Ordering graphics

[Jonathan]

I feel this is a numty question, but I haven't found the answer in my head,
or Help or this forum yet ...

I put several similar graphics on top of one another on a slide so that at
each click one element of a picture appears to move or change colour. How to
I get at the lower pictures to put some animation (like fade in on a click)
when the upper pictures cover them up? I usually move them to one side and
then try to line them up again, but it's a lot of work for a small job. For
example, is there somewhere to right-click, see a list of graphics on the
slide, and pick the one I want to operate on?

 

[tohlz]

One way you can do is to select the upper picture, then click Tab repeatly
until you get to the lower picture.
Another way is to send the upper picture to the back (Right click on upper
picture, click Ordering > Send to Back.) so that you can apply animations
onto the lower picture. After you are done, send the lower picture to the
back again.

Also, you can try out PPT2HTML add-in, which includes an accessibility
assistant. It lets you select any shape on the slide by name (rename it if
you like), hide, delete, nudge, change stacking order and a few other tricks.
You can download the trial at:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/ppt2html/index.html
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[aneasiertomorrow]

You can also add the 'select multiple objects' button to a toolbar and give
the objects a secondary name. See here for more details:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00504.htm

Lucy
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MOS Master Instructor
South Australia

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[Jonathan]

Thank you both for your rapid and helpful responses. That's three useful
ideas (I wish I'd thought of 'tab'!) all of which I will try out.