Microsoft KB Archive/160782

= PPT97: Semi-Transparent Objects Look Grainy While Animating =

Article ID: 160782

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160782





SYMPTOMS
If you apply certain custom animation effects to a drawing object that has a semi-transparent fill color, that object appears grainy or dithered as it animates during your slide show. After the initial animation, the object appears correctly.

The animation effects that result in this symptom are those that change the size of the object. These include the Zoom, Stretch, and Swivel effects.



CAUSE
PowerPoint displays semi-transparent objects by filling them with alternating pixels of the color of the object and the color of the background. When PowerPoint stretches or sizes the drawing object during animation, this pattern of alternating pixels is temporarily distorted.



RESOLUTION
This symptom does not appear with most of the animation effects. It is also much less noticeable if your Windows display settings are set for more than 256 colors or if you are using a faster computer.

Additional query words: 97 8.00 98 ppt8 checkered checkmark crosshatch hatched hatching ugly increase degrease zoom-in zoom-out stretch stretched

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB160782

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