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A Sample Positioning Matrix Exported from SmartDraw used the “PPT” button

Exported from SmartDraw used the “PPT” button

A Sequenced Positioning Matrix Visio Adobe Illustrator PhotoShop SmartDraw PrintShop SmartDraw Positioning BUSINESS ARTISTIC In order to see this animation you will need to play this as a presentation in PowerPoint, or use the animation preview button. E A S Y D I F F I C U L T

How to Sequence SD2008 Drawings Export to PPT using “PPT” Button in SD2008 Copy & Paste into PPT will not work Creates a static bitmap instead of a Windows Meta File You can’t ungroup a bitmap

Export to PPT using “PPT” Button in SD2008

Copy & Paste into PPT will not work

Creates a static bitmap instead of a Windows Meta File

You can’t ungroup a bitmap

How to Sequence SD2008 Drawings Once you have a SmartDraw drawing exported to PPT as a meta file…. Ungroup it.

Once you have a SmartDraw drawing exported to PPT as a meta file….

Ungroup it.

How to Sequence SD2008 Drawings Ungroup the drawing again So it looks like this Why? This allows you to select individual parts of the drawing and animate them. Because? The first ungrouping leaves the drawing within one container – if you try to animate one part of it, everything gets animated.

Ungroup the drawing again

So it looks like this

How to Sequence SD2008 Drawings Finally, start selecting individual components Or groups of components Select some effects

Finally, start selecting individual components

Or groups of components

Select some effects

How to Sequence SD2008 Drawings Use the Custom Animation Panel Helps control the sequence And the effects And the triggers And the timing It really does most of the work once you ungroup everything

Use the Custom Animation Panel

Helps control the sequence

And the effects

And the triggers

And the timing

It really does most of the work once you ungroup everything

A Note Some Diagrams don’t sequence as well as others Flowcharts Step carts Other types of diagrams that use long connectors The reason is that PowerPoint treats the connecting lines as one contiguous object This makes it impossible to sequence them into small sections

Some Diagrams don’t sequence as well as others

Flowcharts

Step carts

Other types of diagrams that use long connectors

The reason is that PowerPoint treats the connecting lines as one contiguous object

This makes it impossible to sequence them into small sections

More Resources on SD2008 / PPT A word about using “paste special” in PPT Screencast demonstration of PPT button And as always, we take questions on the SmartDraw Forums Let me know if this has been helpful [email_address]

A word about using “paste special” in PPT

Screencast demonstration of PPT button

And as always, we take questions on the SmartDraw Forums

Let me know if this has been helpful

[email_address]