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Timing.Decelerate Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Sets or returns the percentageof the duration over which a timing deceleration should take place. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Decelerate

expression   A variable that represents a Timing object.

Return Value
Single

Remarks

For example, a value of 0.9 means that an deceleration should start at the default speed, and then start to slow down after the first ten percent of the animation.

Example

This example adds a shape and adds an animation that starts at the default speed and slows down after 70% of the animation has finished.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddShapeSetTiming()

Dim effDiamond As Effect
Dim shpRectangle As Shape

'Adds rectangle and sets animation effect
Set shpRectangle = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes _
    .AddShape(Type:=msoShapeRectangle, Left:=100, _
    Top:=100, Width:=50, Height:=50)
Set effDiamond = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).TimeLine _
    .MainSequence.AddEffect(Shape:=shpRectangle, _
    effectId:=msoAnimEffectPathDiamond)

'Slows the effect after seventy percent of the animation has finished
With effDiamond.Timing
    .<strong>Decelerate</strong> = 0.3
End With



End Sub

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