diff --git a/slideshow/source/engine/attributemap.cxx b/slideshow/source/engine/attributemap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63d378efae93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slideshow/source/engine/attributemap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: attributemap.cxx,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2004-11-26 18:48:18 $
+ *
+ *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to the terms of
+ *  either of the following licenses
+ *
+ *         - GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *         - Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.1
+ *
+ *  Sun Microsystems Inc., October, 2000
+ *
+ *  GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *  =============================================
+ *  Copyright 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *  901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ *  MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *
+ *  Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.1
+ *  =================================================
+ *  The contents of this file are subject to the Sun Industry Standards
+ *  Source License Version 1.1 (the "License"); You may not use this file
+ *  except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
+ *  License at http://www.openoffice.org/license.html.
+ *
+ *  Software provided under this License is provided on an "AS IS" basis,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
+ *  WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES THAT THE SOFTWARE IS FREE OF DEFECTS,
+ *  MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGING.
+ *  See the License for the specific provisions governing your rights and
+ *  obligations concerning the Software.
+ *
+ *  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ *  Copyright: 2000 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ *  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Contributor(s): _______________________________________
+ *
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// must be first
+#include <canvas/debug.hxx>
+#include <attributemap.hxx>
+
+#include <tools.hxx>
+
+
+namespace presentation
+{
+    namespace internal
+    {
+        typedef ValueMap< AttributeType > AnimateAttributeMap;
+
+        AttributeType mapAttributeName( const ::rtl::OUString& rAttrName )
+        {
+            /** Maps attribute name to AttributeType enum.
+
+                String entries are all case-insensitive and MUST
+                BE STORED lowercase.
+
+                String entries MUST BE SORTED in ascending order!
+            */
+            static AnimateAttributeMap::MapEntry lcl_attributeMap[] =
+                {
+                    { "charcolor", ATTRIBUTE_CHAR_COLOR },
+
+                    { "charfontname", ATTRIBUTE_CHAR_FONT_NAME },
+
+                    { "charheight", ATTRIBUTE_CHAR_HEIGHT },
+
+                    { "charposture", ATTRIBUTE_CHAR_POSTURE },
+
+                    // TODO(Q1): This should prolly be changed in PPT import
+                    // { "charrotation", ATTRIBUTE_CHAR_ROTATION },
+                    { "charrotation", ATTRIBUTE_ROTATE },
+
+                    { "charunderline", ATTRIBUTE_CHAR_UNDERLINE },
+
+                    { "charweight", ATTRIBUTE_CHAR_WEIGHT },
+
+                    { "color", ATTRIBUTE_COLOR },
+
+                    { "dimcolor", ATTRIBUTE_DIMCOLOR },
+
+                    { "fillcolor", ATTRIBUTE_FILL_COLOR },
+
+                    { "fillstyle", ATTRIBUTE_FILL_STYLE },
+
+                    { "height", ATTRIBUTE_HEIGHT },
+
+                    { "linecolor", ATTRIBUTE_LINE_COLOR },
+
+                    { "linestyle", ATTRIBUTE_LINE_STYLE },
+
+                    { "opacity", ATTRIBUTE_OPACITY },
+
+                    { "rotate", ATTRIBUTE_ROTATE },
+
+                    { "skewx", ATTRIBUTE_SKEW_X },
+
+                    { "skewy", ATTRIBUTE_SKEW_Y },
+
+                    { "visibility", ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY },
+
+                    { "width", ATTRIBUTE_WIDTH },
+
+                    { "x", ATTRIBUTE_POS_X },
+
+                    { "y", ATTRIBUTE_POS_Y }
+                };
+
+            static AnimateAttributeMap aMap( lcl_attributeMap,
+                                             sizeof(lcl_attributeMap)/sizeof(AnimateAttributeMap::MapEntry),
+                                             false );
+
+            AttributeType eAttributeType;
+
+            // determine the type from the attribute name
+            if( !aMap.lookup( rAttrName,
+                              eAttributeType ) )
+            {
+                OSL_TRACE( "mapAttributeName(): attribute name %s not found in map.",
+                           ::rtl::OUStringToOString( rAttrName,
+                                                     RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US ).getStr() );
+                return ATTRIBUTE_INVALID;
+            }
+
+            return eAttributeType;
+        }
+
+    }
+}