Q161392: PPT: Sample Code to Name a Slide
Article: Q161392
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
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Keyword(s): kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002
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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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This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro
(Sub procedure) that demonstrates how to assign a name to a slide. Once you name
a slide, you can refer to that slide by name elsewhere in your code.
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The following sample code adds a slide to the end of your presentation, names
that slide My New Slide, and then changes the background color of just My New
Slide.
Sub NameSlide()
' Declare the variables.
Dim SlideCount, CurrentView As Long
Dim Changed As Boolean
Dim Answer As Integer
' Code for error trapping.
On Error Resume Next
Err.Clear
' Count the slides in the presentation.
SlideCount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
' Add a new slide to the end of the presentation.
With ActivePresentation.Slides
' Change the name of the slide to My New Slide.
' You can name the slide anything you like. You can even
' assign the Name property to a string variable.
.Add(SlideCount + 1, ppLayoutBlank).Name = "My New Slide"
' If slide name exists, an error will occur.
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
SlideCount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
ActivePresentation.Slides.Range(Array(SlideCount)).Select
ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Delete
MsgBox "The slide name is already being used."
End
End If
End With
' Save the current view.
CurrentView = ActiveWindow.ViewType
' Change to slide view.
If CurrentView <> ppViewSlide Then
ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide
Changed = True
Else
Changed = False
End If
' This code changes the background of the slide called My New Slide.
With ActivePresentation.Slides("My New Slide")
' Stop the slide from following the master.
.FollowMasterBackground = False
' Change the background color.
With .Background.Fill
.PresetGradient msoGradientDiagonalDown, 1, msoGradientFog
End With
End With
' Restore the original view if needed.
If Changed = True Then
Answer = MsgBox("Do you want to restore your original view? " _
, vbQuestion + vbYesNo)
' If the answer is yes...
If Answer = vbYes Then
' ...restore the view.
ActiveWindow.ViewType = CurrentView
End If
End If
End Sub
REFERENCES
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For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click
the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to create a macro"
(without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Create a
macro in Visual Basic Editor."
For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click
the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to run a macro" (without
the quotation marks) click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
Additional query words: 97 8.00 kbmacro ppt8 vba vbe macppt mac_ppt ppt98 98 powerpt
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Version : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Hardware : MAC x86
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