19.5.49 iterate

This element specifies how the animation should be successively applied to sub elements of the target element for a repeated effect. It can be applied to contained timing and animation structures over the letters, words, or shapes within a target element.

[Example: Consider a text animation where the words appear letter by letter. The element should be used as follows:

<p:par>
  <p:cTn id="1" >
    <p:stCondLst> … </p:stCondLst>
    <p:iterate type="lt">
      <p:tmPct val="10000"/>
    </p:iterate>
    <p:childTnLst> … </p:childTnLst>
  </p:cTn>
</p:par>

end example]

Attributes

type (Iterate Type)

This attribute specifies the iteration behavior and applies it to each letter, word or shape within a container element.

Values are by word, by letter, or by element. If there is no text or block elements such as shapes within the container or a single word, letter, or shape (depending on iterate type) then no iteration happens and the behavior is applied to the element itself instead.

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_IterateType simple type (19.7.4).

backwards (Backwards)

This attribute specifies whether to go backwards in the timeline to the previous node.

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the W3C XML Schema boolean datatype.

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this element’s content model (CT_TLIterateData) is located in A.3. end note]