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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / February 2008Custom Animation - Motion Paths
I know you can do a motion path in Office2007, and when you open that in MacOffice2008, you can view it. But is there a way to create a motion path animation in MacOffice2008? Thanks! Hi Michael, Sorry. No. That feature has not found its way to Mac PowerPoint. -Jim Quoting from "Michael Jardine" <michael@qamera.com>, in article C3C670E9.16A9F%michael@qamera.com, on [DATE: > I know you can do a motion path in Office2007, and when you open that in > MacOffice2008, you can view it. But is there a way to create a motion path > animation in MacOffice2008? > > Thanks!  SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ do you know if there is a planned update to install motion paths into macoffice08? i am a motion path addict. thanks. tenay Hi tenay - Unfortunately that would fall into the category of being an added feature, and updates to current versions typically don't include additional features - they're issued to improve/correct the existing feature set. Although it could conceivably be included in a "major" update [such as 12.5] I wouldn't look for it until the next version of Office:Mac is released. In the meanwhile, use Help> Send Feedback to make sure MS is aware of the demand. No guarantees, but they do heed the input you provide. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 2/2/08 4:33 PM, in article ee8b6eb.1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "tenay" > do you know if there is a planned update to install motion paths into > macoffice08? i am a motion path addict. > > thanks. > tenay I was looking to create motion paths in my ppt presentation and discovered that I am unable to do this. Does this mean that I have to go back to a PC to create the ppt and then send it to my mac. Sort of defeats the purpose. Maria Quoting from "Maria" <Maria>, in article ee8b6eb.3@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, on [DATE: > I was looking to create motion paths in my ppt presentation and discovered > that I am unable to do this. Does this mean that I have to go back to a PC to > create the ppt and then send it to my mac. Sort of defeats the purpose. > > Maria Hi Maria, Unfortunately, the answer is ³yes.² The PC version has the ability to edit motion paths. The Mac version does not. I¹m waiting for the OpenOffice web site to respond so I can download OpenOffice and try it there. It¹s been a while since I tried, so I don¹t know whether or not OpenOffice lets you control motion paths. -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Quoting from "Maria" <Maria>, in article ee8b6eb.3@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, on [DATE: > I was looking to create motion paths in my ppt presentation and discovered > that I am unable to do this. Does this mean that I have to go back to a PC to > create the ppt and then send it to my mac. Sort of defeats the purpose. > > Maria Hi Maria, Microsoft Office on the Mac is not able to edit motion paths, but you don¹t have to go to Windows to edit motion paths. The current version of Sun Microsystem¹s Impress product has the ability to edit motion paths created in Microsoft PowerPoint. Impress is a module of Sun¹s OpenOffice, which is free from http://www.openoffice.org/ -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ I have always been a PC person... I finally decided to go MAC -- sick of spyware/virus' and constant problems. I have spent a fortune on an IMAC and MacBook. I bought them in AUgust, along with Office 2004. Now I have 2008 and can't believe that I have to REQUEST to get a feature BACK for upgrading.... This is more than wrong... Why take away features??? I refuse to use my old PC and then hope that my saved ppt will run properly on my Mac's. Someone tell me this is not the norm... I understand what you're feeling, but just to clarify ... The issue of Motion Paths isn't a matter of having " to REQUEST to get a feature BACK" or anything being 'taken away'. Motion Paths were never included in *any* version of Mac PPt. It's a common assumption that the Office apps for PC & Mac are identical, but they aren't. Each has features the other doesn't and even some features that are the "same" work a bit differently in the one version than they do in the other. What's being suggested that users request is to have the feature *added* at some time in the future - if nobody requests it there is little likelihood of it ever making it to the Mac version. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 2/25/08 11:26 PM, in article ee8b6eb.6@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Deb Johnson " <> wrote: > I have always been a PC person... > I finally decided to go MAC -- sick of spyware/virus' and constant problems. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I refuse to use my old PC and then hope that my saved ppt will run properly on > my Mac's. Someone tell me this is not the norm... |
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