Turning Off Animation in Publisher Presentations

Publisher PowerPoint presentations often have animation which interferes with TurningPoint functionality. The following steps describe how to turn off this animation so that any TurningPoint slides you add will function properly.

  1. Open your PowerPoint presentation.

  2. Select the "View" ribbon and choose "Slide Master."
    PowerPoint View Ribbon

  3. Select the first slide - “Master Title Slide”
    PowerPoint Master Title Slide

  4. Select the “Animations” ribbon
    PowerPoint Animations Ribbon

  5. Click anywhere in the box to edit Master text styles.  When you see a dashed line and dots around the box, you will know it has been selected.
    PowerPoint Edit Master Text Styles

  6. Click the “Animate” drop-down menu
    PowerPoint Animate drop-down menu

  7. Change the drop-down menu setting from “Custom Animation” to  “No Animation”.  The change may look like it has not taken after the drop-down menu closes it may still read “Custom animation,” but if you selected “No animation” while the menu was open, the animation will be turned off.
    Animation drop-down menu setting

  8. Save your presentation.