/text/simpress/guide/animated_objects.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. converted from old format - fpe objects; moving along paths connecting paths and objects paths; moving objects along Animating Objects in Presentation Slides You can apply preset animation effects to objects on your slide. These are the same effects that you can use to animate slide transitions. To apply an animation effect to an object: On a slide in Normal view, select the object you want to animate. Choose Slide Show - Effects, and then click the Effects button Icon . Select a category from the Effects list, and then click an effect in the pane below the list. If you selected a drawing object, such as a rectangle, that contains text, you can assign a different effect to to the object and to the text. To assign a text effect, click the Text Effects button in the Effects dialog, and then choose an effect. If the selected object was created with a tool from the Text floating toolbar, the effects on the Effects and the Text Effects pages produce the same result. Click the Assign button Icon . To preview the animation, click the Preview button Icon , and then click in Preview window. If you assigned effects to more than one object in the window, click on an individual object to preview its effects. To remove an animation effect from an object: On a slide in Normal view, select the object from which to remove the effect. Choose Slide Show - Effects. In the Effects list box, choose Favorites. The first entry No Effect is selected. Click Assign. To draw a motion path: You can create an animation that moves an object along a path that you draw on the slide. Draw a line on the slide with a line tool from the Curves floating toolbar. Select the line and an object that you want to animate. Choose Slide Show - Effects, and then click the Effects button Icon . In the Effects list, select Other, and then click Move Along Curve Icon in the pane below the list. Click the Assign button Icon . To preview the animation, click the Preview button Icon , and then click in Preview window. If you assigned effects to more than one object in the window, click on an individual object to preview its effects.