seconds 1

[Corgano]

Hello all,

I have a list of names in PowerPoint that we need to scroll, it's a long list of maybe 40 names. Now, the "credits" entry animation works great but the problem is it stops after 15 seconds. I can see "15 seconds" in the timing and in the advanced timing it counts to 15 and stops... but I can't figure out how to get it to continue to the bottom of the list! I either need it to scroll the entire list or be able to manually adjust the timing to 30 seconds.
Setting the timing to the "Slow, Fast, etc" options doesn't help and then removes the "15 second" option.

 

[HalfListener]

To adjust the custom timing of animations...
In the animation task pane, use the pull down menu next to the Credits animation. Select Timing from the list. In the Timing box on the resulting dialog box, enter the number of seconds you would like the animation to run.

** But this is not the source of your problem**

The problem is that the list of names runs too long. The credits animation is only designed to run about 'one screen's worth' of information. So, you have two options: Create you own custom animation that behave like credits, or use multiple slides.

To create your own, in PowerPoint 2003, you can use a simple motion path on a text box. Remove the animations applied to the text box. Select it and move it down to just off the bottom of the slide. Then right click and add a custom animation -- motion path -- draw custom -- line. Now, the secret is to make the length of the path equal to the height of the screen plus the height of the text box, so.... Click and drag the cursor from the bottom of the textbox to the top of the slide in one motion. When you release the mouse key, the motion path position will move to the center of the text box, don't worry, this is what you want. Now, you will need to slow the animation way, way down. Usually motion paths default to medium speed (2 seconds). Use the technique listed above to slow it down to 30 or 40 seconds. You may also want to remove the smooth start and end options that can be found on the 'Effect' tab.

Bill Dilworth

 

[Corgano]

Worked like a charm!

Very much appreciated!