AnimateBackground Property

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If the specified object is an AutoShape, True if the shape is animated separately from the text it contains. If the specified shape is a graph object, True if the background (the axes and gridlines) of the specified graph object is animated. Applies only to AutoShapes with text that can be built in more than one step or to graph objects. Read/write Long.

Remarks

Use the TextLevelEffect and TextUnitEffect properties to control the animation of text attached to the specified shape.

If this property is set to True and the TextLevelEffect property is set to ppAnimateByAllLevels, the shape and its text will be animated simultaneously. If this property is set to True and the TextLevelEffect property is set to anything other than ppAnimateByAllLevels, the shape will be animated immediately before the text is animated.

You won't see effects of setting this property unless the specified shape is animated. For a shape to be animated, the TextLevelEffect property of the AnimationSettings object for the shape must be set to something other than ppAnimateLevelNone, and either the Animate property must be set to True, or the EntryEffect property must be set to a constant other than ppEffectNone.