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Timing.SmoothStart Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Determines whether an animation should accelerate when it starts. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.SmoothStart

expression   A variable that represents a Timing object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

The value of the SmoothStart property can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Constant Description
msoFalse The default. The animation does not accelerate when it starts.
msoTrue The animation accelerates when it starts.

Example

The following example adds a shape to a slide, animates the shape, and instructs the shape to accelerate when it starts.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddShapeSetTiming()

Dim effDiamond As Effect
Dim shpRectangle As Shape

Set shpRectangle = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes _
    .AddShape(Type:=msoShapeRectangle, Left:=100, _
    Top:=100, Width:=50, Height:=50)
Set effDiamond = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).TimeLine.MainSequence _
    .AddEffect(Shape:=shpRectangle, effectId:=msoAnimEffectPathDiamond)

With effDiamond.Timing
    .Duration = 5
    .<strong>SmoothStart</strong> = msoTrue
End With



End Sub

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