Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress, Master Slides and Custom Animations

On 2011-06-30, Cor Nouws wrote:

> tpe wrote (30-06-11 08:56)
>
> > [...] But, I have to add transition between each text Outlines and
> > each page. It's very easy to add page transition effects. But, so far I have
> > not managed to add automatic custom effect in text transitions (with click).
> > For example, let's say that I have in page the following format:
> >
> >      Text 1
> >      Text 2
> >      Text 3
> >
> > I want to present the elements as
> > Text 1, then I click the mouse, Text 2 click the mount Text 3 etc.
>
> - make sure either the text frame is selected or one of the lines has
> the cursor;
> - at the bottom right of the screen, select Custom Animation
> - add one to your needs
> now there is a window bottom right, listing your outline and the effect
> - right click on the line and choose Effect options
> - in that window on the tab Tex animation, you can set the desired effect
> (and much more)
> There are also other paths to this effect/goal.

This is something I really wanted to find out what to do. 

As I usually use LaTeX+Beamer to make slideshows, I'm used to just write
\pause and having it work™. Last time I used Impress I couldn't find the
way to do this (just in case someone is going to award the prize for
dirtiest hack: I ended up copying the slide several times and deleting
the text that should be hidden).

Just doing what you pointed still makes all paragraphs appear at the
same time (I picked effect "appear"), but if in "Text Animation" I
choose "Group text: By 1st level paragraphs", now in the effect window I
get a "subeffect" for each paragraph, and, for each of these, picking
"Start on click" in the context menu does the trick.

This makes me happy (although I'd like something easier, at least now I
know a way to do it). But the OP wants to do this for *all* slides.


> > I tried the same on LO 3.3:
> > Edit the Slide Master, modified the fonts etc. Then, I tried to add a custom
> > animation in each element
> > But with no success.
>
> Indeed, I can set it, but it does not have effect on the slides with
> the master pages.

Tried here, same thing, effects aren't inherited -- or probably just the
ones associated with text?

> SO if you want to apply the same effect very often, 'just' copy either
> a frame or a slide ...

Heh, that's exactly what master pages should avoid, ain't it? :-)

> > So, is it possible to do that in LO?
>
> As explained: yes, but in a different manner.

Rule of thumb: Never assume stuff is done in the same way as in the
other "office suite" you use.

-- 
Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)
gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/njsg

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