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A REVEAL ANIMATION will make the object animate into view as it appears in the browser
window - either the first time, or every time it appears.

• Set an animation effect from the dropdown menu
• Set a speed for the effect using the SPEED slider
• Add a timed delay using the slider if so desired, so there is a pause before the object
reveals

Trigger object name
• Normally an object will be revealed as soon as it comes into view. However sometimes
you may want to have the object revealed only when some other object (the “TRIGGER”
object) comes into view.
• To name the trigger object just right click on it and choose NAMES... then apply a name
using the NAMES dialog. Now when you click on the TRIGGER OBJECT NAME: dropdown,
the name will appear for you to select.

For more information on applying names see Naming Objects (on page 126).

Scroll animations
The SCROLL ANIMATIONS are similar to reveal animations, but they are linked to scrolling
of the document. So instead of the animations running once when the object appears
and then finishing, the object animates whenever the document is scrolled and the speed
of the animation is proportional to the scrolling speed. Scroll slowly and the object