Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 41800
Move along curve not implemented in OOo1 975
Last modified: 2007-09-09 10:28:57 UTC
Move along curve not implemented in OOo1 975. One of the most used and flexible options in OOo 1.1 is not available in this release. The line is visible and the object too, but it does not work.
Reassinged to Christian.
set to new and change the target.
When could do it in the earlier versions (old presentation engine) and PPT can also do it. Therefore it's a defect in my mind and not an enhancement or an feature. Please have a look.
@cl: If I understand this issue correctly, it's about the missing UI for path animations (if it's about a PPT/SXI import problem, CGU told me you have an issue for that, anyway). Please have a look.
Retargeted
I ve downloaded version 1.9.121 and there is still no solution. It is strange that this function is not implemented yet. I know the stress to solve all the other bugs, but this was an existing function in 000 1.1.
Ouch, this means that one of the guides we created to promote OOo no longer works in 2.0 :-(
*** Issue 51212 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
I have installed version 2.01 and the problem still exist. It GROWS. In an earlier stage it was not possible to edit it, but it works when imported from PowerPoint. At this moment, it does not work anymore. All abjects are flying in randomly. Pleas have a lokk, because it is an important function.
adding oooqa and regression keywords If the functionality worked in 1.1.x and no longer works in 2.0 or 2.0.1 then this is a regression. It should also be retargeted to something more precise than "Later", or at least there should be a valid reason given for not setting a target. IMHO, this lack of functionality has the following significant impact : - presentations that had this feature made in 1.1.x no longer work correctly (compatibility issue) - functionality that was present and manifestly used in 1.1.x no longer available (functional regression) Also resetting version to actual 2.0.1, because the problem is still present. Since compatibility with both MSOffice and the existing 1.1 format was a high priority for 2.0, this should at least be retargeted to a 2.0.x timelime correction. alex
andreschnabel -> wurzel: I agree setting the regression keyword, but Version should never be changed. Version is always the version where the issue first has been reported! andreschnabel -> cl: you have set this to "started" with target "Ooo later". from what I understand these both exclude each other. "Started": somebody is working on the feature and has "reserved" implementation "OOo Later": Sun has no ressources to implement the feature and it is oopen for contribution please set Status / Target accordingly
*** Issue 63331 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
:-( Also in the latest nightly builds in direction to 2.0.3 this (imho showstopper-) bug is not fixed. It's a pitty: i thought i could change with 2.0.x to OpenOffice completely. But until now there's no way to avoid powerpoint when creating presentations. in the worst case i have to wait for OOo 3.x ...
changing the target to 2.x but will not be fixed until cws aw014 is integrated which is currently planned for 2.0.5 The problem is that this is nut only a bug. With the new presentation engine in 2.0 we also switched to a different method to do animation along a curve. In OOo 1.x we used a path shape that could be assigned as a path to an animated shape. For 2.0, you could have more than one path for each shape as each shape can have multiple animations. This also improves interopperability with other major presentation applications available. But this need a complete new user interface solution where the user is able to edit a path that is itself not a shape inside the document. for that I need an overlay functionality and aw is working hard on getting this. I'm sorry for the delay but again this is not an easy fix. I'm afraid if you need this feature and do not like the new presentation engine you have to stick with 1.x
See also http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=41801, http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=51671 and http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=66695
If "changing the target to 2.x but will not be fixed until cws aw014 is integrated which is currently planned for 2.0.5" is still true, 'Target milestone' should not be "OOo Later".
*** Issue 70756 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
On the Mac custom motion-paths will be an OOO-only feature. Neither MSOffice2004 nor Keynote3 have it. Please give this a high priority! Best .r.
This is beginning, I regret to say, to look like a service-killer problem. Many of us use OoO from what might be called a "political" choice to use Open Source products rather than proprietary stuff and I will admit, to some extent, to being one of that group. However, I am not a masochist and there are limits beyond which I simply can't go - limits which I suspect many will reach long before I do. The plain fact is that even though Impress is good - in fact, in many ways a vast improvement over things like PowerPoint and even Flash - there is simply a burning need for this path management. No respectable modern presentation, much less a modern application or internet-based web application such as a teaching package which is precisely what made me mention this problem in the first place, can possibly be expected to operate without managable path controls whether handled as a process timeline as in Flash or as an event-model as I understand will be the case with XAML and is definately the case with PowerPoint. We have now all been quietly sitting back and patiently waiting for this now for almost two years. In that time, the world of ineractive applications has moved on a long way and it is now for all practical purposes impossible to manage without this feature. Its time to face the facts that either this gets prioritised as a critical fault issue that is seriously damaging the widespread use of the package, or we accept that Impress is pretty much a dead product. Without this feature, it might as well not exist and people are already moving to other, often also free, alternatives just because we cannot do this apparently simple task within OpenOffice. Sorry guys, but Pancapangrawit has hit the nail on the head here. OoO is now pretty much alone with this problem and is desperately in need of some action. Even I have started to use Flash now rather than Impress and we really do have to move before Google decide they would like to pull the rug out from under us in the realm of presentations as well as spreadsheets and documents.
Agreed.
ok, target is wrong, setting to 2.x But no development resources on the horizon yet...
