Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 539)

Play
Speed
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Animate
Rotate
Origin
Scale
Opacity
Visibility
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Specify the number of times the animation is played, or select Loop to cause the animation to play repeatedly until it’s stopped.
Choose an option to determine whether the animation speed is a steady rate (None), starts slowly and speeds up (Ease In), or slows
down at the end (Ease Out).
The following options are available when Properties is expanded.
Choose From Current Appearance to use the object’s current properties (scale percentage, rotation angle, and position) as the starting
point of the animation.
Choose To Current Appearance to use the object’s properties as the ending point of the animation. Using this option is especially useful in slide
shows. For example, objects that fly in from off the page can appear on the page rather than on the pasteboard, improving the appearance of the
printed document.
Choose To Current Location to use the current object’s properties as the starting point of the animation and the object’s position as the ending
point. This option is similar to From Current Appearance, only the object finishes in its current location and the motion path is offset. This option is
especially useful for certain presets, such as blurs and fades, to prevent the object from appearing in an undesirable state at the end of the
animation.
To display the proxy at the end of the motion path, click the Show Animation Proxy at the bottom of the Animation panel.
Animate settings
A. Object and path before animation B. From Current Appearance C. To Current Appearance D. To Current Location
Specify a rotation angle that the object completes during the animation.
Use the proxy to specify the origin point of the motion path on the animated object.
Specify a percentage value to determine whether the object increases or decreases in size during playback.
Choose an option to determine whether the animation remains solid (None), gradually becomes visible (Fade In), or gradually becomes
invisible (Fade Out).
Select Hide Until Animated or Hide After Animating to make an object invisible before or after playback.
Manage motion presets
You can save animation settings as motion presets that you can easily reuse in InDesign. You can also import presets from XML files that can be
opened in Flash Professional or shared with other InDesign users.
Save motion presets for reuse
Custom presets appear at the top of the Presets menu in the Animation panel.
1. In the Animation panel, change the settings as needed.
2. Choose Save from the Animation panel menu.
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