Emphasis effects are not rendered if Flash Once entrance effect is applied in PowerPoint (278597)

WORKAROUND

If you want your object to flash once and then reappear, chain the Flash Once entrance effect with the Appear entrance effect. After that, you can apply emphasis or exit animations to the object.

The following example applies the Flash Once entrance effect, the Appear entrance effect, and the Grow/Shrink emphasis effect.

1. Create a new, blank presentation and a blank slide in that presentation.
2. Insert a rectangle shape into the slide, and then click it so that it is selected.
3. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation.
4. In the Custom Animation task pane, click Add Effect, point to Entrance, and then click Flash Once. (You may need to first click More Effects to locate the Flash Once effect.)
5. In the Custom Animation task pane, click Add Effect, point to Entrance, and then click Appear. (You may need to first click More Effects to locate the Appear effect.)
6. In the Custom Animation task pane, there are two animations listed for Rectangle 1 in the animation order list. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the second animation, and then click Start After Previous.
7. In the animation order list, click the drop-down arrow to the right of the second animation, and then click Effect options.
8. In the Appear effect options window, click the Timing tab.
9. Increase the Delay setting to two seconds, and then click OK.
10. Click the rectangle on your slide so that it is selected. (This resets the Custom Animation task pane so that you can apply an emphasis effect.)
11. In the Custom Animation task pane, click Add Effect, point to Emphasis, and then click Grow/Shrink. (You may need to first click More Effects to locate the Grow/Shrink effect.)