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Returns or sets an animation action for the Office Assistant. When this property is applied to the Assistant object and the Assistant supports the specified animation, the Assistant is animated immediately (if the Assistant is visible and enabled). When this property is applied to the Balloon object, the Assistant is animated only while the balloon is displayed. Read/write Long.
Can be one of the following MsoAnimationType constants:
| msoAnimationAppear
msoAnimationBeginSpeaking msoAnimationCharacterSuccessMajor msoAnimationCheckingSomething msoAnimationDisappear msoAnimationEmptyTrash msoAnimationGestureDown msoAnimationGestureLeft msoAnimationGestureRight msoAnimationGestureUp msoAnimationGetArtsy msoAnimationGetAttentionMajor msoAnimationGetAttentionMinor msoAnimationGetTechy msoAnimationGetWizardy msoAnimationGoodbye msoAnimationGreeting msoAnimationIdle |
msoAnimationListensToComputer
msoAnimationLookDown msoAnimationLookDownLeft msoAnimationLookDownRight msoAnimationLookLeft msoAnimationLookRight msoAnimationLookUp msoAnimationLookUpLeft msoAnimationLookUpRight msoAnimationPrinting msoAnimationRestPose msoAnimationSaving msoAnimationSearching msoAnimationSendingMail msoAnimationThinking msoAnimationWorkingAtSomething msoAnimationWritingNotingSomething |
Remarks
“Clippit” is the default Assistant, and msoAnimationIdle is the default animation type for the Assistant.
Depending on the selected Assistant, setting the Animation property may or may not result in an obvious animation. However, all MsoAnimationType constants are valid for all Assistants. Note that different constants may produce the same animation.
The following MsoAnimationType constants represent animations that repeat the specified action until the Assistant is dismissed or until the Animation property is reset with another animation:
| msoAnimationCheckingSomething
msoAnimationGetTechy msoAnimationListensToComputer msoAnimationSearching |
msoAnimationThinking
msoAnimationWorkingAtSomething msoAnimationWritingNotingSomething |