IBM Lotus Symphony


Applying Animation Effects

You can apply specified animation effects to objects on your page.

To apply an animation effect to an object:

  1. Open Order of Animation Effects dialog.

    Choose Presentation - Animation Effects.... You can also choose an object and right click on it. Then click Animation Effects... on the pop-up menu.

  2. Open Animation Effects dialog.

    On Order of Animation Effects dialog, press New or Edit button.

    Note: If you want to press New button to open the Animation Effect dialog, an effect must be selected beforehand on Effects tab page ; If you want to press Edit button to open, an effect must be selected beforehand in Effects list on Order of Animation Effects dialog.

Effects

Assigns an effect to the selected object that runs during the screen show.

To access this command...
  1. Choose Effects tab page on Animation Effects dialog. On Effects tab page, select effect category from Type combo-box, then select Effect and its sub type from Effect and Sub Type combo-boxes respectively.
  2. On Effects tab page, select effect category from Type combo-box. Then select Effect and its sub type from Effect and Sub Type combo-boxes respectively.
  3. Click OK button to close the dialog.

Speed

Sets the speed for the selected effect.

Accelerated Start

Accelerates the specified effect from the start.

Decelerated End

Decelerates the specified effect to the end.

Preview

Displays a preview of the current page.

Options

Provides more choices for effects about the screen show.

To access this command...

Choose Options tab page on Animation Effects dialog.

Begin Effect

Sets the trigger event of the specified animation effect.

On Mouse Click

Triggers the specified effect when you left click mouse.

With Previous

Triggers the specified effect together with the previous effect.

After Previous

Triggers the specified effect after previous effect is over.

Delay

Sets the delay time when the specified effect will begin after its trigger event occurs.

Repeat

Sets repeating times of the specified effect.

After Effect

Sets additional effect after the main animation effect is done.

Hide Object

Hides the target object after the specified effect is over.

Hide Object on next Mouse Click

Hides the target object on next mouse click.

Dim With Color

Sets the specified color after the specified effect is over.

To access this command...

Select Fade To... from After Effect combo-box.

Then select a color from Color combo-box below and click OK button.

Rewind Animation

The specified effect will rewind to the beginning state automatically when it is done.

Preview

Previews animation effects of selected objects.

Trigger from

Sets how to trigger the animation effects.


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