Cool Animation Ideas: Swing a Pendulum in PowerPoint

Created: Wednesday, September 20, 2023, posted by Geetesh at 1:55 pm

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Creating a pendulum swing animation is possible using PowerPoint 2002 or later, and involves creating a hidden pivot point. A pendulum (the real type) swings back and forth on a pivot point at the top of the weight’s string, so we will need to create a shape that appears to swing at the end of a string and repeats back and forth from this pivot point.

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Swing a Pendulum in PowerPoint

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