Q158896: PPT: How to Add a Macro to a Toolbar

Article: Q158896
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbmacro kbprogramming kbui kbdtacode KbVBA kbpptvbakbfaq
Last Modified: 24-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition 
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 
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SUMMARY
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If you create a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure)
that you want to use with more than one presentation, you can add a button to
one of the PowerPoint toolbars to run the macro.

MORE INFORMATION
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To add a button for a macro to a toolbar, follow these steps:

1. Open the presentation that contains the macro. If you have just added a macro
  to your current presentation, save your presentation. For this procedure to
  work, your file must be saved before you create the button.

2. On the Tools menu, click Customize.

3. Click the Commands tab.

4. Click Macros in the Categories list.

5. Drag the name of your macro from the Commands list and drop it on one of your
  toolbars. This adds a button to the toolbar to run the macro.

6. Click Close.

NOTE: PowerPoint stores macros in presentations. When you click this button, the
presentation that contains the macro opens in the foreground. If you delete or
rename the presentation that contains the macro, the button stops working.

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Keywords          : kbmacro kbprogramming kbui kbdtacode KbVBA kbpptvba kbfaq
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbPowerPt97 kbPowerPt97Search kbPowerPt98Search kbPowerPt98 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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