Fully concur with themagpie's comments. I won't be able to switch from dreadful PP until my teaching material, which includes lots of custom paths, can be safely imported and further improved in OO. Cheers, Giuseppe
I too concur with themagpie's remarks. I use PP presentations with motion paths for many of the automation subjects I teach. I REALLY need this issue fixed NOW so I can complete my migration to OOo2. I see many quibbles about how this issue should be tracked, but nothing about any action taken to fix it. Unfortunately my programming skills aren't up to the task to tackle the problem, or I'd gladly fix it myself. I cannot state it strongly enough, Impress is USELESS to me and many others without customizable motion paths.
Hello, In my point of view, animations are not here to be funny but to support your talk and clarify your explanation. As a short draw is more clear than a big talk, a good animation of your slide is better than a static pictures. For this I can not use text able to swing Fox-Trot or circle that jump around the slide in disorder. This disturb more the public than help. I use objects than go from A to D through B and C, like I need, like I want. So unfortunatelly, I should use PP... Only the reolution of this issue could give the possibility to do this with OO. Thanks you.
It appears that this issue is about two, not necessarily dependent problems: - motion paths from old sxi or ppt files are not (correctly) imported - there´s currently no UI to edit or add motion paths To me, the former is much less work than the latter, and prolly cures most of the pain...
thb, please, let me disagree. I am quite ignorant of which problem is less difficult, but the impossibility to add/edit motion paths in _new_ files is, as others already stated, a very important flaw in current impress since it is a very common and expected feature. This is not only a back-compatibility issue.
This issue is the main reason I don't use Impress any more, and I know from watching will also be a major problem in getting students to move from powerpoint to Impress. P3 seems too low.
I agree with almost all of the comments. Move along a curve is extremelly useful feature to be assigned a low priority. If Impress wants to become an option, let's work in a solution.
Ok, so there are lots of us that want this feature but we can't get enough priority to do it. So what are the chances of us getting hold of the source code and doing the job ourselves?
This is *the* only issue preventing me from switching at the office from Powerpoint to Impress. Please make this a priority!
*** Issue 72467 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Opened in February 2005, we are in may 2007 and is not resolved. (openoffice.org v.2.2). Like all people voting on this issue, this seem an important feature for me.
Target milestone OOo 2.x... We're at 2.2 now, when does 2.x happen? Come on guys, this is a serious issue for uptake of OOo at educational institutions. Animations are central to many presentations used to teach diverse subjects these days. I understand that this may not be a trivial issue to implement due to a change of rendering engines. Perhaps the change wasn't such a good idea? Please, at least let us know what, if anything is happening on this issue.
Is this a good time to ask if perhaps when we get the chance to do animations we also get something that will directly and easily integrate with Moodle? I know a lot of those wanting this feature are also in education and I'm sure they know that we are now getting FAR behind the 8-ball on this. We need action fast, and we need - if we are to make up lost ground - to make it easy to link the final product into a VLE.
I have to agree with earlier comments - I use custom animations and motion paths several times a day, and I can't switch to OO if this isn't implemented. It's the only thing holding me back because it's so essential to my work.
This problem still exists and there are 138 votes this far. I think it should be targeted as soon as possible (for OOo 2.3 or 2.4). Nearly everyone I know who uses Impress misses this feature.
fixed in cws pathfinder01 I will update the custom animation specification for this but here is a short quickstart guide. - If the custom animation panel is visible all motion paths are visible on the current slide - A motion path can be selected by a mouse click. Once selected it can be moved and resized. A double click or F8 or menu entry "edit points" switches to point entry mode - To add a custom motion path do as follows * select the shape * from the custom animation panel select "add" * select the motion path tab * there choose one of the first three new entries * "Curve" lets you draw a new Curve * "Polygon" lets you draw a new Polygon * "Freeform Line" lets you draw, well you may have guessed it Known issues so far: If more than one motion path for a single shape is created, the slideshow uses the wrong offset to start that path, I have written issue 79177 for this problem To all interested, this fix has to pass QA first and I can't tell in which release it will be. Maybe 2.3 but feature freeze deadline is very tough...
qa, please verify. Specification will follow
These are great news, I can't wait for upcoming milestone!
:o)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) It is a fantastic piece of news. When can we test it in the dev builds?
Independence Day The launch of the New Fiat500 and..... finally most important..... this fantastic news. I can't wait for the devbuild!!
verified in CWS pathfinder01 find more information about this CWS, like when it is available in the master builds, in EIS, the Environment Information System: http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/cws.ShowCWS?Path=SRC680%2Fpathfinder01
added spec url
teaser http://specs.openoffice.org/impress/motionpath.png This is a first shot so there sure is further room for improvements, please feel free to grab the devbuild as soon as it is available and give some feedback and possible enhancements.
change type to ENHANCEMENT
cws was just integrated into the master branch, so this enhancement should be available in devbuild src680m220
Well, this is a masterpiece from you, cl, because it really works! The functionality in impress itself is now brilliant. The only problem with Impress itself I found is related to the #79177. But I found problems with import from powerpoint, and attached a ppt file "simulation.ppt" as a test case: 1) Open the test case in powerpoint 2) Run animation, press space key, watch, press space... etc. 3) Open the same file in impress 4) Do the same as in 2) and observe differences.
Created attachment 46799 [details] Test case for ppt motion-path animation import
I tested the new path-animations in m222 and m223. It didn't worked with pictures (*.png). Animation of text and autoshapes works. There is no preview for the new animation types (no move to see). I think the Issue had to be reopened.
I opened a new issue for this: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=80396
ok in OOo2.3rc2 -> closed