Animating an Object's Properties
The steps that follow provide an overview of how to animate an object's properties.
To animate the
properties of any object in a picture:
- Select an object.
- In Classic view, click the appropriate Expert on the Experts toolbar, the Task Wizard, or the Basic Animation dialog box.
-Or-
In Ribbon view, on the Tools tab, in the Animations group, click Animations and choose the appropriate Expert.
- In the Data Source field, enter the data source you want to use to dynamically set property values.
- If appropriate, select the type of data conversion you want to use and complete the related fields.
- If appropriate, on the Historical Properties tab, select the start date and time, the time zone, the historical mode, duration, and update rate.
For a list of commonly-used properties, refer to the Commonly-Used Properties for Animations table in the Understanding Data Sources section.
