Determines whether the specified shape is animated during a slide show. Read/write MsoTriState.

Syntax

expression.Animate

expression A variable that represents an AnimationSettings object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

For a shape to be animated, the property of the AnimationSettings object for the shape must be set to something other than ppAnimateLevelNone, and either the Animate property must be set to True, or the property must be set to a constant other than ppEffectNone.

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue The specified shape is animated during a slide show.

Example

This example specifies that the title on slide two in the active presentation appear dimmed after the title is built. If the title is the last or only shape to be built on slide two, the text won't be dimmed.

Visual Basic for Applications 
With ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes.Title.AnimationSettings .TextLevelEffect = ppAnimateByAllLevels .AfterEffect = ppAfterEffectDim .Animate = msoTrue End With

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