multiple spheres on a Ppoint slide all follow same motion path

[timmussman]

How do I have 5 spheres on a powerpoint slide all follow the same elliptical
path.
I am able to creat separate motion paths for each sphere, but they are not
exactly the same since I am drawing with "curves".
I figure there must be a way to have multiple objects follow the same path.

Also, the elliptical path is actually an ellipse at an angle.

 

[John Wilson]

Try selecting all the spheres and then giving obe the path you need. Does
that work?
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[timmussman]

Thank you John for your quick response.
I did try your suggestion, and it did not work they way I would like.

When I selected all the spheres and created the motion path (using "curves")
along the angled ellipse, only the sphere where I started the motion path
stayed on the path. The other 4 spheres moved in relation to the first
sphere. Note: I started in the motion path in the center of the first sphere.

I may not have described my ellipse very clearly also.
I imagine a picture of a galaxy kind of at an angle. I would like the 5
spheres I have spaced out on this angled ellipse to follow the path along the
ellipse.

Tim

 

[John Wilson]

is it more like this?
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/planets.zip
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[timmussman]

Similar path, but a complete oval.
Also, the planets are equally spaced on the oval to start.
Question, is the path the same for each planet? Can you copy and paste
paths? That is what it really comes down to. I can make a separate path for
each of the five planets, but doing it manually means that they will not be
exactly the same.