Animating Points on Objects
You can animate any point created as a point on an object or graph. Multiple points can be animated simultaneously.
1. | From the Actions menu, select Attributes. |
2. | Click the point to display its attributes. |
3. | Press ▼ to select the animation attributes. |
4. | Press ◄ or ► to choose either unidirectional or alternating animation. |
5. | Type a value to set the animation speed. Any nonzero speed begins the animation. To reverse the direction, enter a negative value. |
6. | Press Enter to display the animation controls . |
7. | Press ESC to close the Attributes tool. |
▶ | To pause all animations on a page, click Pause . |
▶ | To resume all animations, click Play . |
Resetting pauses all animations and returns all animated points to the positions they occupied when they were first animated.
▶ | To reset animation, click Reset . |
1. | Click Reset to stop all animation. |
2. | From the Actions menu, select Attributes. |
3. | Click the point to display its attributes. |
4. | Select the animation attribute, and type a new animation speed. To stop the point’s animation, enter zero. |
Note: If other animated points exist, the animation controls remain in the work area.