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Creating animated GIF images

You can animate drawing objects, text objects, and graphic objects (images) on your pages to make your presentation more interesting. You can create animation images (frames) by assembling objects from your page. The animation effect is achieved by rotating through the static frames that you create.

You cannot modify an animated object after you create it. Instead, you can select the object, click Presentation > Animation Effects, make your modifications, and then save it as a different animation.
  1. Select an object or group of objects that you want to include in your animation, and click Create > Image Animation.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click the Apply Object button Apply object to add a single object or a group of objects to the current animation frame.
    • Click the Apply Object Individually button Apply object individually to create a separate animation frame for each of the selected objects.
  3. You can add objects to the animation sequence as long as the Image Animation window is opened. To delete an image, click the Delete Current Image button.
  4. When you create a bitmap animation (animated GIF), you can assign a delay time to each frame, and specify the number of times the animation is played. In the Animation group area, select Bitmap object.
  5. Use the animation timeline to specify the duration for displaying a frame and the number of times an animation sequence is presented, forming a loop. Animation Timeline Dialog
    1. Enter a frame number in the Image Number field (left box).
    2. Enter the number of seconds that you want the frame to display in the Duration field (middle box).
    3. Repeat steps a and b for each frame in your animation.
  6. Preview your animation by using the controls to the left of the Image Number field.
    1. Select the number of times that you want the animation sequence to repeat in the Loop count box (right box).
    2. Select an alignment option for the objects in the Alignment box.
    3. Click Create.

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