Mixing "On Click" animations and timed transitions

We got this Email recently:

I used one of your presentations last week and it had three on click animations and then the slide transitioned on its own after a 5 second delay. VBA right? Any chance I could have the code as this is exactly what I want to do!

The writer obviously knew that if you gave a slide an auto transition then the "on click" animation is removed. In essence it's impossible to mix "on click" animation with an auto transition. However we didn't use any vba. In fact controlling "on clicks" with vba is very difficult to do.

It's a simple trick and here's the method:

Create the slide as normal and before adding any animations create a duplicate (Insert > duplicate slide). Now on the original add all but the final "on click" animation(s). This slide must transition "on click".

On the duplicate slide add the final "on click" animation but change it to an "after previous" or "with previous". If the first slide had any exit animations, scaling or motion paths you should adjust the duplicate so that it looks like the first slide at the point when it transitioned. Most times this will be unnecessary.

Give this duplicate slide an automatic transition of whatever delay you need. Be careful NOT to click apply to all slides. Add any further slides needed.

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