Microsoft KB Archive/173139

= PPT97: Animation Doesn't Play when Viewing Previous Slide =

Article ID: 173139

Article Last Modified on 11/22/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173139





SYMPTOMS
While viewing your presentation in a slide show, if you select to view a previous slide that contains text, graphic animations, or narration, the text and graphics do not animate, and the narration does not play.



CAUSE
Microsoft PowerPoint only plays animations and narrations, when you advance to the slide.



Method 1: Return to the Previous Slide
If you want to repeat the animation or narration on a particular slide, return to the slide immediately before the slide containing the animation or narration, and then click to advance to the next slide.

If this slide is the first slide of the presentation, you can insert a hidden slide before it with its transition time set to 0 seconds, so that when you return or link to that slide, instead the "first" slide, the animations repeat normally when it automatically advances.

Method 2: Create a Macro to Reset the Slide Builds
In PowerPoint, you can create a macro to reset the builds on a specific slide. For additional information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

168495 PPT97: Sample Code to Reset the Builds on a Slide

Additional query words: builds animated picture textbox bullets slide transition fade back reverse ppt97 8.00 ppt8 interactive settings action

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB173139

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