If the specified object is an AutoShape, msoTrue if the shape is animated separately from the text it contains. If the specified shape is a graph object, msoTrue if the background (the axes and gridlines) of the specified graph object is animated. Applies only to AutoShapes with text that can be built in more than one step or to graph objects. Read/write MsoTriState.

Syntax

expression.AnimateBackground

expression A variable that represents an AnimationSettings object.

Remarks

Use the and TextUnitEffect properties to control the animation of text attached to the specified shape.

If this property is set to MsoTrue and the TextLevelEffect property is set to ppAnimateByAllLevels, the shape and its text will be animated simultaneously. If this property is set to MsoTrue and the TextLevelEffect property is set to anything other than ppAnimateByAllLevels, the shape will be animated immediately before the text is animated.

You won't see effects of setting this property unless the specified shape is animated. For a shape to be animated, the TextLevelEffect property for the shape must be set to something other than ppAnimateLevelNone, and either the property must be set to MsoTrue, or the EntryEffect property must be set to a constant other than ppEffectNone.

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue

Example

This example creates a rectangle that contains text. The example then specifies that the shape should fly in from the lower right, that the text should be built from first-level paragraphs, and that the shape should be animated separately from the text it contains. In this example, the EntryEffect property turns on animation.

Visual Basic for Applications 
Sub AnimateTextBox() With ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes.AddShape _ (Type:=msoShapeRectangle, Left:=50, Top:=200, _ Width:=200, Height:=200) .TextFrame.TextRange = "Reason 1" & Chr(13) & _ "Reason 2" & Chr(13) & "Reason 3" With .AnimationSettings .EntryEffect = ppEffectFlyFromBottomRight .TextLevelEffect = ppAnimateByFirstLevel .TextUnitEffect = ppAnimateByParagraph .AnimateBackground = msoTrue End With End With End Sub

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