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Fixed Ambulance Animation

The document contains a VBA macro for PowerPoint that sets up an ambulance animation across multiple slides, with configurable slide durations and a progress tracker. It creates a visual representation of an ambulance moving along a track on each slide, with customizable timings for each slide. Additionally, there is a function to set custom slide times for specific slides, ensuring the total presentation time remains consistent.

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Fixed Ambulance Animation

The document contains a VBA macro for PowerPoint that sets up an ambulance animation across multiple slides, with configurable slide durations and a progress tracker. It creates a visual representation of an ambulance moving along a track on each slide, with customizable timings for each slide. Additionally, there is a function to set custom slide times for specific slides, ensuring the total presentation time remains consistent.

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Sub SetupAmbulanceAnimation()

Dim sld As Slide


Dim shpAmbulance As Shape
Dim shpTrack As Shape
Dim eff As Effect
Dim totalSlides As Long
Dim i As Long

' --- CONFIGURATION ---


Dim totalTime As Single: totalTime = 600 ' 10 minutes = 600 seconds
totalSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count ' Get total slide count

' Adjust if you have different slide durations


Dim slideTimePercent() As Single
ReDim slideTimePercent(1 To totalSlides)

' Default: equal time for all slides


Dim j As Long
For j = 1 To totalSlides
slideTimePercent(j) = 1 / totalSlides
Next j

' Progress Track Settings


Dim trackLeft As Single: trackLeft = 50 ' Starting X position
Dim trackTop As Single: trackTop = 500 ' Vertical position of the track
Dim trackHeight As Single: trackHeight = 10 ' Height of the track
Dim trackWidth As Single
trackWidth = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideWidth - (2 * trackLeft) ' Total
track width

' Ambulance Settings


Dim ambulanceWidth As Single: ambulanceWidth = 40
Dim ambulanceHeight As Single: ambulanceHeight = 25

' Create road and ambulance on each slide


Dim cumulativePercent As Single: cumulativePercent = 0

For i = 1 To totalSlides
Set sld = ActivePresentation.Slides(i)

' Remove previous instances if they exist


On Error Resume Next
sld.Shapes("Track").Delete
sld.Shapes("Ambulance").Delete
sld.Shapes("Cross").Delete
On Error GoTo 0

' Create the track/road


Set shpTrack = sld.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, trackLeft, trackTop,
trackWidth, trackHeight)
shpTrack.Name = "Track"
shpTrack.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(200, 200, 200) ' Gray road
shpTrack.Line.Visible = msoFalse

' Calculate ambulance start position for this slide


Dim startPosX As Single
startPosX = trackLeft + (cumulativePercent * trackWidth)

' Calculate end position for this slide


Dim endPosX As Single
endPosX = startPosX + (slideTimePercent(i) * trackWidth)

' Ensure ambulance stays within slide bounds


If startPosX > (trackLeft + trackWidth - ambulanceWidth) Then
startPosX = trackLeft + trackWidth - ambulanceWidth
End If

' Create ambulance


Set shpAmbulance = sld.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRoundedRectangle, startPosX,
trackTop - 15, ambulanceWidth, ambulanceHeight)
shpAmbulance.Name = "Ambulance"
shpAmbulance.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 0, 0) ' Red ambulance
shpAmbulance.Line.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(0, 0, 0)
shpAmbulance.Line.Weight = 1

' Add cross to make it look like an ambulance


Dim shpCross As Shape
Set shpCross = sld.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, startPosX + 15,
trackTop - 10, 10, 10)
shpCross.Name = "Cross"
shpCross.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255) ' White cross
shpCross.Line.Visible = msoFalse

' Group ambulance and cross


Dim groupShapes As ShapeRange
Set groupShapes = sld.Shapes.Range(Array("Ambulance", "Cross"))
Dim grpAmbulance As Shape
Set grpAmbulance = groupShapes.Group
grpAmbulance.Name = "Ambulance"

' Add animation only if there's room to move


If startPosX < endPosX And i < totalSlides Then
' Add motion effect
Set eff = sld.TimeLine.MainSequence.AddEffect(grpAmbulance,
msoAnimEffectCustom, , msoAnimTriggerWithPrevious)

' Calculate distance to move


Dim moveDistance As Single
moveDistance = endPosX - startPosX

' Set up motion path (needs to be a string with relative coordinates)


Dim pathStr As String
pathStr = "M 0 0 L " & moveDistance & " 0 E"

' Apply the path


eff.Behaviors(1).MotionEffect.Path = pathStr

' Set timing - ties to slide duration


eff.Timing.Duration = slideTimePercent(i) * totalTime
eff.Timing.TriggerType = msoAnimTriggerWithPrevious
eff.Timing.TriggerDelayTime = 0

' Start effect immediately when slide appears


eff.Timing.StartTime = 0
End If

' Add percentage text


Dim shpPercent As Shape
Set shpPercent = sld.Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal,
startPosX, trackTop + trackHeight + 5, 50, 20)
shpPercent.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = Format(cumulativePercent * 100, "0")
& "%"
shpPercent.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Size = 10

' Update for next slide


cumulativePercent = cumulativePercent + slideTimePercent(i)
Next i

MsgBox "Ambulance progress tracker added to " & totalSlides & " slides,
representing a " & totalTime / 60 & " minute presentation."
End Sub

' Optional: Use this function to set custom times for specific slides
Sub SetCustomSlideTimes()
Dim totalSlides As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim totalTime As Single: totalTime = 600 ' 10 minutes

totalSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

' Create a collection to store slide durations


Dim slideDurations As New Collection

' Example: Set different durations for slides (in seconds)


' First slide (introduction) takes 45 seconds
slideDurations.Add 45, "1"

' Second slide takes 30 seconds


slideDurations.Add 30, "2"

' Third slide takes 25 seconds


slideDurations.Add 25, "3"

' For slides not explicitly set, calculate evenly


Dim remainingTime As Single
Dim assignedTime As Single
Dim remainingSlides As Long

' Calculate total assigned time


assignedTime = 0
For i = 1 To slideDurations.Count
assignedTime = assignedTime + slideDurations(i)
Next i

' Calculate remaining time and slides


remainingTime = totalTime - assignedTime
remainingSlides = totalSlides - slideDurations.Count

' If not all slides have been assigned times, distribute the remaining time
If remainingSlides > 0 Then
Dim defaultTime As Single
defaultTime = remainingTime / remainingSlides

' Assign default time to remaining slides


For i = slideDurations.Count + 1 To totalSlides
slideDurations.Add defaultTime, CStr(i)
Next i
End If

' At this point, slideDurations contains times for all slides


' You can pass this collection to a modified SetupAmbulanceAnimation
' function that accepts slide durations as a parameter
End Sub

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