Animations Don't Show up in Animation Pane, Even in Safe Mode

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Animations Don't Show up in Animation Pane, Even in Safe Mode

Anonymous

Hi,

I have a PowerPoint given to me by a colleague that has animations on it that we can't seem to remove. There are no transitions on the slides, and no animations show up in the animation pane. The "star" indicator, however, still shows up next to the slides with animations.

We know we can present without the animations, but we've been hoping to completely remove them from the PowerPoint. Multiple people on different computers have had this problem, but I'm on a Mac for reference. I've inserted a screenshot of what the PowerPoint looks like on my end.

I've tried going into safe mode to see if that changes anything, but everything still looked the same.

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Answer 1

Hi

I had a chance to test copilot's code, and it was pretty good, but it lacked a couple variable dimensions.

Here's how to use this code.

In PowerPoint, go to Tools > Macro > Visual Basic Editor

In the editor, choose Insert > Module and a white, empty code module will display

Copy the code below and paste it into the module, then press Command-Q to close the Visual Basic Editor

On the Tools menu choose Macro > Macros and select RemoveAllAnimations then click the Run button

Option Explicit

Sub RemoveAllAnimations()
Dim sld As Slide
Dim x
    ' Loop through all slides within the ActivePresentation
    For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides
        ' Loop through each animation on the slide
        For x = sld.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count To 1 Step -1
            ' Remove each animation
            sld.TimeLine.MainSequence.Item(x).Delete
        Next x
    Next sld
    ' Display a completion notification
    MsgBox "All animations were removed from your PowerPoint presentation!"
End Sub

Answer 2

Copilot

Executing Task:remove all animations in a PowerPoint slide show

Certainly! To remove all animations from a PowerPoint slide show using VBA, you can use the following code snippet: Sub RemoveAllAnimations() ' Loop through all slides within the ActivePresentation For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides ' Loop through each animation on the slide For x = sld.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count To 1 Step -1 ' Remove each animation sld.TimeLine.MainSequence.Item(x).Delete Next x Next sld ' Display a completion notification MsgBox "All animations were removed from your PowerPoint presentation!" End Sub This VBA macro code will iterate through each slide in the active presentation and remove any animation effects applied to the Animation Timeline. After running this macro, your presentation will no longer have any animations.

Feel free to customize the code to fit your specific needs. If you have any other questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask! 😊

Answer 3

Jim G 134K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Try selecting an object that appears to have an animation effect on it.

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Answer 4

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

May I know if this issue happens in a specific presentation or different presentations?

If only a specific presentation has has this issue, you may try copying the content of the slides to a new PowerPoint presentation and see if the animations are still present. If they are not, you can save the new presentation and use it instead.

If the issue still happens, could you please provide the file here? It will help us have a better understanding of the scenario and provide our suggestion in a productive manner.

You may upload the file to OneDrive and then provide a sharing link here. Note: use link type "Anyone with the link can view" to generate a sharing link.

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Animations Don't Show up in Animation Pane, Even in Safe Mode

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