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A dog limps into a saloon: A tutorial on Android's ViewFlipper widget

November 1, 2011 2:07pm PDT

It can be tough to figure out the Android ViewFlipper widget's sliding in and out animation transitions. William Francis explains how to use the widget in your Android apps.

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Bouncing a ball on Android's canvas

October 11, 2012 11:17am PDT

Enterprise app developer William J. Francis has fun with Android's animation classes in his bouncing ball tutorial.

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Animate individual elements of a PowerPoint chart

November 22, 2011 10:27am PST

PowerPoint will let you animate chart elements, but the option's not easy to find. If you don't know about it, you might not even go looking for it.

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Quick Tip: Animate your Windows 7 desktop wallpaper

October 6, 2011 1:41pm PDT

A free application called Okozo Desktop can transform your static Windows 7 desktop wallpaper into a mesmerizing animation.

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The ABCs of Android game development: Animate sprites

February 13, 2013 4:14pm PST

In the third installment of his five-part app developer series, William J. Francis walks through how to use both kinds of sprite animation when developing this Android game.

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How to animate a PowerPoint chart or table

May 1, 2009 10:38am PDT

Draw attention to specific PowerPoint chart elements or table data by adding a bit of animation.

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Five tips for creating animations in PowerPoint 2010

September 29, 2010 12:25pm PDT

If you've struggled in the past with PowerPoint's animation tools, you may find the situation has improved with the latest version. Here are a few easy ways to create animation effects with...

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Create slick transitions with Android's ObjectAnimator class

January 8, 2013 8:54am PST

App developer William J. Francis explores Android's ObjectAnimator class, which manipulates object properties resulting in impressive animations that you can apply to any view or widget.

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10 steps to adding a drop-down menu to a PowerPoint presentation

May 5, 2010 11:33am PDT

With a little animation sleight of hand, you can create a menu that allows viewers to navigate a self-running slide show.

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How to use Android animation listeners

May 15, 2012 1:22pm PDT

This tutorial shows how to use Android animation listeners when simple time-based callbacks aren't enough and XML-based animation sets get too hairy.

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Office challenge: How do you disable all animation in a PowerPoint presentation?

January 12, 2010 12:00am PST

Here's the scoop on how you can change the shape of a clip art image, along with a new challenge on controlling animation in your PowerPoint presentations.

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HTML5 and CSS3: Animation without Flash or JavaScript

November 15, 2011 12:34pm PST

Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates the @keywords property in HTML5 and CSS3 that allows you to create animations without the use of Flash or JavaScript.

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Use PowerPoint's advanced animation to imply growth or movement

June 28, 2009 12:00am PDT

You can make your PowerPoint presentations far more engaging with a little animation sleight of hand. Susan Harkins walks through the process and shares a sample presentation to demonstrate the...

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10 steps to animating clipart in PowerPoint

March 15, 2013 7:50am PDT

Clipart doesn't have to be insipid and boring. Try this cool technique to set things in motion.

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Costume contestants from Anime Central strut their stuff

May 23, 2008 7:55am PDT

One of the main reasons people attend anime conventions is for the opportunity to dress like their favorite characters. This gallery shows just a few of the costumed attendees at the recent Anime...

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Chaining animations on Android

January 31, 2012 2:28pm PST

Follow this tutorial by William Francis to learn how to incorporate an animation set into your next Android app.

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Building a slot machine in Android: ViewFlipper meet gesture detector

September 7, 2012 10:57pm PDT

William Francis combines Android's ViewFlipper class with the gesture detector to simulate the spinning wheel on a game of chance. Follow the steps or download this fun project.

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Animations: How to use fadeout and slideToggle functions in jQuery

April 26, 2012 12:22pm PDT

Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates how to use the fadeout and slideToggle functions in jQuery to create animation effects.

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10 tricks for working more effectively in PowerPoint

November 13, 2007 9:39am PST

PowerPoint is a powerful presentation package, but most of us don't use it often enough to learn its many timesaving tricks. The good news is that you don't have to be an expert to get more...

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