Re: Macro to change color/transparency of shape in Powerpoint runtime?

From: Abhishek Bagga (_at_)
Date: 03/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:53:42 +0530

"David Albert" <David Albert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01254723-8232-4836-9DA5-042B0F9011A3@microsoft.com...
>I need the capability to change the transparency or color of a shape such
>as
> a rectangle at runtime in Powerpoint. For example:
> 1. On a Powerpoint slide I have a rectangular shape whose fill is red and
> transparency 0% (ie; not transparent at all).
> 2. At runtime I show this slide and click the mouse on that box.
> 3. What I want to happen is for the tranaparency property of that box to
> change to 100% so that I can see the content of the table cell underneath
> it.
> I am using Powerpoint 2003

Instead of using a macro you can use animations
You can either use Exit animations with effects like wipe, dissolve, circle
or if you specifically want the box to become transparent
you can use Emphasis animations --> transparency to achieve it.

Abhishek

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