Determines whether the background will animate separately from, or in addition to, its accompanying text. Returns an object representing the newly-modified animation effect.

Syntax

expression.ConvertToAnimateBackground(Effect, AnimateBackground)

expression A variable that represents a Sequence object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Effect Required Effect The animation effect to be applied to the background.
AnimateBackground Required Determines whether the text will animate separately from the background.

Return Value
Effect

Example

This example creates a text effect for the first shape on the first slide in the active presentation, and animates the text in the shape separately from the background. This example assumes there is a shape on the first slide, and that the shape has text inside it.

Visual Basic for Applications 
Sub AnimateText() Dim timeMain As TimeLine Dim shpActive As Shape Set shpActive = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1) Set timeMain = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).TimeLine ' Add a blast effect to the text, and animate the text separately ' from the background. timeMain.MainSequence.ConvertToAnimateBackground _ Effect:=timeMain.MainSequence.AddEffect(Shape:=shpActive, _ effectid:=msoAnimEffectBlast), _ AnimateBackGround:=msoFalse End Sub

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